The Dodgers finally gave Dave Roberts his Christmas present: four more chances to get the Dodgers to the promised land. They’ve gone all in on Doc, and it’s now up to him to finish strong. If not, this could be the last Dodgers contract Roberts ever gets.
Here’s my take:
Oscar Martinez
I was born in the shadow of Dodger Stadium and immediately drenched in Dodger Blue. Chavez Ravine is my baseball cathedral, Vin Scully was the golden voice of summer all my life, and Tommy Lasorda remains the greatest Dodgers manager ever. My favorite things are coffee, beer, and the Dodgers beating the Giants. I also blog about my baseball card hobby at All Trade Bait, All the Time.
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Well, what the hell, do we have a choice?, Corbin signed by the Nats for 5 years 140 million.
SIX YEARS!
Your right, I am wrong, woe is me!
This is not a team made up of lemons. Yet we keep coming up with lemonade. We are all hoping the outcome is better next year. And I do believe he may be a man who can do it.
The Athletic has a great piece on the possible banning of the shift. Some brief excerpts:
OK, here’s why: A number of people inside the game, including some members of the competition committee, have concluded that teams and hitters have reacted to The Shift by saying, “Let’s hit the ball over those shifts.” … They’ve also concluded that those uppercut swings are fueling the tsunami of strikeouts….Yet the cool factor of the opposite-field single hasn’t spread across the land – and shows no signs of doing so.
What a new rule might look like
It’s difficult to spell out the specifics of a rule that has never existed and has barely been talked about… But what’s most likely is a rule that simply reinforces one basic principle: Each team must have two infielders on the left side of second base and two on the right side.
Goldschmidt to the Cardinals for 3 players and a international slot. Wow. Not much of a return.
Is the MLB trying to drive the fans away?
I’m getting to the “I’m so over this shyte” point!