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He may or may not ever hit 20 home runs, but based upon a 162 game season, James Loney will deliver the following stats: 32 Doubles 4 Triples 14 HR 87 RBI .288 BA .346 OB% .432 Slg % .788 OPS Near Gold Glove Defense While none of that is astounding, it is solid.  James [...]

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TJ Simers of The LA Times is just getting around to writing what I have been saying for two years:  “Be careful of wanting a new owner, because the next one might be worse!”  Yeah, I’ve said that over and over again. Nearly every Dodger fan wanted Frank McCourt gone, and many really believed that [...]

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I’ve told you from jump that Mark Cuban would never own the Dodgers and now that prophecy has come to pass.  I knew that Mark Cuban was not ever going to pay more than $1.2 billion for the Dodgers, which Blackstone Advisory Partners has evidently established as the minimum bid the Dodgers would be sold [...]

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You can’t blame Prince Fielder for taking the money the Tigers offered, but after reading numerous reports from many sources (some actually reliable), it is apparent that the Dodgers interest in the Prince (and their offer to him) was genuine.  If it was only only a ploy, then the Dodgers would have probably publicized it [...]

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The devil being Scott Borasssss! Back on December 19th, 2011, I wrote this: According to Bruce Levine of ESPN/Chicago ”The Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Dodgers are reportedly the main suitors for Fielder at this point, with the Cubs still in the running.” At the same time, Dylan Hernandez of The LA Times reports just the opposite: “With six days until [...]

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It’s on the Radio and in print all around the blogosphere that Andre Ethier could be a “man on a mission.”  In part, he said: “It comes down to the security part, too, but it also comes down to unfinished business and I feel like, yeah, I’m facing that decision now where hopefully it doesn’t [...]

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… but Prince Fielder to the Tigers makes perfect sense. They lost V-Mart for the season and Cecil Fielder was an icon in the Motor City, so this makes perfect sense. I suppose 9 years at $214 mil is not bad for an AL club who can use the DH, but just like Albert Pujols [...]

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A source gave me the following information about who bid what for the Dodgers on a condition of anonymity: Mark Cuban: $1.25 Billion Magic Johnson/Stan Kasten: $950,000 in small unmarked bills, non-sequentially numbered Steven Cohen/Arn Tellem:  $2 Billion in Cash Joe Torre/Rick Caruso:  $1.12 Billion in Yankee Autographs Ron Burkle:  $1 Billion Stanley Gold/Disney family: $1.3 [...]

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It only took him five weeks to figure out and write what I wrote on December 13, 2011: If Prince Fielder really wants to come to LA, and I think he does, he and the Dodgers can still make it happen.   Two of his best friends play for the Dodgers, namely Matt Kemp and [...]

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I want you to consider a few questions and how you would have answered them on January 20, 2010: If I had told you that James Loney would hit more home runs than Andre Ethier in 2010,  would you have probably felt pretty good about the 2010 season? If I had told you that RDLR [...]

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Wanted: 23-Year Old Cy Young Award Winner Who Is One Of The Top Five Pitchers in Baseball. How much would you have to pay for that? $10 Million? That’s a bargain. What a deal! Pay him and smile!

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First of all – I must tell you that this is no joke.  There is nothing funny here.  No jokes, like before.  I am just going to give you my take on Hiroki Kuroda: Stand up guy.  As a person, there’s nothing you can say bad about Hiroki.  I was watching when he was hit [...]

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It’s time to face the facts, Dodger fans -  James Loney and Andre Ethier are both “platoon players.”  Now, wait!  Before you get all bent out of shape, this is not a slam on either player – it is just stating the obvious.  Last year, both players hit .220 or below against LH pitching and [...]

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Hiroki will be in Pinstripes in 2012.   I figured him for Boston or NY.  So it was no surprise. The question now becomes whether Ned did the right thing in signing Capuano and Harang instead of Kuroda.  I guess time will tell, but I think the fact that he decided to sign them instead of [...]

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There is a flurry of activity behind the scenes right now involving bidders for the Dodgers.  I know there are some well-healed bidders, but I’m not sure if anyone will pay the $1.5 billion that the Dodgers will fetch, including the parking lots.  Not only will that be the most ever paid for a baseball [...]

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Bug Selig’s contract has been extended for two more years! We are so…  

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The title of this post was inspired by the book “The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon” by Stephen King.  If you haven’t read it, you should* – but I digress!  I frequently compare my writing style to Stephen King, other than the fact that I can’t write and have no style, we are the same! [...]

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I see that they are seeking Dodger Bloggers to play in a a softball tournament filled with Dodger bloggers and Dodger fans. “Hey, that might be fun“, I said to myself (that’s what I call myself – “self”). Yeah, why wouldn’t I want to do that? Right, I’ll just make a list like old Ben [...]

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To no one’s surprise, Mike MacDougal re-signed with the Dodgers, and the complaints have started because he allowed too many inherited runners to score.  A 2.04 ERA ain’t what it used to be in the era of WHIP, FIP and ZIP (OK, I just made that last one up).  I’m not saying Mac is the [...]

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You hated FOX , and really, (admit it) you were starting to hate O’Malley before he sold to FOX. You hated McCourt. AND, you are going to hate the next owner. Let me introduce you to Time Warner! When this is over, Time Warner is going to own the Dodgers! How do you like that? [...]

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