I am sick of this…

From Bill Plunkett of the OC Register:

Austin Barnes led off the eighth inning against former teammate Yimi Garcia by working a 10-pitch walk. Mookie Betts doubled with Barnes going to third. After Ohtani popped out, the Jays intentionally walked Freeman to load the bases.

Teoscar Hernandez struck out before lefty reliever Tim Mayza came in to face Muncy. Muncy sent another long drive toward the outfield wall. Varsho caught this one with a little jump at the wall in right-center field.

“Felt good. Hit it good. Just hit it too high,” Muncy said. “I think it was a 42-degree launch angle. It’s tough when you get that to the center part of the field. Good at-bat. Got a pitch to hit. Can’t really say I missed it. Just hit it too high.”

Freeman offered a different critique.

“Max needed to do one more bicep curl today,” he joked.

The Dodgers have now gone 4 for 27 (.148) with 13 strikeouts with the bases loaded this season.

OK, I slept on it and got a few e-mails from fans on LADT and others and I am not going to let the inmates run the asylum! I am not afraid of them – they should be afraid of me!

Thank you for your kind words, and keep reading, my friends. Blocking them is a little trickier as one has gone to the expense of masking his IP address and generating a new IP address each time he posts (he is evidently a pro at this) but I will handle it. I have a plan, and they won’t know what happened until it’s too late.

I have no problems with fans like Therealten, who disagrees with me frequently; he states his opinion and does not make it personal. I like and encourage that, in fact.

I have deleted a lot of posts that were insanely vulgar. You would not believe it, but if you read them, you would understand why I called them morons. “Moron” was a compliment compared to what they called me. I think Bear and a couple of others have read them.

I will have a new post coming out tomorrow.

When people make personal attacks just block them. U know who they are just do it. On the other hand people who don’t like a post can be very rude. It is their opinion and are entitled to vent if it is not personal. I read for a long time but quit posting because there was no engagement. It was like if your not in the inner circle you were ignored. I am not the biggest Robert’s fan but so what. It is my right to disagree and it is your right to support him. I also have days when Friedman is the enemy because he provides the players. But I know it is a great time to be a Dodger fan and I thank Friedman for that.

Don’t shut the site down. It’s too important to a lot of individuals who follow the Dodgers. Weed out the assholes. I’m sure technically there is a way of doing so. Also to ease your burden, you don’t have to post a new blog every day. Just leave the comments section open. This is my opinion, but it’s your ultimate choice.

It is simple Mark, ban them period. Scott let stuff like that get out of hand and his site went to shit and he gets virtually no posters. You are a true fan, and when I was writing for your site, I saw that kind of crap all the time. People are awful brave from cyberspace. Face to face, most would be cowards. I am sure you have visited Jeff’s site. He nips that stuff right away and will not tolerate it. You should do the same. You like I, do this out of love for the game and the team. If they can’t post, they won’t get under your skin. I used to get extremely frustrated with Bradley, and he accused me more than once of picking on him. It wasn’t that I was picking on the guy, it was simply because some of his trade ideas, and players he felt the Dodgers should get were so out there and unrealistic, I had a hard time believing he was being serious. Even after I would mention most of the reasons they would not happen. You run a great site, do not let a few discontented people ruin it for you. I have never claimed to know it all, but I have some baseball knowledge and a love of the history of the game, that is why I started writing. I felt I could contribute something while keeping my aging mind active. You have a business and a family that are important to you. Baseball and the Dodgers are your outlet. Don’t let some idiots take that from you.

Don’t sweat the small stuff. They are the small stuff.

Just FYI Mark – My last comment in your previous article was in response to Bear’s last comment and not to anything you wrote about the trolls stalking you.

If you shut it down, they win. Just block them.

Mark there are a few good true Dodger fans that appreciate LADT,weed out the bad apples, and keep up the great work.

Really? Again? Man, if you’re reporting this to the FBI Cybercrimes Unit either this is becoming a threat to you physically or you are really getting sick of people who you don’t agree with you. I honestly don’t understand why someone who has different, even extremely different views than you causes you such angst but if that’s the case you should (once and for all) shut it down, especially if they are physically stalking you. You’ve shut this site down before you can do it again.

Then again, I enjoy reading what all the “experts” have to say about the Dodgers, I’m 80 years old and went to Dodger games at the Coliseum but that doesn’t make my opinion any better than anyone else’s. Fire Roberts? DFA CT3? Only play Outman against righties? Leave pitchers in longer? Never trust Kelley? Pages is a 5th outfielder? Who knows? Who cares enough to let views you don’t agree with cause you ANY level of discomfort? As my (wiser than me) 54 year old son would say–“that is a first world problem”.

Although I enjoy and get some comic relief from some of the old boys that think they have more intellect than the rest of use, I really don’t think it’s worth all the soap opera drama is causes on an all too regular basis. I think you should shut it down Mark and get on with your family. work and life.

I agree with Roger 100%

Please ignore the haters. Your blog is one of the highlights for us true Dodger fans.

Yeah Mark. My advice is to block these tool bags from your site. When I started following Dodgertalk around 2015 or so it was very organic, with true passionate EDUCATED baseball fans who knew the game and would chime in with their remarks , win or lose. The last few years I have seen way too many haters posting about how the Dodgers suck and of course, fire Roberts., which to me automatically loses credibility because we all know Doc don’t swing the bat or pitch the ball. Short sighted as hell. The thing that really bothers me is how many guys go after you in a toxic and negative way , that blind Joe DoucheBag idiot has got to go, nothing but hate and negativity come from his mouth,, he loves to stir up shit.ive been pretty silent the last few years, been dealing with some life stuff with my family, but I’m back, and count me as one who has your back. Dude, do us all favor and take out the trash on this site and 86 some of these assholes. We don’t need em, and don’t want that toxic crap that they talk.