OK, so this was one of the strangest games I’ve seen in a LONG time… 1. The Home Plate Umpire loses consciousness after being hit by a pitch. Dodger pitcher Brad Penny inadvertantly hit home plate umpire Kerwin Danley in the jaw with an errant pitch and Danley slumped down on the ground, losing consciousness [...]

Yup, it’s a poll looking for the worst GM in baseball from the folks at bucsdugout.com. Our boy Ned is the #3 seed battling #6 seed J.P. Ricciardi of the Toronto Blue Jays. As of 11:10 p.m. on Monday evening, Ned is “winning” 2-1 with 30 votes compared to J.P.’s 15 votes. Supporting arguments for [...]

Maybe, just maybe, the reason for the slow start for the Dodger bats rests with Joe Torre.  Think about it: the biggest problem the Dodgers have faced this year is their ever-shifting lineup.  Even Eric Karros called it out on the national game against the Braves this weekend: the root cause of the problem stems [...]

OK – a point of clarification before I get started here. I grew up in the 1970s. I loved cartoons. My absolute favorite cartoon was the Superfriends. Every Saturday morning, I got to see all of my favorite superheroes battle it out against their arch-nemeses and learn a valuable lesson about sharing, not speaking to [...]

    The good folks at the Sons of Steve Garvey blog reminded me of an interesting question that came up last week at Blogger Night (I think Saxie from SoSG and Erin from Beantown West were the instigators on this one): what about having a “Throwback Night” at Dodger Stadium? I seriously think this [...]