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Could the Dodgers Really Field Two MLB Teams?

There s not much to do with the MLB season on hold, the NBA season on hold, the NCAA Tournament canceled, High School Tournaments in limbo, schools closed, and restaurants and theaters are persona non-Grotta. My youngest son and I spent the day plumbing his house, the house he has had since he was 18 (he s almost 21 now) and has totally gutted and rebuilt it. It was built in 1900

By Mark Timmons4 min readJump to 104 comments

There’s not much to do with the MLB season on hold, the NBA season on hold, the NCAA Tournament canceled, High School Tournaments in limbo, schools closed, and restaurants and theaters are persona non-Grotta. My youngest son and I spent the day plumbing his house, the house he has had since he was 18 (he’s almost 21 now) and has totally gutted and rebuilt it. It was built in 1900 and he plans to move in by August.

What is there to do? I have thought about binge-watching Game of Thrones, but no… So I will ask, how deep are the Dodgers? Can they really field two competitive teams? I have made up two teams from the Dodger’s roster and minor leaguers. Lets’s look and see.

Dodgers Team A

Position Players

  • 1B: Max Muncy
  • 2B: Zach McKinstry
  • SS: Chris Taylor
  • 3B: Justin Turner
  • LF: Joc Pederson
  • CF: Kike Hernandez
  • RF: Mookie Betts
  • C: Will Smith

Utility

  • Rocky Gale
  • Luke Raley
  • Anthony Garcia
  • Conner Joe
  • Omar Estevez

Starting Pitchers

  • Walker Buehler
  • Julio Urias
  • Ross Stripling
  • Alex Wood
  • Tony Gonsolin

Bullpen

  • Edwin Uceta
  • Scott Alexander
  • Gerardo Carrillo
  • Mitch White
  • Victor Gonzalez
  • Joe Kelly
  • Josh Sborz
  • Kenley Jansen

Dodgers Team B

Position Players

  • 1B: Tyler White
  • 2B: Gavin Lux
  • SS: Corey Seager
  • 3B: Edwin Rios
  • LF: AJ Pollock
  • CF: Cody Bellinger
  • RF: Cody Thomas
  • C: Austin Barnes

Utility

  • Keibert Ruiz
  • Terrance Gore
  • Zach Reeks
  • Matt Beaty
  • Jacob Amaya

Starting Pitchers

  • Clayton Kershaw
  • David Price
  • Dustin May
  • Jimmy Nelson
  • Josiah Gray

Bullpen

  • Pedro Baez
  • Brett de Gues
  • Dylan Floro
  • Dennis Santana
  • Adam Kolarek
  • Caleb Ferguson
  • Brusdar Graterol
  • Blake Treinen

Now, neither of those teams will win the World Series, the Pennant or even their Division, but they would be competitive. I think they would win at least 80 games… barring injury (they have no depth). How many MLB teams could do that? Yes, some of the youngsters would have to be called up earlier than expected, but sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn’t. Players can step up. It’s at least fun to talk about when there’s not much else…

The Coronavirus Pandemic

Our country and most likely, the World has not been in these kinds of uncharted water in my lifetime. In October 2009, when the President declared a National Emergency, 1,000 US Citizens had died from the swine flu. However, 30 days before that, a vaccine had been developed and it was not long after that when millions were vaccinated. Right about now, we have a National Emergency and about 60 people have died… but we have no vaccine on the horizon. It’s likely 90 to 120 days away. What is next? We don’t know. That’s what scares people senseless.

We have no idea how fast it will spread. Maybe canceling everything will help. Spring is near and the virus does not like heat, which is why the Dodgers may be safest in Arizona. There are so many things to be answered and resolved. The supermarkets are ravaged. I am ordering on Amazon to stay ahead of the curve. Schools are closed in Indy for three weeks. Everyone is afraid of the unknown. At US Water Systems, we have 48 employees and they are family. We are busy figuring out how we can handle this and make sure everyone and their families have food, medicine and can make their mortgage payments. That weighs on our minds.

My family and I could go into the woods or just sequester in our home for two months and be OK, but we have other obligations that are more important – our employees and their families. That makes it really tough because we watch out for them too.

My oldest son in NYC has had all his film business canceled. He is a stedi-can operator and has no jobs. He is dead in the water, so my youngest son and my son-in-law are taking my F-150 to NYC Monday and bringing him and his two cats back for three weeks. He could have flown but said he doesn’t want to be in a flying petri dish.

His grandmother (who happens to be my ex-mother-in-law) has adopted me as her son because her daughter (my ex-wife) and her son have both died and I am her next of kin. She is part of our family and at nearly 90, she needs some help. My wife and our other kids are almost like her own grandkids. She will be here to greet him. I can only imagine how it is to bury a husband and your only daughter and son. She is excited to see her grandson…

In the meantime, it is crazy and there have only been 15 cases of COVID-19 in Indiana. FIFTEEN! The truth is that this is a media-driven frenzy. I subscribe to what William Shakespeare once said: “The first thing we should do is kill all the lawyers and journalists.” P.S. Lawyers on this blog get a FREE PASS! I know at least 4!

The coronavirus has been very political, but this is not about politics. It’s about life and being safe. I am doing all I can. Be safe, my friends! Wash your hands with plenty of anti-bacterial soap and hot water for at least 20 seconds as many times a day as possible.

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  1. Always CompeteMarch 15, 2020

    I am to not going to comment as to whether there is too much press coverage or not enough. I prefer more information, but I prefer it from limited sources I trust. Fill me up with facts and leave out the editorial commentary.

    But why I really wanted to write today is too wish Idahoal and Bear good health and let you know I will be praying for you to get well soon.

  2. IdahoalMarch 16, 2020

    I live in the Boise area. My 3 children and 9 grandkids live here. Thanks for the well wishes. I stopped going to mass and communion because of this stuff. I have to laugh a little. When I got sick on Sunday, I said to myself, well if you have to be sick, this a a good time. I can watch baseball, college basketball and golf. So much for that thought. I do have this blog.

  3. Mark TimmonsMarch 16, 2020

    This could be fake news, or not…

    – China has closed down its last coronavirus hospital.

    Not enough new cases to support them.

    – Indian Doctors successful in treating Corona. Combination of drugs used: Lopinavir, Retonovir, Oseltamivir along with Chlorphenamine.

    They are going suggest same medicine globally.

    – Researchers of the Erasmus Medical Center claim to have found an antibody against coronavirus.

    – A 103-year-old Chinese grandmother has made a full recovery from COVID-19 after being treated for 6 days in Wuhan, China.

    – Apple reopens all 42 china stores,

    – Cleveland Clinic develops COVID-19 test that gives results in hours, not days.

    – Good news from South Korea, where the number of new cases is declining.

    – Italy is hit hard, experts say, only because they have the oldest population in Europe.

    – Wuhan celebrates the closure of the last temporary hospital in Wuhan.

    – Scientists in Israel likely to announce the development of a coronavirus vaccine.

    – 3 Maryland coronavirus patients fully recovered; able to return to everyday life.

    – Two more Filipinos have recovered from COVID-19 and is now discharged from the hospital. Only two Filipino COVID-19 positive patients remain in hospital isolation.

    – A network of Canadian scientists are making excellent progress in Covid-19 research.

    – A San Diego biotech company is developing a Covid-19 vaccine in collaboration with Duke University and National University of Singapore.

    – Tulsa County’s first positive COVID-19 case has recovered. This individual has had two negative tests, which is the indicator of recovery.

    – All 7 patients who were getting treated for at Safdarjung hospital in New Delhi have recovered.

    – Plasma from newly recovered patients from Covid -19 can treat others infected by Covid-19.

    I am checking it out.

  4. Mark TimmonsMarch 16, 2020

    I was sent this today:

    Personal Action Steps for Avoiding the Coronavirus

    Source: James Robb, MD UC San Diego.

    Subject: What I am doing for the upcoming COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic…

    Dear Colleagues, as some of you may recall, when I was a professor of pathology at the University of California San Diego, I was one of the first molecular virologists in the world to work on coronaviruses (the 1970s). I was the first to demonstrate the number of genes the virus contained. Since then, I have kept up with the coronavirus field and its multiple clinical transfers into the human population (e.g., SARS, MERS), from different animal sources.

    > The current projections for its expansion in the US are only probable, due to continued insufficient worldwide data, but it is most likely to be widespread in the US by mid to late March and April.

    > Here is what I have done and the precautions that I take and will take. These are the same precautions I currently use during our influenza seasons, except for the mask and gloves.:

    > 1) NO HANDSHAKING! Use a fist bump, slight bow, elbow bump, etc.

    > 2) Use ONLY your knuckle to touch light switches. elevator buttons, etc.. Lift the gasoline dispenser with a paper towel or use a disposable glove.

    > 3) Open doors with your closed fist or hip – do not grasp the handle with your hand, unless there is no other way to open the door. Especially important on bathroom and post office/commercial doors.

    > 4) Use disinfectant wipes at the stores when they are available, including wiping the handle and child seat in grocery carts.

    > 5) Wash your hands with soap for 10-20 seconds and/or use a greater than 60% alcohol-based hand sanitizer whenever you return home from ANY activity that involves locations where other people have been.

    > 6) Keep a bottle of sanitizer available at each of your home’s entrances. AND in your car for use after getting gas or touching other contaminated objects when you can’t immediately wash your hands.

    > 7) If possible, cough or sneeze into a disposable tissue and discard. Use your elbow only if you have to. The clothing on your elbow will contain infectious virus that can be passed on for up to a week or more!

    > What I have stocked in preparation for the pandemic spread to the US:

    > 1) Latex or nitrile latex disposable gloves for use when going shopping, using the gasoline pump, and all other outside activity when you come in contact with contaminated areas.

    > Note: This virus is spread in large droplets by coughing and sneezing. This means that the air will not infect you! BUT all the surfaces where these droplets land are infectious for about a week on average – everything that is associated with infected people will be contaminated and potentially infectious. The virus is on surfaces and you will not be infected unless your unprotected face is directly coughed or sneezed upon. This virus only has cell receptors for lung cells (it only infects your lungs) The only way for the virus to infect you is through your nose or mouth via your hands or an infected cough or sneeze onto or into your nose or mouth.

    > 2) Stock up now with disposable surgical masks and use them to prevent you from touching your nose and/or mouth (We touch our nose/mouth 90X/day without knowing it!). This is the only way this virus can infect you – it is lung-specific. The mask will not prevent the virus in a direct sneeze from getting into your nose or mouth – it is only to keep you from touching your nose or mouth.

    > 3) Stock up now with hand sanitizers and latex/nitrile gloves (get the appropriate sizes for your family). The hand sanitizers must be alcohol-based and greater than 60% alcohol to be effective.

    > 4) Stock up now with zinc lozenges. These lozenges have been proven to be effective in blocking coronavirus (and most other viruses) from multiplying in your throat and nasopharynx. Use as directed several times each day when you begin to feel ANY “cold-like” symptoms beginning. It is best to lie down and let the lozenge dissolve in the back of your throat and nasopharynx. Cold-Eeze lozenges is one brand available, but there are other brands available.

    I, as many others do, hope that this pandemic will be reasonably contained, BUT I personally do not think it will be. Humans have never seen this snake-associated virus before and have no internal defense against it. Tremendous worldwide efforts are being made to understand the molecular and clinical virology of this virus. Unbelievable molecular knowledge about the genomics, structure, and virulence of this virus has already been achieved. BUT, there will be NO drugs or vaccines available this year to protect us or limit the infection within us. Only symptomatic support is available.

    I hope these personal thoughts will be helpful during this potentially catastrophic pandemic. You are welcome to share this email. Good luck to all of us! Jim

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    2. Vit C (ascorbic or mineral ascorbates): 3000-5000 mg/day in divided doses to minimize diarrheal response. Active Ribose C is the preferred form to minimize side-effects..

    3. Vit D3: 10000 IU per day for two weeks then 5000 IU per day

    4. Magnesium: 400-800 mg per day as citrate or malate

    5. Zinc: 20-30 mg per day as zinc methionate

    6. Selenium: 200-400 micrograms per day as L-selenomethionine

    7. B-complex: 400 mg B-complex

    Vitamin C and CoronaVirus

    If, by the end of today, YOU and your family members are NOT taking a minimum of 500 milligrams, per day, of Vitamin C may God help you…

    Get with the program people. Stop being Big Pharma sheeples…

    The liberal media is NOT telling the public that literally TONS of Vitamin C is being shipped into Wuhan, China to treat, and stop, their CoronaVirus outbreak. They are also not telling anyone that the city of Shanghai (population 24.2 million) has adopted Vitamin C as their treatment of choice. I am hearing reports that the country of Taiwan is doing the same.

    So, what the hell is wrong with the United States of America?

    Listen closely – go out and buy a family sized bag of Vitamin C right now. Read the rest of this article later if you have to. Get whatever form you can get…

    I’m 76 years old – so by the media’s estimate I’m first in line to die of the CoronaVirus. No thanks, I’m busy that day…

    I take a minimum of 2,500 milligrams of Vitamin C per day, and have been for years, in powder form stirred into sixteen (16) ounces of water. If I feel a cold, or allergies, coming on I’ll double that by taking more six hours later.

    I get my “China Free” Vitamin C from a secret source. You can buy your Vitamin C anywhere you want, but try to get the best quality. Try to get the Ascorbic Acid variety as your first choice.

    The stuff I get, when mixed with sixteen ounces of water, tastes like a very good pink lemonade, and I use it as the liquid to take my supplements every morning.

    What supplements does an old guy like me take, you ask? Besides the Vitamin C, I take two 425 mg Magnesium Malate (old guys need magnesium), three Prostrate Formula (yup, I’m there), two 1000 mg Triphala (look this one up), two 2,500 mg Flax Seed/Fish Oil Complex, two 500 mg Vitamin B12 (keeps me pretty), one 500 mg Selenium, two 5,000 mg D3 (sunshine in a capsule), and a blood pressure pill (I’m married, and sometimes we don’t always agree).

    Andrew Saul, over at the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service writes:

    “Shanghai Government Officially Recommends Vitamin C for COVID-19”

    (OMNS Mar 3, 2020) The government of Shanghai, China has announced its official recommendation that COVID-19 should be treated with high amounts of intravenous vitamin C. (1) Dosage recommendations vary with severity of illness, from 50 to 200 milligrams per kilogram body weight per day to as much as 200 mg/kg/day.

    These dosages are approximately 4,000 to 16,000 mg for an adult, administered by IV. This specific method of administration is important, says intravenous therapy expert Atsuo Yanagisawa, MD, PhD, because vitamin C’s effect is at least ten times more powerful by IV than if taken orally. Dr. Yanagisawa is president of the Tokyo-based Japanese College of Intravenous Therapy. He says, “Intravenous vitamin C is a safe, effective, and broad-spectrum antiviral.”

    Richard Z. Cheng, MD, PhD, a Chinese-American specialist physician, has been working closely with medical and governmental authorities throughout China. He has been instrumental in facilitating at least three Chinese clinical IV vitamin C studies now underway. Dr. Cheng is presently in Shanghai continuing his efforts to encourage still more Chinese hospitals to implement vitamin C therapy incorporating high oral doses as well as C by IV.

    Dr. Cheng and Dr. Yanagisawa both recommend oral vitamin C for prevention of COVID-19 infection.

  5. Ray CharlesMarch 16, 2020

    I’ve noticed that since Badger started up, his BS agenda’s have become very friggen important and what this site is about has become secondary

  6. CassidyMarch 16, 2020

    Mark you forgot diet. Alternating meals between double cheeseburgers (no veggies) and cheese pizza (no meat toppings). That’s sure to kill you before the virus!

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