Another year, another early exit. Oh woe is me, what is wrong with my Dodgers??? If I knew the answer to that problem, I would be the GM. Actually I doubt anyone really knows the reason that for two straight years the Dodgers have been sent home very early.
I have theory’s, but that is about it. I do feel the five day layoff hurts the teams getting it more than MLB would like to admit. Now they have to learn from that failure.
Obviously whatever preparations they made did not work out so well. But how do you explain how your two biggest stars suddenly forgot how to hit a baseball hard???
It is really hard to sit and watch a team you dominated most of the season playing for a chance to go to the World Series. But for the second year in a row, that is where we are.
Thank the stars for USC football. I don’t watch the pros, and I quit following the Lakers years ago. Seems like they have a pretty good team though.
This winter I do have one project I need to finish. As I have been writing for this site and Marks, I have not worked on my model of the USS Indianapolis in a while. So as the snow begins to fall, pretty soon now, I will have plenty of time to finish it. It is a pretty difficult model to do. Lots of really small parts. I need a clamp and magnifying glass to do the anti-aircraft machine guns.
There won’t be much Dodger news for a while although McCullough interviewed for the Guardian’s vacancy. Kapler interviewed for the GM job with the Red Sox, and Luis Avilan, who spent a couple of seasons in LA, retired.
Wil Venable turned down an interview request with the Red Sox. And the Giants want to interview Bob Melvin, but need the Padres permission to do so and if they hired him, they no doubt would need to compensate the Padres. They also have some interest in Jason Varitek, the former Red Sox catcher.
There has been no news about Urias’s status with the judicial system at all. Is he even still in the country? Or did he go home to Mexico to await the decision?
We probably won’t know anything about Kershaw until maybe New Years. I think he will wait until after the holidays to make up his mind. I believe we will know about Ohtani sometime during the winter meetings.
Haven’t watched a single game of the playoffs. I have zero rooting interest. I just want Houston to lose.
Hey Bear. When you finish that model, how about posting a picture? Would love to see it when done.
I’ve got some painting to do before winter. House trim. I used to kinda like painting when I was younger. Not anymore.
I hope Jeff is recovering. That was some game last night. Two failed 2 point conversions being the difference. SC football and Lincoln Riley. Why can’t they recruit and coach defense? I have a buddy in Oklahoma who texted me last night he watched the same thing for 5 years. It’s been two years here. After 7 years is there any reason to believe it will change?
It’s my opinion the Pac 12 is good enough that it’s champion should be invited to the tournament.
The Indianapolis. Interesting choice. It’s sinking resulted in the greatest loss of life at sea from a single ship in the history of the U.S. Navy. I’m sure you know that.
I’ve watched more baseball than I said I would. I’m watching just to see teams lose. Feels kinda strange to be doing that.
Kapler. Don’t much care where he goes unless it’s back with the Dodgers. I am interested in where Ng ends up.
I think it’s important to know about Ohtani and Kershaw as soon as possible. Both of them here is my choice. I know Kershaw is now a 120 inning pitcher, but his ERA and WAR are still good enough to be of value to the club. And Ohtani’s bat would make the top of our lineup another Murderers Row. I know “pitching wins championships”, but I sure like watching my team score runs all summer.
I’m sure USC’s problems will go away once they start playing in another conference. I used to root hard for them and finally got myself to root for the Pac 12 team with the best chance to win the national championship. Now I basically root for Oregon State.
I root for the Seahawks because Pete Carroll is there.
The days of John Wooden, John McKay, John Robinson, or Pete Carroll are sadly gone. It’s the Dodgers that are our best hope for keeping the torch burning. With that I am going to go Badger and join him in hoping Ohtani becomes a Dodger and I might as well again add Witt to the team.
The More He Thought About it, The Angrier He Got, the Gary section of The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, is perhaps the most finely executed comic passage of 100 pages ever written.
Giants have received permission from the Padres to interview Melvin.
That’s a done deal.
Melvin doesn’t want to be in SD and Preller doesn’t want him there.
And yet another Corbin Burnes to LAD trade proposal. Per Zachary D. Rymer of Bleacher Report – Corbin Burnes to LAD for Dalton Rushing and Nick Frasso.
Per the trade simulator, the Dodgers are a little short on the deal.
Burnes – 30.3
Rushing – 17.7
Frasso – 5.2
Both Rushing and Frasso are Top 100 prospects, so the cost is high. Although there are plenty of other prospects that can replace both. While I do not believe Milwaukee would pull the trigger on this deal, as with the other proposed Burnes trade, I would do this deal. I cannot see Milwaukee moving Burnes to the Dodgers without Emmet Sheehan.
Burnes is a bona fide Ace, and the Dodgers have zero idea as to how Walker Buehler comes back. Two of the top FA pitchers are Scott Boras clients (Montgomery and Snell) making it difficult for me to believe that either are realistic options. That would leave Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Aaron Nola, and Sonny Gray as the next best options. Both NY teams will be heavily bidding on Yamamoto. I have not heard favorites for the other two, but there figures to be excess bidding for all of them.
One “insider” thinks that Sonny Gray is the most logical for LAD because he figures to command a lower number of years with a high AAV. This is something that AF prefers over 7 year 9 figure contracts for pitchers. Maybe he breaks the mold this year with signing Scott Boras clients and obligating 9 figures to a SP. I did not think he would extend Mookie as he did, and I was glad to be wrong.
I do not know how you get 2-3 top tier SP without the benefit of a trade.
Rams lay another egg.
I wonder if the Lakers will be any good?
Yay Rangers! Nice 9th inning against the Cheetos. Garcia granny after 4 K day.