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100% Beef Kansas City decided to “beef up” their bullpen and so they added Jon Broxton.  Now we know where the beef is.  I have no beef with J-Brox.  Kansas City is famous for cattle, but I’ll stop now because I’m not in the mooooood to barbecue Jon Broxton. Good Luck, Jon! Don’t poo-poo Adam Kennedy [...]

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There is a lot left to happen between now and Opening Day 2012, but I think there could be a surprise or two come next season. Here’s why I think that – Mike MacDougal had a nice season last year, which means that someone might want to overpay for him.  As much as liked what [...]

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Signing Matt Treanor is not news because it would be a shame if he actually  took a roster spot from either A.J. or Fed-X. It’s such a non-factor that I won’t address it anymore. He’s the Dioner Navarro of 2012 – that’s the best I can say.  A million dollars?  OK?  Well, he does have [...]

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I find it interesting that of the TOP 10 teams in MLB with the highest salaries, only one is alive in the playoffs and that is the number 10 team.  I guess money can’t buy you love.  This is the new paradigm. Frank McCourt certainly has good attorneys.  Who can predict what will happen at [...]

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Frank and Ned, The season is over and now some real work begins.  I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt, Frank.  I mean, it’s possible you won’t own the team next year, but I am working under the premise that you will, for no other reason than you own it now. [...]

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I think that the Dodgers have to bring James Loney back next year.  Maybe he just was allergic to Jeff Pentland.   It could be.  How could you think otherwise?  Loney has went from being gone for good to being a candidate for a long-term deal. So, Frank McCourt is pursuing Plan A (get a [...]

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First of all, there is a lot I don’t know.  Here’s a short list (there are others, including what the weather will be and where the Stock Market will close) I don’t know if Frank McCourt will prevail and own the Dodgers next season. I don’t know who the manager of the Dodgers will be [...]

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A few years ago, I was repeatedly berated for calling Andre Ethier “soft.”  I backed off for a while when he had some clutch hits, but let’s face the truth:  He is soft.  He’s a singles hitter who can’t hit lefties.  It is what it is.  You can’t pay a soft player what he is [...]

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At the start of Spring Training the Dodgers bullpen looked like this: Guerrier MacDougal Hawksworth Belisario Kuo Jansen Padilla Broxton One-by-one, all but Guerrier and MacDougal ended up on the Physically or Mentally (R-Bel) Disabled List, and then Jon Garland, the fifth started ened up there as well.  Now, the bullpen looks like this: Guerrier [...]

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you’re a lot closer than you think!” I live by that creed, and it could apply to these Dodgers…. But that is very unlikely! This team is rapidly reaching a tipping point of no return.  The naysayers had it right! The popular view is to blame Frank, and he does have to shoulder a share [...]

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If you have not been involved in watching major league baseball before, you may think that things are dire for the Dodgers… and you may be right!  Or, you could be wrong.  You see, in baseball anything can happen.  You may think it is unlikely, but Rafael Furcal, Casey Blake and Juan Uribe could come [...]

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I have been extremely busy the past week, but generally manage to check in here daily.  Here’s my two cents on the State of the Dodgers and other stuff: Down deep, Bin Laden is a good guy! The Dodgers seem very distracted as a team and Don Mattingly does not seem to be a soothing [...]

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The Broxton defenders will say that Jamey Carroll cost Brox the game with his error, but the reality of the situation is that Carroll had to charge it and “hope” that he could come up with it.  He didn’t! But Broxton did put 2 runners on with walks (1 intentional) and allowed two hits.  Broxton [...]

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Of the Dodgers 7 wins this season, Jon Broxton has had a hand in 6 of them (1 win, 5 saves). That is pretty impressive until you look at his 4.26 ERA and the fact that he has pitched 6.1 innings and allowed 7 hits (including 2 HR) while striking out only 3 and walking [...]

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Hey, I read here every day, but today I thought I’d weigh in with my opinion. Chad Billingsley is disappointing.  His proclivity to blow leads is troubling.  It appears to me that he’s throwing, not pitching.  I think he’ll turn it around, but I feel better about Lilly than I do about C-Bill right about [...]

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The bottom-line is that the Dodgers took 3 out of 4 games from the reigning World Champs! Rants and Raves: Raffy looks healthy and if he is all season, he’s a difference-maker. Kuroda wasn’t perfect, but if he can [pitch like that all year, I’ll take it. The lack of power again is troubling. Casey [...]

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After the game, Matt Kemp said: “This is just the beginning.” Tony Jackson of ESPN/LosAngeles hit the nail on the head:  Davey Lopes is helping the Dodgers immensely, especially Matt Kemp.  After describing Matt Kemp who went from first to third on what might have ordinarily been a double play ball, Tony wrote this: “There [...]

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Some people are reluctant to call him “Ace.”  “He’s too young.   “He’s too wild.”  “He’s too inexperienced.”  Every year, we have seen Clayton Kershaw  progress, mature, grow and develop.  One of the first and probably the smartest thing Don Mattingly did when he started Spring Training was to name Clayton as the Dodgers Opening Day [...]

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Here it is: March 31st, 2011 Opening Day. Kershaw vs. Lincecum. Dodgers vs. Giants. Us vs. Them. You all love to criticize me because I step out there and make predictions, but now’s the time to do that. Are you scared? I’m not. I’m going to make mine RIGHT NOW! We will re-visit these in [...]

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