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I Miss Justin Turner

After last season, I believed that Justin Turner should have retired. Last season, he struggled at bat and in the field. He came on in the second half, but it looked to me that he was ‘losing it.” He hit only 13 HR, and at age 38, I felt that it was time to retire. JT felt…

By Mark Timmons · August 28, 202361

Q & A

QUESTION: “Bellinger’s hitting is “Suspicious” How in the hell does he re-become a 300+ hitter after being soooo friggen terrible? The first memory of being a Dodger Fan is sitting in a barber shop in Van Nuys getting a Butch and on the TV Maury Wills stole his 82nd base. I’m…

By Mark Timmons · August 25, 202382

Some Days the Bear Gets You

… and I am not talking about the Old Bear! Last night was just one of those games, where the bear got us! Some of you want to try and pin it on Roberts, Hernandez, Almonte, or Ferguson, and of course, it is just not that simple. Some of you wonder why on earth Roberts brought…

By Mark Timmons · August 6, 2023103

This is the Way…

it is … at least for a while! Remember what I have always said, “ Relief Pitchers are fickle? ” Well, it has never been more true than this year. Phil Bickford has been bad (and he was not good last year but was great the year before); Yency Almonte had a 1.02 ERA last year…

By Mark Timmons · April 27, 202375

Two Rookies and a Washed-Up Vet

There were a lot of “firsts” last night: The first walk-off win was the kind of thing that can galvanize a team. Mike Grove pitched his first great game, and (someone else said this), “ Looked like Buehler .” Not bad for a guy who is just trade bait. Disclaimer: I don’t think…

By Mark Timmons · April 16, 202356

It's Only One Game…

However, the 2023 Version of the LA Dodgers should at least stifle the “Wild Imaginings” of “ the Lunatic Fringe ” part of the Dodgers’ fanbase who feel that Andrew Friedman should have an All-Star at every position and another All-Star as a backup, or the team is doomed to lose…

By Mark Timmons · March 31, 202399

But, the Plan is Friedman's… not Mine!

I should have thought of this before, but Andrew Friedman can’t go trading a number of Prospects for Bryan Reynolds without first seeing how Gavin Lux handles SS and, to a lesser degree… how Miguel Vargas handles 2B. If Lux and Vargas settle in as a solid Keystone Combination up…

By Mark Timmons · February 12, 202352

The Reason the Dodgers Lost in 2022

Lots of fans of the Dodgers, as well as of other teams, have said that the Dodgers’ 2020 World Series Championship was tainted somehow because the season was just 60 games. Of course, they conveniently leave out the fact that they had to play in empty stadiums and had no…

By Mark Timmons · December 11, 202266

Trickle Down Impact of San Diego Moves

Somebody made a point as to what the Padres transactions did for the psyche for the other teams. The Padres have now joined the Dodgers, Braves, probably Mets, and maybe the Nationals (with their pitching and Soto/Robles/Turner) to separate from the rest of the NL. Some team from the NL Central will get to the playoffs, because, well one of the teams has to. It is a rule. Because of

By Jeff Dominique · January 3, 2021107

Review of the Non-Tenders

Well we are now in December, less than one week away from the Winter Meeting, and the Dodgers have Kevin Quackenbush and Adam McCreery. So, I guess the Dodgers are all set. Andrew Co. addressed the bullpen, what else can anyone else want? I have been scouring the internet to catch word that the Dodgers pulled off a trade for JT Realmuto or Corey Kluber. Or if Andrew

By Jeff Dominique · December 3, 201856