Happy LA DODGER TALK Thanksgiving!
LA Dodger Talk has been around almost 20 years. We have written about the good times and the bad times. We have had our hearts broken and 2020 has been a very rough year for everyone, but Dodger fans have something to show for 2020 that no one else has: A World Championship! It was thirty-two years, but it finally happened and no one can take that away! 2020 was
LA Dodger Talk has been around almost 20 years. We have written about the good times and the bad times. We have had our hearts broken and 2020 has been a very rough year for everyone, but Dodger fans have something to show for 2020 that no one else has:
A World Championship!
It was thirty-two years, but it finally happened and no one can take that away! 2020 was a very bad year and yet it was a very good year in some ways. We have lost some people to the pandemic and that has hurt many families… a lot. But, we can be Thankful for what we have and if we still have some family, that is always important. Sometimes a little child can put it all into perspective:
Yes… Indeed!
Here’s What I Want for Thanksgiving
There are about 100 people or so who comment on LA Dodger Talk, but there are several thousand who read here. On this blessed day, can you just chime in and tell us what you are thankful for, where you hail from and how long you have been a Dodger fan? We would love to hear from you. Tell us what you are thankful for!
I also want to thank the following writers for making LA DODGER TALK so special:
- Jeff Dominique aka/Always Compete (AC)
- Harold Uhlman aka/ Dodger Chatter (DC) – Retired
- Rob Schelling aka/2demeter2
- Michael Norris aka/Bear (pretty sure he’s a Grizzly)
- Evan Bladh aka/Sons of Kingman
Let us hear from all of you readers far and wide, so that we know you appreciate what we do. We certainly appreciate you!
Thanksgiving may be a little different this year, but my family and I will all be together – we have all had COVID-19 and survived!
The Thanksgiving Song
Thanksgiving is my favorite Holiday and I wish you all the best Thanksgiving you can possibly have. I look forward to spending the day with my favorite daughter (of course, I only have one).
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Discussion (125)
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I have been a Dodger fan since I noticed wally moon looks like my dad, I am thankful for the health God gave me and my family, and hopefully ever one here on this board. Live in the San Gabriel valley and 72yrs old equal to a lot here that post. Would like to think Mark,AC,2D2, And all that post here, I read LADT ever day very enjoyable and makes my day.Happy Thanksgiving to all and stay safe.
Thank all of you (especially the big 5-6 of you who do your wonderful articles). I read LADT every day and post now and then, especially this year during the playoffs. I grew up in Long Beach (Poly HS) and have been a Dodger fan since they moved to LA. I used to go to Hollywood Stars games with my dad then to Dodger games at the Colosseum before Dodger Stadium. I moved to Norcal in the early 60’s but have never switched to the Dark Side in spite of being surrounded by Giant’s fans. Went to the clinching game of the ’88 World Series in Oakland with one of my sons. Sadly, we lost our son this year so, along with COVID, it’s been a very difficult year. The Dodgers WS win this year was the one bright spot. I’m thankful for that and for my lovely family, relatively good health for my age (76) and my lifelong love of the best sports team in the world–the Los Angeles Dodgers! Go Blue! I still work some. I’m a CPA with my own practice and although I have down-sized I still go to the office a few days a week and have some long-time clients I still enjoy working with. My staff does most of the work so I can just spend quality time with them and my clients. Very fortunate!
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. Let’s hope we can move past COVID soon and all be back in Dodger Stadium next year to see them repeat!
Thanks again for all the work you all have done on LADT. I have really enjoyed it!
Turn out the lights, the party’s over!
The guests are asleep in their quarters and we have cleaned everything up. I did eat 2 turkey sandwiches tonight and will eat about 3 a day for the next 3 or 4 days.
I lost 30 pounds on the COVID-19 diet and probably gained 67 back today!
It was the best Thanksgiving ever… in no small part to the readers who posted today.
Thank you and may the Force be with you!
Happy Thanksgiving and congrats to us again for seeing the Dodgers win it all. Let the Hot stove begin.
Have lived in Los Angeles 40 years. Coming from Maine it took a few years to shake off the Red Sox loyalty. But have been a Dodger fan for 32 years.
2020 was tough for our family because we lost our beloved 42 year old son-in-law ( brain tumor ) in February. It was a joy though today to spend Thanksgiving with our daughter and our two grandchildren. I’m thankful they are doing well in spite of their loss.
I’m 70, ex Coast Guard, I greatly appreciate Mark and all the main contributors and everyone else on this site.
LADT has been a blessing, one more wonderful thing to give thanks for.
Been a Dodger fan for many years. Started in Canada and continued in SoCal. In NorCal now. Yesterday was my husband’s birthday. Sometimes it falls on Thanksgiving. When it does we just put a candle in the turkey and sing Happy Birthday to you. JUST KIDDING.
Happy Thanksgiving one and all. Hope you’re all enjoying your day.
Nice to post directly after my old pal Pete. Glad to hear you’re doing better Pete.
I’ve always been jealous of my American friends being able to enjoy Thanksgiving, as it’s something we don’t celebrate in the Uk, and yet it’s such a relevant ideal, especially in this year of all years.
We really do have a lot to be thankful for, and yet it’s easy to forget.
AC/Jeff – you stepped up for everyone here when you agreed to take the reigns. You have managed in your own way to make this place even bette, and of that you should be proud. Thanks for your thoughts earlier – they are reciprocated my friend.
It’s true to say that the day I found this place back in 2012, my overall enjoyment and knowledge of the Dodgers increased hugely, and nothing has changed. It’s better now than it’s ever been.
Michael has been a revelation – and having Badger back has given the place a bit of a lift.
I hope Vegas & Rudy will start to post again, and I hope I’m able to share a beer or two with Pete, Badger and Bobby next year at a game.
My only regret is that MJ couldn’t have enjoyed this triumphant season with us.
Finally, big thanks to Mark for making this happen 365 days a year.
You should be very proud of yourself for creating this community. Places like this are very rare.
Mark what was the woman next to you thinking? It looks like u have a lot to be thankful for lol
Did u hear? The Dodgers are World Champs!! So Exciting!!
No I have not been drinking etc! I just love the Dodgers!!
Thank you all for keeping the blog alive!!
Happy T Day everyone.
I’m full. Polishing off some apple crumb cake at the moment. Last turkey I ate was in 1970. Not getting together with anyone this year, for personal reasons. I’d tell you but it would just go viral.
Most of you already know my story so I won’t bore you with it. Been going round and round with Mark for 20 years. It’s been good, and bad, but that’s the way it sometimes is with alpha dogs. Been a Dodger fan since ‘58, though that season was over when I moved from Raytown to Canoga Park. Fell asleep every summer night listening to Vinny and Jerry. Went to the ‘59 World Series game Koufax pitched. Like Cassidy, I value my own opinions and give myself an A- posting grade.
I got a shirt similar to Mark’s but it’s gray.
Ok, phone call from kid. The one in prison. Some of you know that story too
Have more pie everyone.
Later….
Hi It’s Randy T, host of “Let’s Talk Dodgers “ A video podcast I have been doing for around 15 years now. Been a dodger fan since 1959, been to many World Series games including the first two and only two games played in LA in 1988 for the World Series. I’m thankful for a team that always puts a winning squad on the field nearly every season. I am thankful for my good friends like our beloved team historian Mark Langill. Happy Thanksgiving to all and I hope that we all get to return to the stadium for games next year and defend our Championship!! Go Blue!!
Chiming in at 74 and rehabbing on my 3rd Back surgery… God willing and the creek don’t rise I’ll be back walking/roaming the back fields of come ST…
God is good and very important in my life…
Like Campy, a huge Campanella fan and the Rosey story got to me too…I patterned part of my game after Rosey in that I was a wall behind the dish and relished getting tested…
I remember being at the Coliseum waiting for the players making there way up the tunnel and getting autographs…
Born in Manhattan Beach Ca… Most every day in my early days you could find me surfing or playing over the line at a local school. (They weren’t locked up then)
Serra H.S. Gardena and Mira Costa H.S. Manhattan Beach…
My wife of 23 years is my rock and God know she puts up with alot…
It’s been said so many times before, but this group of writers MT has put together ranks with anyone out there..
Happy Thanksgiving to all and forget the diets and pray for the vegans…
263,000 + humans is alot of some… After Thanksgiving I’m afraid we ain’t seen nothing yet as BTO would say…
A Very Happy Thanksgiving to all our wonderful neighbours to the south of us in the US of A. I am thankful for being on the right side of the grass with our incredible family. I am 78 year old potato farmer in Alberta, Canada and became a Dodger fan in 1947, when my Dad asked me to listen to the World Series and run out to the combine if anything happened. He was an “Anything But Yankee Fan” and so I became a Dodger Fan, and a Duke Snider fan. I read your blog almost daily and really appreciate being educated on so many facets of the game and business I had no idea of. Thanks to all of your writers, great job.
I won $900 on the Dodgers winning the WS, and every dollar went to Dodgers World Series gear for me and the family. OK mostly me. But other than one of my hats, everything else will be Christmas presents. I already know that my wife is adding to my jersey collection. I am getting a Mookie jersey. That will make seven in my current collection. In order: Ethier, Kershaw, Seager, Woods, Bellinger, Buehler, and Betts,
Thank you for the kind words Jeff. I appreciate it more than you know. And writing for this site has made me a little more tolerant and not the gruff Bear some think I am. I have many friends who tell me that underneath the gruff exterior that I am really an old softy. Well, at least my grandkids believe it. But what I really am is just a fan who loves the game and the team. I am not the most knowledgeable, but i love the history. I have come to respect all who post here even though we do not always agree. And I am glad that after a rough start some years ago on another blog that Mark and I buried the hatchet because we really went at each other for a while. I respect the man and his opinion more now because it is what we all should do. Respect each other. That being said, screw the government, screw the virus and lets get together and eat some bird! Have a great Thanksgiving everyone!
Thankful for Family, Friends, Four Legged Furry Family and friends too. My home Montana. A wonderful meal. And watching the Dodgers win the World Series with my sister and Dad who’s been a Dodgers fan since 1959 when he was 8 years old.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I hope you and your families have a bountiful and safe holiday. I love this website and look forward to reading it daily. I haven’t posted much lately as my comfort zone is about players and playing the game. I’m not a skilled LazyBoy GM. I have my thoughts on trades and such but that role is covered thoroughly here by folks way more informed that I. I love reading all the opinions and trade suggestions, some reasonable and some like kids, in my day, looking longingly through the Sears Christmas Catalog.
I special thanks to AC, Mark (great pictures), DC, 2d2, Evan and Bear for the great articles. You provide so much information to this site and solicit so much conversation. Some posters stand out with their knowledge, information and humor about so many facets of baseball. You are too numerous to mention all and I don’t want to skip anyone with an incomplete list. But I do want to point out one special person who’s positivity is contagious and a breath of fresh air. Thanks DBMom for your posts. You’re beautiful.
I became a Dodger fan watching Koufax and Drysdale on TV when I could. I’ve been a fan since. I was scouted by the Dodgers and did some camps, got Christmas cards and some attention. I was eventually drafted 3 times but sadly not by the Dodgers.
I will be 70 in January and still love baseball. I’m late to Arizona this fall having been detained to finish some dental work. But I will be back to The Valley of the Sun next week where I have a condo 1.5 miles from Camel Back Ranch. My dream is to buy my new Dodger World Champs cap there and to again walk around Camel Back and watch workouts and ST games in March. I have my fingers crossed.
Again Happy Thanksgiving to all and God Bless.
Thanksgiving has always been our favorite holiday because of family. This year will be different as Andy, Jennifer (our daughter in law) and our granddaughter will be in Santa Clarita for Thanksgiving with Jen’s family. But we will be spending the day with our daughter, son in law, and 2 grandsons, and another family of five which we consider part of our extended family.
In these difficult days, it is easy to be negative, but there is so much to be thankful for. Like so many others before me, I am most thankful for my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. And I thank him every day when I wake up and can smile. I am thankful for my best friend and wife of 46 ½ years. I am thankful for my family and friends who put up with me. With the current divisive climate, I am thankful for being so fortunate to be living in this great country. I am VERY thankful for the Dodgers. Winning the Championship is the cherry on top. I am thankful for being able to finally wear World Champion Dodgers gear up here in enemy territory. While my Alma Mater (THE University of Southern California) has been fortunate for their first three games, I am thankful they are still undefeated.
I am thankful for Mark for allowing me to write for LADT for nearly four years now, and for allowing me to pilot the site for six months. He is one I like to pick on, but he is truly a friend. I am thankful for being able to collaborate with the other fine writers, Harold Uhlman (DC), Rob Schelling (2D2), Michael Norris (Bear), and Evan Bladh. I am thankful for the friendship I was able to make with Harold back in 2016 with the Great Lakes Championship run. I am thankful for Rob Schelling for all of his help during my run as the pilot at LADT. I look forward to when we can actually get together in person (it is in the works). I am very thankful to Bear who has penned so many great columns and allows me to skip a few. I have grown to think of Bear as a friend as well.
I am thankful for each and every contributor at LADT, and while I do not want to leave anyone out, there are a couple of contributors that I want to especially reach out with my THANKS. Dodgerrick has been someone that I have grown to really appreciate. Even though we have not always agreed, he has always been thoughtful and articulate without being mean-spirited (to anyone). I am thankful for Watford Dodger, and he knows why. I am thankful to Rudy (my favorite Bruin) who does not write here much anymore. We became friends over this site, and made plans to get together this month, but COVID put the stop to that. I hope that we will be able to meet next year in the Northern California wine country. I am thankful to another who does not write here anymore, Vegas Dodger, who gave me some sage advice very early with my writing. I am very very thankful to DodgerBlueMom whose words at the worst time in my life still resonate with me. DBM, I will always be thankful. Once this pandemic is behind us, I hope to be able to get with both DBM and Dodgerrick who are both in my neck of the woods.
I am also very thankful for all of the memories in my heart of those who have gone before us. Especially to my son Kris, and to a very special lady who wrote for many years with Mark, MJ. I know they are both in heaven after pulling our Dodgers across the finish line.
To each and everyone who comes to LADT, have a VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
Long time reader, seldom poster. This is the best place to read about Dodgers baseball. I am from Illinois and been a Dodger fan since 1975. I played little league and high school baseball and then played highly competitive softball traveling all around the midwest for the next 35 years. I am thankful for my family, friends, job, health, wife and critters that keep me happy. Look forward to reading more in 2021 and maybe I’ll post more on here in the future.
Happy Thanksgiving to all. Very thankful for this site and all the writers, readers and posters. You all do a great job and my morning coffee is not the same without you.
I heard on the radio this morning that five things you should not serve on Thanksgiving day are: (Comments are theirs.)
1. Cranberry Sauce – (too much sugar)
2. Green Bean Casserole. (Lots of calories)
3. Dinner Rolls- (why needed?)
4. Ambrosia Salad – (according to some chef, salad should not come with Cool Whip)
5. Pecan pie – (500 calories a slice.)
Sorry, these are some of my favorite dishes, well maybe not the pie. So, will ignore the advice.
I noticed that a lot of followers on this site have a few years on their odometer, as do I at 76. Raised in Giants territory I put up with a lot while rooting for the Blue. Became a fan while they were in Brooklyn, but never got to see my idol, Roy Campanella, play because of his accident. Was able to listen to Vin and Jerry Dogett (sp) broadcast the games on KFI 690 clear channel even though I lived 300 miles North of LA. I often did my homework listening to the games.
Like the rest of you I have many reasons for giving thanks but the greatest by far is expressed by the Psalmist in Psalm 100 — A psalm. For giving thanks. 1 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. 2 Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. 3 Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. 5 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
One of my biggest accomplishments and one I haven’t taken for granted is making it to my age of 73. I don’t know what tomorrow brings but for now my family is happy and healthy.
I like to play with the Dodgers and it isn’t as much fun to keep it to myself when I could be sharing those thoughts here and yes, I do love the reaction I sometimes get. Clearly, I don’t take the Dodgers as seriously as others but they have been my team since my dad in the early 50’s would get me to stop a second and watch a few innings of baseball with him. He was a Dodger fan and as he tells it, Duke Snider hit enough home runs when I was watching that I became a fan.
It was awesome to be a Dodger fan in Southern California and have my team move from Brooklyn to my backyard. Before they moved I was a Pacific Coast League fan and watched Steve Bilco hit a lot of home runs. I was sad to see the changes to the PCL after the Dodgers and Giants moved west.
Happy Thanksgiving to all. I hope the Dodgers have a balanced offense this year and that we all can find balance in our lives.
Happy Thanksgiving to the LA Dodger Talk family! Despite the most unusual year, there remains so much for which to be grateful!!
Ha-Seong Kim gets posted today, I’m hoping.
I agree with my brothers Northmsdodger and TruthHurts – I am most thankful for Jesus. After that, I am thankful that my wife is still alive after 11+ years and over a year of ICU time.
I saw my first Dodger game in the Coliseum in 1959 with my Dad, who was a transplanted Brooklynite who saw his 1st game at Ebbets in 1938 with his Dad and Uncle, so we have been Dodger fans in my family for 100 years. My first Dodger memories were of the 1965 Series victory over the Twins.
My Dad moved the family from SoCal, where he moved after being stationed in San Diego during the Korean War, to Sacramento in 1971, so I have lived up here since then. The internet has allowed me to follow my team in a way that was impossible before so that’s another thing I’m thankful for.
Got my Dodger gear yesterday: