LADodgerTalk.com – Matt Kemp, Clayton Kershaw, Vin Scully, Andre Ethier and the Dodgers

Euphoria is something Dodger fans haven’t felt lately.  My house was dark at a little after midnight.  There was just one room lit and that was my office (I watched every last pitch of the game, so never call me a fair-weather fan).  The family was in bed when they heard me clap and yell [...]

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We’ve seen the pretty boy big sluggers… and they ain’t so pretty.  It’s time to bring back the junkyard dogs. Stupid is as stupid does and insanity is doing the same thing and thinking you will get different results. Shake up the lineup. Bring back the junkyard dogs. Piss off Victorino, Kemp, Gonzalez, Ramirez and [...]

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When the Dodgers were considering Manny Ramirez, I said that “I’d rather lose without him than win with him.”  I took a lot of flack for that, but I believe that a lack of character will always rear it’s ugly head… and it did.  But, I digress. Let me clarify one thing:  I am down [...]

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I don’t even know whether to laugh or cry.  Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse: Victorino-     0-3 Gonzalez-      0-4 Kemp-            0-5 Ramirez-        0-4 Ethier-             0-4 The biggest game of the year and this is our performance?  Not going to win [...]

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The bottom of the 10th summed it up perfectly… Agon-strikeout Kemp-strikeout Hanley-strikeout Time is running out.  Tonight was a must win game leading 3-1 going into the 8th and we blew it. Will this team ever find chemistry? Will we ever go on that long win streak?  Maybe we are saving it for San Fran?  [...]

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Happy Labor Day Everyone! I think we all know that certain players have to be treated differently.  In a perfect world, I would want Hanley Ramirez at 3B and Dee Gordon at SS.  It ain’t gonna’ happen unless somehow someone can get Hanley to get on board with that idea.  He’s not on board now.  [...]

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Hold on tight boys! This is going to be one fun ride! Did any of you think the bums would acquire Agon, Hanley, Victorino and Beckett without a major speed bump?  It HAD to happen. The overly optimistic David Caldwell is back! Listen, September is here, we are currently undefeated in this month….these guys know [...]

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You can do nothing… and maybe that’s the right thing to do. Or, you can do something… and maybe that’s the right thing to do. Sure, you can say it’s not the hitting coaches fault, because the players have to actually hit the ball.  The coach can’t hit it for them.  You can say that [...]

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4.5 games back. I ask, do you trust Joe Blanton and Chris Capuano in any of the 6 Giants games we play? I don’t. We had a great first half but were falling behind in the marathon. The trade that was made was a good one. I applaud Ned for going out there and constructing [...]

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The Now It’s going to be a rough ride, folks.  You had better fasten your seat belts and pour yourself a stiff drink.  There’s a little over a month left in the season and the Dodgers are faced with this: Their #2 starter is on the DL; Their closer is on the shelf with heart [...]

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Ned Colletti drives a nine four four Satisfaction oozes from his pores He has an All-Star at First Base Another at Short Punto in his dresser Crawford at the door He keeps his Beckett against the wall He keeps his Beckett against the wall So I say I say welcome, welcome to the boomtown Pick [...]

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Even if this deal fizzles, I still tip my cap.  MLB teams and fans across the country are realizing this is a new era in Dodger baseball.  *As a fan, they have won me back*-to bad I live in Florida…Hopefully Dodger fans return to the park knowing their money is not going to support McScum [...]

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Why promoting from within the Dodgers organization is the answer. And why Free Agency is not. On the current 25 Man Roster, 44% of the players are from within the Dodger organization.  I define that as being drafted in the First Year Player Draft or they were signed internationally and go through our farm system. [...]

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Swept by the Giants at home.  P-I-T-I-F-U-L!  That’s all I’ve got to say!  Things look pretty dismal right about now, however this is baseball and you NEVER know.  The Giants?  [vomiting sounds] Years ago, I called Andre Ethier “soft.”  I retracted it when he had a modicum of success in the clutch, but it seems [...]

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OK, you can wake me up on September 1st, which is when we should see four players who could play pivotal roles for the Dodgers in 2013 and beyond – maybe even down the stretch: FedEx (I call him FedEx because I can’t spell Tim Federowicz) John Ely Alex Castellanos Jerry Sands I would like [...]

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I heard the idiots on the Dodger broadcast talk about Kemp bumping an umpire and how that could get him suspended, and then others picked up the mantle and suggested that he might be suspended.  I never discussed it because it was baseless.  Matt Kemp did nothing to warrant a suspension.  We live in an [...]

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Hello Dodger faithful.  My name is Justin Gunsaulus and I have been a constant reader on Mark’s site for over two years now and approached Mark to become a writer. On the website I have commented a few times here and there as NedSucks. You’re probably wondering how someone from across the nation becomes a [...]

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Joe Blanton is making a case not to be re-signed by the Dodgers.  Someone will give him a 3-year deal.  It won’t be the Dodgers who have RDLR and Allen Webster and John Ely and others at the the ready.  Blanton will probably pitch some good games for the Dodgers down the stretch (just not [...]

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Losing Melky Cabrera to a 50-game suspension for being as big of a cheater as Manny Ramirez and Barry Bonds does not automatically hand the NL West title to the Dodgers… but it doesn’t hurt.  He is arguably their best player this year.  When are these guys going to learn they will get caught if [...]

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… and rolling.   One at a time.  Just win the series.  Smell the rare air of the penthouse. As I predicted over a week ago, Yasiel Puig is going to Rancho.  They play tonight. Let’s see how he handles their final 21 games. Nice win last night, Shane Victorino paid dividends.  Kemp remains hot, Ethier [...]

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