Carry on!
Last night I posted an outrageous blog with the plan of taking it down this morning. It is gone, but I hope the effect remains. This is a blog where you can express your feelings on anything Dodgers and you do not have to agree with anything I say. For example, DodgerRick and I…
Last night I posted an outrageous blog with the plan of taking it down this morning. It is gone, but I hope the effect remains. This is a blog where you can express your feelings on anything Dodgers and you do not have to agree with anything I say. For example, DodgerRick and I seldom agree but he has well-thought-out comments. If you come he just for the purpose of complaining and blaming Dave Roberts or AF for things, that is fine, but when you do it, over-and-over for a year and say that AF does not know how no build a bullpen and what you would do differently… and then it turns out you were wrong and AF was right, and yet you continue on-and-on… that get’s old! When you blame DR for the sun coming up and the spread of COVID, and cancer… it just gets too much to tolerate.
None of us do this for money. We are Dodger fans, but we do not want to hear irrationality ad nauseum… over-and-over, blah, blah, blah! I put up an outrageous blog to show you what it is like to be around just crazy stuff. It has reached the point where some of us (myself included) question whether we want to continue. However, there are many fans who have been here a long time that we appreciate. We are going to continue… for now. We are not saying you cannot be critical. We just don’t tolerate lunacy.
It was a disappointing loss last night… no doubt. The Dodgers are now two games back and the Giants have not faltered all season. I do not believe they can keep it up… but so far I have been wrong all season.
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Discussion (148)
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Hard to believe the last 5 guys in our lineup today were all batting under .200 except Barnes at .217.
No wonder we made the mediocre Cards pitching staff look dominant.
Just for fun, does anyone think the SF Giants would have rolled over like good little puppy dogs like we did, leaving St Louis without getting one base hit in the last four innings of a 2-1 game and going down 1-2-3 in both the 8th and 9th inning without even a whimper?
Like me, I’m sure most of you don’t think SF would have done that. Their resume says otherwise. We have only won one game coming back from being down in the 9th. They have done many times. Regretfully, this is why they are better than us this year.
But, the good news is…..things can change….it’s possible our hitters could turn it around and become more clutch hitters from here on out. People can change, right?
The Dodgers regulars should be well rested for the Wildcard game.
So I guess Roberts was resting Seager so he’ll be ready for that wild card game.
I see zero reason to think the Giants mojo will suddenly disappear. They have been the best team all season—and they added Bryant. I see even less reason that the slumping and battered Dodger hitters will get hot. Remember when we were waiting for Lux to take flight? Now Belli is even worse….Before the trading season commenced, I was hoping AF would grab Starling Marte and Scherzer. He topped that by getting Trea in that deal. Turns out he should acquired Marte too. I mean, how could McKinney and Souza both be starting at this point in the season….Geez…
Oh well. Nice to have Gonsolin back—and the bullpen continues to produce.
Those “run differential” stays don’t mean squat with Dodgers back in the habit of losing one-run games.
All the complaining about resting players. Look who the Giants rested against us in the last seies
Dodger hitting woes can be directed to the hitting instructors, this BS launch angle for the long ball needs to be scrapped. Contact hitter is what’s needed.
Dodgers would have been well advised to not give up on DJ Peters with Belli and his season long slump.
Peters would have been able to provide almost the same good cf outfield as Belli and he has some much needed RH pop (now 9 dingers with the Rangers) while his average is hovering around .200. Still better than anybody we trotted out yesterday.
I did not like the move when it was made and I like it even less today.
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Notion that the Cardinals might bring Pujols back for a final season next year is gaining a lot of steam. With the distinct possibility of there being a universal DH, Pujols could easily slip into that role with St. Louis against LHP. It would also only be fitting that he and Molina, who has already announced that next season will be his last, would both be eligible to enter the Hall at the same time in the same uniform. And it would be a double farewell tour. The public relations benefit for the Cardinals would be huge. To me it is more than logical that they do it.
Beatty is on his way and will be activated today. There is no need to carry 16 pitchers when the big 3 will be pitching this weekend. Because of the short bench yesterday Doc let Knebel hit after pitching an inning and giving up a precious out.