Now I’m not sure exactly what I was expecting out of Jeff Kent today, but the emotion that came out of the future HOFer as he fought back tears was pretty surprising.  Imagine the kind of clubhouse force the guy could have been if he had let his guard down like this amongst his teammates.  [...]

So today the long-expected news of Jeff Kent’s retirement came true.  And I’m a little sad about it.  Say what you want about Kent causing clubhouse friction at the end of the 2007 season (something he never really recovered from) the guy played stellar baseball for the Dodgers at a position that was a notorious weak [...]

So if the Hiroki Kuroda rumors are true, Ned Colletti deserves a pat on the back for a job well done. Andruw Jones plus Kuroda is a big, big improvement over last year’s signings of Juan Pierre and Jason Schmidt. Kuroda and his career 3.69 ERA should settle in nicely behind Penny and D. Lowe [...]