The 10-Game Mark
After 10 games, the Dodgers are 8-2. Not a bad start! First place belongs only to the Dodgers now. Clayton Kershaw, while no longer an Ace, is very, very good. Best #3 in Baseball! Andrew Heaney has made a lot of Dodger Fans eat crow. Gonsolin and Anderson are a nice #5 until…
After 10 games, the Dodgers are 8-2. Not a bad start! First place belongs only to the Dodgers now.
- Clayton Kershaw, while no longer an Ace, is very, very good. Best #3 in Baseball!
- Andrew Heaney has made a lot of Dodger Fans eat crow.
- Gonsolin and Anderson are a nice #5 until the Catman starts to trust his stuff.
- Gavin Lux has made me eat crow.
- Cody Bellinger has made most fans eat an elephant. I was amazed at how deranged some were about him.
- Will Smith is headed to the All-Star Game.
- It’s great to see Edwin Rios seizing the day.
- Freddie Freeman and Trea Turner will battle for the MVP.
- The Giants are not that good… are they? Huh? Really?
Website Changes
We made a few changes yesterday and added and deleted some websites that I feel are important to your Daily Dodger Reading. There are some very interesting additions, let by Jeff Dominique’s LAdodgerChronicles. We also added ThinkBluePc.com, Dodgers2080.com, and DodgerPokeReport.com. I read most of these sites… some on a weekly basis, and some on a weakly basis. I only post here as I simply do not have the bandwidth to post elsewhere. I do scan some other popular websites, but if I read some of them every day, I would be stupider than I am… and we don’t want that, do we? I will not mention the dumb ones by name…
Also, at the top of the page, right below the LA DODGER TALK LOGO, I put the Links to the Dodgers Minor League Affiliates. Just click it and choose the affiliate to see that day’s BOX SCORE! I did not list The Athletic as it is a paysite that many do not frequent and some others obviously earned the right to go away. If you have any suggestions, do not hesitate to let me know.
This is a Busy Year
As most of you know, my real job is as President of US Water Sytems, but late last year I ceded the Day-to-Day Operations of the business to my son (COO) and wife (CEO-she’s 10 years younger than me). I am the Visionary and am deeply involved in new product development, R & D, and write most of the copy for the “Ask The Water Doctor Blog” and the website. I hired a Chief Revenue Officer last year, who has a successful background in private equity, and last week I hired a “real CFO” (we have used Contract CFOs in the past). He has been the Director of Finance for Indiana University for the past 6 years (all 7 campuses) and before that was the CFO for the 18th largest company in Indiana. This is my retirement and my family’s future. We have no desire to sell, but in our industry, private equity is paying 3 to 5 times sales for businesses. If someone wants to give us “stupid money”, then the family will have to make that decision.
We are currently in the process of acquiring a new Headquarters Facility. The building we are currently housed in is a 30,000 sq/ft facility that we rent. We are now buying a 72,000 sq/ft building to accommodate our growth and I am deeply involved with the design and buildout of the facility. It is the former World Headquarters of American Trans Air (ATA) which was bought by Southwest 13 years ago. It has been vacant since then (Owned by the Airport Authority) but was heated and cooled and is immaculate. It was all offices, but we only need 20,000 sq/ft of office space so the rest is being gutted and turned into warehousing. We are adding 4 truck docks and 6 overhead doors and I am in daily meetings with the engineers, architects, and designers. We plan to be in by November 1st. Life is never dull!
It’s the (blue roof) building on the Left. So, I am really busy, but I love the Dodgers and will continue to write as long as I can and am motivated to do so! On May 1st, my son and I are taking a truck full of Craft Beer Brewing Water Purification Equipment and a Booth to the National Craft Beer Show in Minneapolis. We will set it up and work the show with another sales guy who is flying in. This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience because, at 69, I am certain, I will not be able to do this much longer… but I can do it now… and it is awesome! Craft Beer Brewing is our second largest vertical…next to cannabis and hemp. We have a saying:
“Water is Life
Beer is 95% Water
Therefore… Beer is Life”
This is the last time we did the show (Pre-Pandemic):
Life is Good! But I am Busy! That is a good thing…
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Discussion (67)
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I just watched a postgame interview with Freddie and I really feel a lot of emotion from him. He loved being a Brave and also loves being a Dodger. He said he really appreciates the fans here making him feel so welcome and it’s making his transition a lot easier.
Blake Treinen’s arm is “barking” a little bit. Won’t be available during the Braves series. Ouch! Won’t require an IL stint – famous last words?
I noticed that Kershaw was dotting a lot of 91’s and 92’s yesterday. I’m very encouraged. Can he pick up another MPH and start touching 93 regularly? Did PRP fix him? The season is early, it’s still a bit cold at Dodger stadium. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the velo might just climb a little more. I’m not ruling out the possibility of another CY Young if that happens. Wouldn’t that be something?
All these interviews with Freddie makes me wish that he would have come up with the Dodgers. What a great guy.
Cody Bellinger is an amazing talent. So is Mookie.. Sooner or later he catches fire. Thought Clayton Kershaw would slip a little. He’s still in build up mode. The expectation is probably six good innings, turn it over to the bullpen.
Good start to the season after a couple of bumps in Colorado. Are the Giants that good? We’ll see. San Fran is using a different formula, trying to catch lightning in a bottle. It worked last year. But a lot of work and luck goes into making that work. The Dodgers had a lot of young talent to build around. Still the foundation. Adding talent like Freddie Freeman and Trea Turner to the mix is the difference between good and great.
I still believe the Dodgers need to sign Turner long term. One of the most exciting players in baseball.
Impressive. Congratulations.
First place alone. .800 winning %. On pace for 129 wins. That should do it.
Good luck with acquiring the building for your new headquarters. It will be quite an undertaking.
Hell yeah, Mark! I’m so proud of you. I love to see small businesses succeed especially ones built with blood, sweat and tears. Great job!
Wow, Kershaw sure lost it fast. That was surprising as he seemed to be cruising right along.
Matt Olson is a beast. Props to Alex! If you’re gonna lose Freddie, you might as well land Olsen, eh? Just like is was smart for AF to acquire Trea.
I noticed Miguel Vargas got a start at second base recently. He should probably spend some time there the way things are going.
I feel the same way as Watford. No Agida watching Kimbrel. Yes, the bullpen is very good!
It’s incredible watching the offense put up a huge inning almost every day. Max Fried will be a huge test today, being left handed and all. I wonder if Hanser will get a start.
After watching Kershaw run out of gas last night, I can’t help but think back to the perfecto that wasn’t. It makes me think that he probably wouldn’t have kept it going and that the repercussions could have been worse in yesterday’s game.
Kershaw is now 2-0 in two starts. Great start to the season. I hope he holds up. Bueller up next.
We make a good team. You continue working hard making the pure water for great beer. And I’m retired just sitting on my butt drinking beer! OK, my work with Bellinger is over. Can I now move my negative energy onto Mookie and get him going. When we send Mookie down it will probably be to Tulsa because I don’t think he could start at OKC. Not with the way Pillar, Noda and Martin are hitting!
Will you be changing the color of the roof from Carolina to Dodger blue?