Who knows what’s best for Dodgers?
It’s nice to see that Bill Plaschke has once again decided to become the general manager of the Dodgers. Even though Dave Roberts stated that despite Clayton Kershaw’s injury, the team would continue winning games, Plaschke concluded that Roberts was really yelling “Help!”
As usual, Bill wants to unload several top minor leaguers to get a veteran player. Of course the reason the Dodgers are in first place is because they refused to do just that. Hey, Bill, don’t quit your day job.
Lancaster
I don’t know why Bill Plaschke isn’t named general manager of the Dodgers since he knows more about what to do than current management. He should at least be hired as an advisor, since he is obviously brilliant ... or thinks he is.
Irvine
What the Dodgers need to do is ignore all of the armchair baseball executives on the L.A. Times. The Dodgers have done a very good job of slowly building up the team without giving up prospects and mortgaging the future. They have the talent this year to sit tight and make no moves that would hurt their talented minor league inventory, so that is exactly what they should do.
Santa Barbara ::
Yu Darvish, the Texas pitcher that everyone is clamoring for the Dodgers to obtain? You know, the guy Dave Roberts and Bill Plaschke insist we deplete our farm system for? Well, he gave up 10 runs in 32⁄3 innings against Miami on Wednesday.
Get well soon, Clayton.
Goleta
Of course Cody Bellinger should be the favorite for MVP. In games he has not played, the Dodgers are 9-13. When he plays (as of Tuesday morning) the Dodgers are 60-18. What more is there to say?
Sherman Oaks ::
So much ink spilled and teeth gnashed about those greedy Dodgers. How about asking, why?
Why do certain cities grant exclusivity to one TV provider over another? Why is this not restraint of trade? Why doesn’t the County Board of Supervisors allow for a free market in which all servers, including Spectrum, become an option for those now-closed areas? If no cable company were denied access, then no Dodgers fan would be denied access.
Santa Monica ::
Since I cannot receive SNLA, and have no working AM radio, may I humbly suggest the owners make a deal to name the field for Forest Lawn, as the Dodgers are dead to me.
Panorama City
There’s a catch
Bill Shaikin [July 28], no Harpers or Bryants drafted at No. 35? A quiz: who was drafted in the 62nd round at No. 1,390 in 1988 and is now in the Hall of Fame?
Glendale
Fallen Angels
The Angels have been headed in the wrong direction ever since their championship year. At that time they had weak starting pitching but a good bullpen and a great closer. At that time they had great offense from their everyday players and good defense from them. At that time they had a good farm system. At that time the had good a good general manager and a good field management staff.
Today they have weak starting pitching coupled with a weak bullpen. They have arguably the weakest offense in baseball with a couple of exceptions and they have arguably the worst farm system in baseball. What happened? Perhaps the answer lies in the rosters of other teams, which are sprinkled with ex-Angels who are making winners of their current organizations. At the same time the Angels’ own payroll has been bloated with large salaries for players who are dismal failures.
Woodland Hills
Neigh-sayers
I know people think horse racing is a dying sport, but maybe it wouldn’t die so quickly if you could spare a few column inches to post the program.
Hemet
Yeah, that was it
So O.J. Simpson isn’t welcome around USC, but how about Reggie Bush? I think it’s time to finally forgive him for that lateral in the 2006 Rose Bowl.
Beverly Hills
Open closer While Jordan Spieth’s back nine was a roller coaster thrill ride for the ages Sunday at the British Open, the bigger implications are eyeopening.
Spieth has now won three of golf ’s four majors before turning 24 years old and that puts him in Jack Nicklaus/ Tiger Woods rarified air.
Furthermore, Spieth is a tradition-loving, class act like Nicklaus, has failed spectacularly to close a major victory like Greg Norman, makes improbable pressure putts in majors like Tiger and recovers remarkably from errant drives a la Seve Ballesteros.
If he can capture the public’s imagination by exuding the same type of charm and charisma as Arnold Palmer, he will sit alone in popularity at the top of the golf world for decades — provided he keeps winning.
Playa del Rey
Missing stars
Interesting that every year the same promoter markets that certain superstars will be playing in the International Champions Cup matches at various Los Angeles-area stadiums, but Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, etc., always seem to be in another part of the world on game day.
Arcadia
Why so serious?
I have witnessed more spirited funerals than Jim Mora’s Pac-12 media day presentation on UCLA football.
Santa Monica ::
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