In 2008, Andrew Friedman took the Tampa Bay Rays to the World Series with a $51,000,000 Dollar Payroll. They didn’t win. The $112,000,000 Dollar Phillies did, but it was remarkable that the Rays made it that far on so little money spent. In 2021, the Dodgers did not even get to the World Series and their payroll was $262,000,000 Dollars. That’s more than 5X what AF paid in 2008. Of…
I had very little respect for Bill Plaschke BEFORE he wrote the column: “Dodgers must make it clear Trevor Bauer will never pitch for them again” in the LA Times. Now, Plaschke just makes me violently ill! Any modicum of respect I had for him is gone! I feel the same way about Bill Plaschke as I do Vladimir Putin. Both are despotic dictators, who believe they know better… better…
When the Dodgers went 1-2 in Colorado, all of the morons like Bill Plaschke and a host of bloggers wrote about “What we have learned about the Dodgers” and a lot of other drivel. We heard that they had pitching problems and that they were “overhyped.” The only thing they really learned was that they were morons, but we knew that a long time ago. Geeze… after 3 games, you…
This is the fourth straight Spring Training where Gavin Lux has an opportunity to win the 2B job and for the 4th straight season, Gavin Lux has failed to seize the day. In Spring Training of 2018, Gavin had no chance at winning a job, and he had only 4 ABs but he did have 2 hits. In 2019, he would have been a longshot to win a spot, but…
Let me start this by saying “You can NEVER have enough starting pitching”. That much is true, simply because you never do have enough starting pitching. There will always come a day when you could use another one. That is because of injury, especially issues related to repetitive stress injuries and just the dangers and problems associated with throwing a baseball. I just ain’t natural, I tell you. Do the…
I can give you a definite “maybe” or “maybe not.” Who knows what Andrew Friedman will do? I would have thought that he would have signed Kenley Jansen for $16 million rather than sign Tyler Anderson for $8 million. For the sake of this conversation, I am leaving Trevor Bauer out of the conversation, but why do the Dodgers need another #5 starter? Assuming Buehler, Urias and Kershaw are #1,…
If you know anything about me, you know that I believe the conventional wisdom is usually wrong… to say nothing of dumb! Insofar as I know, every blog, baseball writer, and a majority of the fans have tried, convicted, and sentenced Trevor Bauer in the Court of Public Opinion. I think that they are wrong! Very wrong – but I am not going to discuss it again… at least not…
Well, it finally happened. Someday, we will revisit all that is wrong with the clowns and jokers, but today is not that day. Collectively, neither side deserves our time… especially the scumbag MLBPA prima donna’s. But, I am done talking about them for now! It will likely take a day or two for the deals to start dropping, but I will be shocked if Freddie Freeman heads home. Joe Kelly…
The pandemic is winding down and a sense of normalcy is starting to return to this country. I am done beating this horse (unless you want to say something really stupid), and MLB Baseball has a “window of opportunity” to end the lockout and PLAY BALL! In general, pitchers and catchers are due to report Monday. Valentines Day would be the opportune time to end this Lockout once and for…
I thought today would be a good day to bring back rants and raves… although there is not a lot to rave about. The MLB owners and the MLBPA are evidently intelligent enough to know that posturing in the media will not have a good effect on the fans. So we have seen very little of that… except by Robber Manfred in the beginning. “Shut up in the press and…