It s All About Chemistry!

Twenty wins out of 23 games. Not bad. Win today and 2 of 3 from Arizona. Kike made a great catch last night. Night before it was Puig. I love to watch Thompson run. He really does not run, he glides. It truly is next man up. Forsythe and Barnes are hot right now. Bellinger is struggling a little right now, but he will figure it out. They are just fun to watch. Turner is playing well and we do not even mention him.

Haven’t checked, but it seems like the Dodgers are doing much better against lefties this year.

IM SORRY BLUTO, BUT MY LABTOP ONLY WORKS WITH CAPS IM SORRY IF IT OFFE NDS YOU. I AM A VETERAN ON A LIMITED BUDGET. I CANT AFFORD A NEW LAPTOP I.

Can someone teach Dino Chavez how to turn off CAPS lock?

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Doesn’t look like we need to shop for a 2nd baseman. Also I would say we have found our #2, except we already have Kershaw and Wood, when Hill is on he is as good as anybody.

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I know AC said it couldn’t be done, but let’s get Rivero from the Pirates and order World Series tickets.

Looks like the chemistry set exploded tonight…………

TAYLOR, GRAND SLAM!!!!! KEEP MESSING WITH OUR MANAGER. DODGERS 8-0

FORSYTHE 4-4. WOW

MARK, THE WAY HILL LOOKS TONITE I DONT THINK WE NEED A STARTER IMO. I CAN ALREADY HEAR THE FAZ BASHERS SAY ITS ONLY THE PADRES.

YOU KNOW THINGS ARE GOING WELL FOR THE DODGERS WHEN RICH HILL HAS 2 HITS WITH AN RBI.

Maybe I traded Forsythe too soon. Cody is in a slump, we will see if he makes a adjustment.

DAVE ROBERTS SUSPENDED FOR TODAYS GAME, BUT OTHER THAN BARNES BLUNDER ON THE BASES DODGERS ARE LOOKING AWESOME STARTING WITH RICH HILL

Hill is pitching really well tonight, good command of his breaking ball. Kike makes a great catch in RF then Cory and JT hit back to back bombs. Forsythe’s 7th straight hit, a 2B to the gap chases Overton.

SEAGER AND TURNER, BACK TO BACK HOMERS, DODGERS STARTING JULY LIKE THEY ENDED JUNE

Mark, I did not see your post above on what you think of SD fans. I think you should apply for a position as Trump’s advisor for his tweets.

I just looked at the OKC lineup for tonight’s game, and Kyle Farmer will be the starting SS. That should be fun.

I agree with you AC. We just need to sit tight at trading time. Unless something comes along that really makes sense. Winning the WS does not always go to the best team. The team streaking at the time usually wins it.

You are showing off your vocabulary Mark!

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Any predictions on the All Star team? JT, Seager and Bellinger are all worthy and have carried the team so far on offense. Kershaw, Wood and Jansen deserve it as well. That’s 6 players from one team but a case can be made for all of them. I have mixed feelings about Bellinger in the HR Derby but he has a natural uppercut swing and hopefully he would do well and not get homer happy afterwards. Stanton is back to defend his title and the fans also want to see Aaron Judge and Bellinger put on a show.

I do have this bad habit of going after a fly with a cannon.

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I came across this lovely piece from a Padres Blog.

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I guess if you have the third worst team in baseball, this is all you got. Maybe Clayton Richard and the rest of the Madres should get mad at the FO and insist on a team that does not have 3 Rule 5 Draft players on their 25 man. You should read the comments. The fans want to drill Turner, and then have one of their “trucks” take out Grandal at the plate. Just pure class.

It is becoming increasingly unlikely that the team makes a major deadline move. They are coming to a soft part of the schedule with lots of off days in July and the teams behind them are struggling. Barring a sweep to the Snakes (and they line up to face Kershaw and Wood) there is no need for disrupting the chemistry. Unless they can get a pitcher better than Hill or McCarthy as AC stated, a RH bat better than Thompson or a LHRP better than Dayton or Avilan they are pretty set as is. I guarantee they will make a small deal or 3 but probably nothing major unless it is just too good to pass up.

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Every starting pitcher Mark mentioned is under team control for next year and there is safety in numbers injury wise. Why mess with it? No need to rush the prospects or to make a dope fiend move. A playoff rotation of Kershaw, Wood, Hill and McCarthy looks pretty good and you could have Ryu and Maeda in the pen for long relief if anyone has a rough outing. They will be really strong next year as well if they do nothing. We don’t know what Ryu or Maeda or Kazmir will do if they don’t start so that could be the real reason someone is dealt.

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Forsythe has joined the party and Thompson has filled a role and along with the resurgence of Joc and the steady play of Puig and Barnes/Grandal this team is deep and dangerous beyond Seager, JT and Cody. Taylor and Kike give some flexibility and Utley and AGon the veteran leadership along with Kershaw. It would be nice to runaway with the division but sometimes it’s hard to turn it back on in the playoffs.

LAST NITE IF YOU WATCHED THE SCUFFLE WITH ROBERTS, JUSTIN TURNER WAS RIGHT IN FRONT ALSO. I AM AN EX GANG MEMBER AND I WOULD NOT MESS WITH TURNER!

I have been verbally accosted many times in SF wearing Dodger Gear, but I have learned how to talk to them in a persuasive manner:

Before the 2016 season, Mark kept bringing up Austin Barnes this and Austin Barnes that. Now I liked Austin Barnes, but sometimes you just have to be disagreeable. I kept kidding Mark that no matter how much you talk about him, Austin Barnes is not the next Craig Biggio. Well I was right, Barnes will never be a HOF player like Biggio, but he is a lot better than many of us thought he would be, except maybe Mark. I am glad that FAZ did not trade him like I thought they should.

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Forsythe is a logical trade potential, and certainly Boston and NYY are possibilities. Neither team is going to jump on a Forsythe trade as long as Eduardo Nunez and Mike Moustakas might be available.

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I was having coffee with my Giants buddies this AM, wearing my Alex Wood jersey, and in comes a Giants Fan with his Orange & Black “DESTINY” T-Shirt telling me how arrogant and crazy I was wearing a Dodger jersey in this town (a Sacramento suburb). Never wanting to back down to obnoxious Giants fans, I laughed and asked him if DESTINY was last place for the Giants this year or for the next several. The fan got angry and my Giants buddies just laughed and told him, “Dude, if you can’t catch, don’t pitch”. It’s great being a Dodgers fan in this town (or any town)!

The news for the Giants just keeps getting better. The Giants starting pitcher closest to the ML is Joan Gregorio, and he just got suspended for the year for the use of Stanozolol.

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