Dodgers Moves

Each week, on this blog, I plan on highlighting any
moves the Dodgers make. Hopefully, looking at the competition, one would think they would getting to an arms race and target another pitcher.

Does Raffy Furcal have a future in LA?

Do the Royals want Matt Kemp for Greinke?

Is there a chance Russell Martin gets non-tendered?

Will the Dodgers sign Kershaw longterm?

Little World Series Update

I am incensed at the inconsistent strike zone during this World Series. Yes I want the Giants to lose, but it seems like the zone has been tight to wide depending on the hitters.

I have only limited proof, but Madison Bumgarner was getting Tom Glavine type outside strikes. It was like the umpire gave him everything a foot outside and everything 6 inches inside. That's why he dominated.

The Giants have had their fair share of K's looking and check swinging. The Fox Trac should be banned. It's really a poor way of making the Umps look bad.

The Texas Rangers are playing like Strangers and they can't seem to get ahead in the count. Nothing seems to be going right. They seem timid and off balance. However, tomorrow night I expect this to be a slugfest with both teams hitting the ball and being very aggressive at the plate and on the base paths.

Should the Giants play game 5 as a game 7, they'll win. If they come in overconfident, they'll lose.

My prediction is it will go back to AT&T Park. Rangers win 6-2.

Can the Giants win and can the Rangers get fired up and make it a 3-2 series? Who knows.

Lilly's bloom in April

Hello Dodger Fans,

A start to the off season has just begun with a nice warning shot to the rest of the NL West. Ted Lilly has a greed to terms on a nice deal with the Dodgers. With a 7-4 starting record after the trade from the Cubs, the Dodgers look to fortify their starting rotation of Bills and Kershaw. I am optimistic that Lilly will be a nice option for the 3rd, 4th or 5th spot. No way, the Dodgers get Cliff Lee, but if Frank McCourt gets his wish and takes the team over and gets a new TV deal, then the Dodgers have a chance of getting a left fielder and maybe another starter.

Obviously, there is a lot of work to be done, but matching up and playing better baseball will be key in beating the Giants and Rockies next year. Notice I didn't mention the Padres who are being dismantled as we speak!

Farewell Joe Torre and Go Dodgers in 2011

Yesterday was an incredible day of a number of different sporting events taking place at the same time. I had a main rotation of afternoon NFL games and Dodger baseball coupled with a longing for the Padres to accomplish the unthinkable...to tie the Giants and make history with 2 possible playoff games for the division and wild card. However, watching the Dodgers start hitting and seeing their bullpen hold Arizona in the 7th and 8th inning, I noticed that fight that has not been there since the All Star break and you saw guys get after it on the last day of the season. You saw them play to win and to win for Joe Torre.

To me, Joe Torre was more than the Bigelow tea commercials and the name linked to the Yankees. He was the Dodgers for three seasons and he wore the Dodger Blue well. He put a name and a face to the Dodgers in the East Coast and on ESPN. However, Joe was really, Phil Jackson without the players. Let's face it, if there were other circumstances and the Dodgers had more of those "it" guys on the roster, the season could have a different outcome. If we had chosen to just pay Randy Wolf, we wouldn't have to try and sign Ted Lilly, which will be impossible.


Joe Torre really tried to make us winners for the 3rd year in a row. It didn't happen, because there was no chemistry in the clubhouse and guys just didn't seem to trust their stuff like John Broxton and Matt Kemp. Despite all of the home runs for Kemp, it doesn't if you strike out as many times as he did.

The biggest disappointment was Ethier after a monstrous start and his injury he was never the same.

I'd like to believe that next year, with Don Mattingly at the helm, there is a guy that knows about playing baseball and coaching baseball players. I think that there is a reason for optimism. However, we've got holes in the pitching staff and not a lot of prospects to fill out our infield, so I remain hopeful as I always am that the Dodgers get a good pitcher and power hitter this year.

Go Dodgers! Go anyone in the playoffs not the Giants!