Kudos to Ned Colletti. In spite of Podsednik getting picked off tonight with one out in the 9th, behind 1-0, and even though he's not running enough, I think he's a great addition to the club. Ya gotta love Ted Lilly thus far, and you also gotta love little Ryan Theriot. With Ned's budget restrictions from El Evil Cheapo, he did a helluva job. And he finally said happy trails to Garret Anderson and brought up a guy who can actually hit in Jay Gibbons. Good job, Ned. These are the highlights of the year. Now, the season's over and it's time to start hoping that the McCourts are forced to sell the team to someone who cares and isn't planning on doubling ticket prices while cutting the payroll to $80 million by 2015. If you've read the ESPN and LA Weekly articles, I encourage you to do so:
http://www.laweekly.com/2010-08-05/news/dodger-dog/
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5374371
These are two perfectly horrible people, their Dickensian greed is the stuff legends are made of. I really hate them. We all should really hate them. They highjacked our beloved Dodgers and we want them back. Who will rescue them from their wicked hands? I still can't comprehend why Bud Selig allowed the entirely leveraged sale to go through to this man.
Dodgers head of scouting, Logan White is a liar. Who does he think he's kidding? He says the Dodgers did not make football star Zach Lee their #1 pick because they knew there was no way they could sign him - Zach is set to play QB for LSU - thereby saving the Dodgers a few million in signing bonuses. The deadline for signing Lee is Monday and he has yet to have a conversation with the Dodgers. I've lost a great deal of respect for Logan White. Instead of his obsequious cow towing, he should resign from the Dodgers and take his talents elsewhere.
Jonathan Broxton, as I've said all year, has the physicality but not the mental makeup of a closer. The other night, during his latest meltdown against Philly, Joe Torre came out to the mound and you can see his lips move. He said to Broxton, "Trust your stuff." What stuff? He hasn't any stuff. He just stands there on the mound and throws as hard as he can. Sometimes guys can't hit it, sometimes they can, but most of the time lately, it's out of the strike zone... by a lot. Anytime he tries to throw "stuff" it gets clobbered. They need to move him while they still can.
Matt Kemp's agent Dave Stewart was a fine pitcher, but he's a crybaby. Shut up, Dave and sit down with your client and tell him how it really is. Stop blaming everyone else. Bob Schaeffer and Larry Bowa did nothing wrong. In fact, they did everything right. If Kemp is going to be the superstar his skills would otherwise dictate, it likely won't happen with the Dodgers. Get rid of him and start rebuilding. I'll tell you right now, the Yankees would NEVER put up with that B.S.
Ethier has become rather unreliable in the clutch. 180 degree turn from last year.
Casey Blake stinks. His 14 errors this season have all been extremely costly. His hitting is just way too sporadic to justify keeping him. Ronnie Belliard, as far as I'm concerned, the job is yours for the remainder of the season.
Joe Torre needs to retire. When you're more worried about hurting players' feelings than winning, it's time to start watching the games from a seat in the stands or on TV.
In spite of some improvements to their starting pitching, this has been a butt ugly season. Their bullpen has been atrocious and has not been able to keep them in games. When their bullpen is on, their starting pitching and hitting have been off. Actually, with the exception of April and a few games here and there, their hitting has been awful. The bad part is, there's still a month and a half of torture.
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