Mark Timmons Says Mean Stuff!
I am not going to belabor this issue because, well… it’s not even an issue. It only rises to the level of being really silly, but yesterday I wrote this: “ OK, here is something that I should add if you want me and many other readers here to take you seriously: DON’T JUST POST…
I am not going to belabor this issue because, well… it’s not even an issue. It only rises to the level of being really silly, but yesterday I wrote this:
“OK, here is something that I should add if you want me and many other readers here to take you seriously: DON’T JUST POST WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING NEGATIVE TO SAY. When you do that, you have pretty much summed up who you are.”
Now, I did not say “Don’t post when you have something negative to say.” I clearly said “Don’t just post when you have something negative to say.” I’ll break it down even more. It clearly means that you can post negative stuff. It also clearly says “If all you ever post is negative, then don’t post.”
Then a certain person said:
“This is why, for the 3rd time, I have decided not to post here any more. If you have a take, backed up with facts, that isn’t all rainbows and cupcakes, you get abused. Life is too short to subject yourself to abuse on purpose when it serves no purpose.
I quit LA Dodger Talk.“
I accept their resignation as a tacit admission that they ONLY see the negative and everything they post is negative! Thank you! Only a delusional person would believe that everything is negative with regards to the Dodgers. Perhaps this is a compulsion they cannot control. That makes me sad as the Dodgers are a source of a lot of joy for me. However, many people cannot enjoy those moments because they fixate on negative things. Psychologists refer to this as the “negativity bias”, and it can have a powerful effect behavior,decisions, and relationships. I am sorry that some people feel this way.
Just to be clear, you can post whatever negative thing you want to say. Of course, have a take and do not suck which means back it up with facts. Finally, if everything you write is negative, then this is not the place for you to post and maybe you should take your keyboard and go home too.
Like every team, the Dodgers have issues. No team is perfect, but there is just too much positivity with the Dodgers to dwell on the negative 100% of the time – I am not a psychologist… and I cannot fix it! It i not all “cupcakes and puppy dogs,” but it ain’t far off!
Dodger News & Notes
- So Max Muncy bangs his elbow on a wall and may need to go on the IL? Ummm, OK that’s they story! Maybe he needs surgery! You never know because the Dodgers are less than forthcoming about injuries. (OMG – that’s negative!). I suspect that Muncy has been less than forthcoming on the pain level in his elbow – One only needs look and see that his swing rate is also down. It’s only human nature to not swing if it hurts. He should get an MRI while he is at it – he really may need surgery.
- Then we find out that Clayton’s back has been bothering him and he has taken at least one epidural. Clayton admitted his back problem: “Unfortunately, the reality of it is with my back — I’ve thrown a lot of pitches and my back is going to be something that is a problem for me moving forward almost always. So it’s just a matter of dealing with it when you can. If it’s a once-a-year deal, then so be it. But hopefully it’s around this time of year and I’m ready to go for the rest of the season.” My guess is that he will have another issue in Mid-to-Late-August, and that he can be ready for the Playoffs!
- AJ Preller – I don’t want to give a person whom I consider a scumbag any publicity, so I will just say that “scumbags don’t bite scumbags!” Robber Manfred probably loves him. Enough already!
- It was nice to see Cody Bellinger get 3 hits even if they were not of the extra-base variety.
- It looks like Kevin Pillar will be called up and Ryan Pepiot will face the MadBum tonight! Allegedly the Dodgers have re-tooled Pillar’s swing and approach! We shall see – I remain unconvinced.
Dodger Minor League Notes
- Miguel Vargas hit leadoff for OKC last night. Not sure what that means… if anything?
- Jacob Amaya has been in a slump the past few games. His BA is down to .305 and his OPS is 1.046. How he rebounds will serve as notice of his future travels.
- Kody Hoese continues to make progress with his re-tooled swing. He his his 3rd HR last night and is up to .276 in batting (.718 OPS).
- Andy Pages is slowly making progress at AA. He is now hitting .240 (.771 OPS) after going 2-4 last night.
- Mark Washington (1.16 ERA) continues to dominate.
- Kendall Williams went 5 innings for GL last night, allowing 1 ER and 4 hits. He did not walk a batter and struck out 3. He’s still just 21 and is very projectable.
- Yawn: Damon Keith was 2-3 again for RC.
- Ben Casparius (23 years-old and the Dodgers 5th round pick in 2021) went 5 innings for RC last night, allowing 0 hits and no earned runs. He walked 1 and struck out 7. He is older, but interesting! I’m watching him.
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Painful to watch poor Lux get smacked in the jewels last night. Negative opinion: not a Darron Sutton fan. Another droner. They hit rockets all over the field last night. Mad Bum on the bump tonight. Cody made a couple of highlight reel catches last night too.
Tho Lux looks too defensive with his swings. He takes too many strikes especially first pitch center cut fastballs. I’d like to see him be more aggressive with his first and second strike swings and then go into Freddie mode opposite field with 2 strikes. Then we’ll see the power that he has emerge. And we’re leading the league in scoring with really only 3 guys in beast mode. Just think if we had 5-6 go off at the same time
I remember when Mookie come to us and added so much excitement. He was magical with his energy and production and seemed to make a statement on how to do all the little things right to win games.
Well it’s obvious that he had lost that magic last year due to injury and fate. Nobody can play that way every day, right?
Well he’s certainly back to that level right now. He’s just putting on a clinic. He runs every ball down, throws guys out and is just raking. What a treat to see him perform at this level again. What a treat he is to watch especially with Freddie having his back.
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So the Yankees have the best record in baseball, but they are signing players like Green, Manny Banuelos, and Matt Carpenter? Methinks they are playing way over their ability. They will come back to earth.
Yankees Sign Shane Greene To Minors Deal
By Darragh McDonald | May 26, 2022 at 10:40pm CDT
The Yankees have signed right-hander Shane Greene to a minor league deal, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com.
Greene has some great seasons on his track record but has struggled recently. Last year, he lingered on the free agent market into May, at which point he signed with Atlanta. Unfortunately, he was slow to get into a groove after that delayed start, posting an 8.47 ERA over 17 innings before being released. He latched on with the Dodgers and was better with them, posting a 4.05 ERA in a small sample of 6 2/3 innings.
He re-signed with the Dodgers on a minors deal in the offseason and has his contract selected just over a week ago. After a single appearance wherein Greene threw two scoreless innings, he was designated for assignment to open up a roster spot for David Price.
Mark, Bellinger’s hit in the 6th was a screamer of a ground rule double. A little higher angle and it would have been over the fence.
Cheers
Well Mark, I shared your take with my negative nellie wife and she decided to quit me for the third time again! Please write something nice so I can get her back. But nothing esoteric!
I knew AJ Preller was suspended for the Pomeranz trade with Boston, but I haven’t seen suspension for the Paddack trade with Minnesota…
One more reason why I love that crap team!
Speaking of rules of conduct and not attacking or offending other people, I only hope that it does not include other teams, because I do not intend to moderate myself when referring to certain teams.
I’ll give credit where it’s due. When it was announced that Kershaw was going on the IL b/c of his hip, Badger, Negative Nellie that he is, postulated with certainty that the real problem was his back. He was right.
I said yesterday that Roberts would keep playing Muncy. I was wrong. Who knows if it’s really his elbow or not.
With Muncy down for a while it does give Rios more playing time. He had another good game yesterday. On that subject, Rios was was awful last year. As it turned out he was suffering through an injury. Here’s to hoping that a pain free Muncy returns to form at some point.
As for the character of this blog, there should be certain ground rules for conduct: no political attacks, do not gratuitously attack people personally with name calling … other than that, I think there should be a pretty liberal environment for banter, teasing, arguments, agreement, opinions and jokes. We aren’t presenting a case to the Supreme Court. This is a pub. There should be no reasonable expectation that your own unique opinions should be immune to criticism – or even mockery. No one here is a special snowflake; even Mark … especially Mark.
Dodgerrick should know that. I’ve seen him refer to Mark as Pangloss, who was a character in Voltaire’s novel, Candide. Pangloss is now part of the English vocabulary as a description for someone who is compulsively positive, to an absurd degree.
So, as the saying goes, “what’s good for the goose …”
Do the Dodgers miss Joe Kelly and his 9.53 ERA and 6 IP? I think not!
What did those SD idiots do? I can’t find anything
So two big stories in Baseball today.
#1- Dodgers react to Marks last Article- So now they have 1 batter over .300. And finally came up with reason to bench Max. I think I read where Roberts said that Mark really read us the riot act and we couldn’t just ignore him. Mark has clout!!!
#2 Joc talks to Bonds for half hour before game and now has hit 4 home runs in two days.!!