A few fans disagreed with my suggestion that DEI could be a contributing factor to the Dodgers’ woes. A few called it ridiculous. One said I was having withdrawal symptoms from my meds (which I have been off of for eight days). One moron accused me of thinking I know everything for simply suggesting that DEI could be at play. I do take exception to that idiot, but I realize if they gave him an enema, they could bury him in a shoebox. So, I’ll spray him with Troll Spray and just forget it.
I DID NOT SAY DEI WAS THE CAUSE – LEARN TO READ! I suggested it, and I am looking for answers; everything is on the table. I have no insight into the Dodgers’ DEI hiring practices, and neither does anyone else. That’s why I think DEI is just virtue signaling. I do know some DEI hires they made: Kirsten Watson, Stephen Nelsen, and Jessica Mendoza. Kirsten is an All-Star, Stephen is fine, and I will not talk about Jessica.
Last night was the most humiliating Dodger loss ever. The Big Dodger in the Sky is Pissed. The baseball will never lie. It will make you. It will break you. It will build you up and tear you down. You can’t disrespect the game, or it will bite you in the ass. The Dodgers have definitely disrespected the Grand Game of Baseball. With as much admiration as I have for Andrew Friedman, I must say that he has violated the Sacred Oath of Baseball by attempting to buy a World Series. The Baseball Gods won’t let that happen. Now, I must say that I think he was pressured into doing that by the Dodgers’ ownership. That is not Andrew’s MO. He violated everything that I hold sacred about him.
- He signed the two best relievers in 2024: Kirby Yates and Tanner Scott (Scott was given a long-term deal that he has been loath to give out in the past).
- He signed Roki Sasaki.
- He signed Hyeseong Kim.
- He signed Michael Conforto.
- He signed Teoscar Hernandez.
- He signed Blake Treinen to a big deal.
- This was after signing Ohtani and Yamamoto to deals worth over $1 billion.
Pushed by Mark Walter, Andrew tried to make the Dodgers invincible, but the Baseball Gods understood that they did not respect the game and punished them. The Dodgers are still being punished. You can’t buy championships – Ask AJ Preller, who has traded everything, including his firstborn, and made deals with the devil.
The Dodgers are done. They tried to deal with the devil (and I am not talking about Scott Borass) and the Big Dodger in the Sky said: “No way!” I wonder if Andrew Friedman would ever leave the Dodgers? Ohtani has a clause in his contract that allows him to leave if Andrew does. What a screwd up mess. This team is unwatchable. Tomorrow, I will be watching the NFL. Screw the Dodgers! Let’s see what happens next…
Discussion (28)
Disagree, not disagreeable
Never been a better time to be a Dodgers fan…..
And Rams fan!
Will be in Nashville next weekend!!
An infusion of talented players is about to begin at just the right time. The cavalry is riding toward the Ravine. Getting by with no name AAAA subs is not the way to gain momentum. No doubt about it the over priced relief pitching has been beyond awful. Yeah, yeah, injuries are a part of the game but could the time be right to start ripping and tearing through the rest of the regular season and the playoffs? Will Doc suddenly be hailed a genius? Or will the season turn out to be a colossal dud? Fate can be a friggin’ bastard or a welcoming friend. October will give us the answers. At least we ain’t Rockies fans.
bills- ravens game was as good as it gets! 2 amazing quarterbacks! …. Speaking of great quarterbacks, how about ole Clayton Kershaw! BEST DODGER EVER!! …. Vesia back today. Now they need Max, Will, and Tommy back for the stretch run! …. Would be interesting to know if the dodgers reached out to Barnes. . Just curious. Hope he gets back with the organization. Really believe he’s going to be a big league manager someday…. Brewers keep getting better! Andrew Vaughn may have been one of the best players acquired before the deadline! if not the dodgers, i hope the Brewers take it all. Great job from bottom to the top!…. Who’s pitching tonight? haven’t seen a starter listed. . Good news on Glasnow. Don’t give up on him just yet! … Yamamoto is a stud! Still believe Doc did the right thing saturday. 112 pitches? yeah he was totally right! Need a sweep!
How about them Colts?
I look for Richardson to be traded…
What a heart of a champion to come back and get the win yesterday!!!
Stick with these guys, best is yet to come fellas. Enjoy the ride
Also Go Rams!!! Screw Houston….
Kershaw looks great! Bullpen still stinks.
check the score! doc at it again. he can’t seem to pick the right reliever!!!
After 14 hours of being aggravated at the Dodgers, I have turned back to believing! They can’t get any lower than last night in the regular season. Everything from now on is moving up!
i’m a firm believer Doc does lottery tickets for the lineup. after last night i am not going to lose sleep over this season. injuries, bad bullpen, .190 hitters, bad pitching changes, no upgrades at the deadline, all these things have contributed to one of the most frustrating seasons ever! But at least We get to watch Kershaw today! oh shit, i forgot , game is blacked out here in southwest virginia! 5hours from baltimore! you explain that to me! I’ve already paid once for the package, ain’t paying twice! And by the way, i predicted 3 runs for the dodgers last night! … i hate to even look at the lineup anymore! Now Dave has to play with the cards dealt him. But no way in hell shou conforto hit 4th! i don’t care if he gets 4 hits today, that’s bullsh*t! earn something! .. And no Doc should not have left Yamamoto in after the homer. 112 pitches? he did the right thing thing there, but bringing in trienan? WRONG!!! casparius, dryer, kopech, wrobleski even! it’s not over but the fat lady is humming!
09/06/25 Los Angeles Dodgers placed C Dalton Rushing on the 10-day injured list. Right shin contusion.
09/06/25 Los Angeles Dodgers designated RHP Matt Sauer for assignment.
09/06/25 Los Angeles Dodgers selected the contract of C Chuckie Robinson from Oklahoma City Comets.
1:35 PM ET
Dodgers (78-64)
Orioles (66-76)
SP Clayton Kershaw L
9-2 3.28 ERA
SP Tomoyuki Sugano R
10-7 4.41 ERA
Confirmed Lineup
DH S. Ohtani L
SS Mookie Betts R
1B F. Freeman L
LF M. Conforto L
RF Alex Call R
3B Miguel Rojas R
2B Hyeseong Kim L
CF E. Hernandez R
C Ben Rortvedt L
69° Wind 8 mph L-R
You want to laugh or throwup ,Conforto is batting cleanup? Thank God I have a family function and won’t have to watch this.
I have seen ZERO objective truths proffered here, just many subjective opinions.
IMO objective truth is that the Dodgers have sucked for awhile now and that SOMETHING needs to change or they will be home A LOT earlier than last year.
My training was in Science. So you can’t just throw out some theory, like the earth is flat. And expect people to believe it until you show some proof. Even if the ‘proof’ is debatable, at least it is something to open up some meaningful discussion. Like showing the trainers on every other team are Harvard graduates and all white. Or some team fired all their DEI hires and this year they spend less time on IL. Give us something to talk about
Only Dodger fans can complain about leadership and ownership spending too much money to make the team better. Where was all the complaining at the beginning of the season? And please enlighten us on the “right way” to build a championship. I’m sure AF would get a good laugh at that.
Tanner Scott ,9 (nine) blown saves so far this year, Closing for the Dodgers and closing for the Marlins are two entirely different situations. We will have to live with him for unfortunately 3 more years.
You also need to remember that when the Rangers won in 2023, Josh Sborz was a key piece with a 5.00+ ERA
All that said, this team has more than enough talent to win… if they can come together.
Leave Conforto, Scott, Yates, and Treinen off the playoff roster. Go with the youngesters. They might surprise you.
Playoff Roster:
1. Ohtani DH
2. Betts SS
3. Freeman 1B
4. Smith C
5. Muncy 3B
6. Hernandez, T LF
7. Edman CF
8. Pages RF
9. Kim/Rojas 2B
Bench; K. Hernandez, Call, Rushing (if healthy)
Starters:
1. Yamamoto
2. Kershaw
3. Snell
4. Sheehan
Relief:
Banda
Dreyer
Veria
Henriquez
Wrobleski
Casparius
Hurt
Kopech
Room for 1 more
In baseball, you have to build it the right way. Andrew Friedman knows that blueprint.
I think the Dodgers’ ownership group pushed for more signings, and AF went down the wrong path. There needs to be a correction this off-season.
On taking Yamamoto out of the game last night:
Hindsight is 20/20… we don’t know what would have happened, but if Yamamoto had ended coughing up the game, Doc would be roasted on a spit!
Second-guessers are never wrong!
This team has no balance. Great starting pitching, great power and it goes downhill after that. No speed on the base path, nobody hitting for average except Freddie and Miggy, horrible defensive outfield, no catcher or 3B currently. Granted, injuries are a problem but counting on homers and starting pitching and sacrificing everything else, only work in short periods. Eventually, that lack of balance bites you in the ass. Look back on the last few series with Arizona,Pittsburgh and O’s and how many hits we lost to their great defense and how many balls dropped in because of our poor defense. Hopefully, AF will restore the balance by next year.
But I still think your DEI premise is ridiculous. And you proved it yourself. Look at the names you mentioned. Not one Black player. Only 1 hispanic. Just as easily one could say that NOT enough DEI players were signed. Not saying I believe that. But you can’t just look at one thing you don’t like and say that is the reason.
You often post how you chased the Morons away, so we can have logical discussions………
Glad no one else here is carrying on with that theme
But this loss wasn’t only in the horrible bullpen. How many guys were left on base or in scoring position? Yeah, they should have won with 3 runs. But they could easily have scored more.
Just like I said yesterday, I’ll say it today: this team is going to turn the switch.
I think they can’t fall any further. They’ve already fallen to the lowest point, to the most shameful point. This team is full of veterans. I’m sure things are going to change. They can’t be worse.
It’s hard to accept or watch, but the catcher they have currently playing, whose name I can’t remember because he’s a little weird, made a couple of key plays: a couple of bunts resulted in a couple of runs scored, and then he got a base hit and scored the third run.
Then Pages faced the same situation with two men on base and no outs, and what did he do next?
One of the three strikeouts he had in the game!
Even me, who am the first to say that the game was over in just the first inning because of the terrible and horrible way they have been playing, even I feel that this is going to change very soon!
But the truth is that with that bullpen it is difficult, if not impossible, to have hope, but in history there have been other bullpens that are equally or more horrible and they have done a good job in the playoffs.
We’ll see… Stay Tuned!
World Champs to World Chumps in one year !!! Sad!!!
I haven’t seen a team implode like this since the The Phillies did in the mid 60s collapse at the end of the season. My father never recovered and lost interest in his beloved Phillies
I know it is hindsight but Yamamoto could have gotten the CG and we all could have gone home happy.
Suck it up guys, I doubt anyone feels worse than everyone in that team.
That last pitch by Tanner was a good pitch. 99 times out of 100 it’s a swing and miss or it gets pounded into the ground to the shortstop or 2nd baseman.
Tonight was one of the rare nights. I had to go to my happy place.
The happy place was the taste of gun oil in my mouth.
Roberts has ONE job. And it doesn’t have a damn thing to do with talent. Or injuries.
One job! It ain’t easy. But he needs to keep this ship in the air. And that don’t involve advanced stats. Or fucking around with the lineup. I’m sure he knows.
https://youtu.be/tGiCkd1kBHU?si=kfE25K1sU6kbQU4Z
Worst loss I can remember watching. the front office has made several miscalculations:
1 – Michael Conforto would work out.
2 – It’s OK to have 2 bad defensive OF starting.
3 – Scott and Yates would repeat last year’s performance.
4 – They could rely on oft-injured starters like Glasnow and Snell to pitch most of the season.
And for a veteran bunch that should know better, they seem to have assumed that the talent level alone would be enough to win.
I agree Mark, my friend. Not sure I’ve seen a worse loss. My heart, my mind, my love for baseball has been broken. Blake Treinan is a really great man and his heart is bleeding. But, once again he gave up walks. I always think that a lesson has to be learned? But, we are a very veteran team that has got to already know the lesson ?.. I’m sooooo piseed tonight.