DODGERS 2017 NEWS/RUMORS/AROUND MLB Thread

in theory, in retrospect, in blah blah blah BS.
in reality, though people do not live in the past
some dwell there in their mind so much that it seems as if they do live in the past
but they dont, it only seems like they do
because living in the past would be retarded
literally, not physically or mentally
you would have to retard time
but that tech can only exist for people who live in the future
never for people who live in the past
if you live in the past you have no present
and if you have no present you have no gift to bring to the party
the party is the future
your arrival to the party is the hope
but some of us were too busy stuck in our historical greatest hits to notice when the invitation to the party arrived
the show must go on
just without those of us that love the past and shun reality

 

I dont care about the ring. It is geysers of champagne, its the cherry on the sunday, it is the icing on the cake.
I care about the run. It is an untold supply of cold beer, its the cherry in the skirt next to you, and the banana creme pie in your face.

 

Sure, they may not lose 100, but the fact of the matter is that they're really, really awful right now. So bad that callers on the local radio want a fire sale, but there's virtually nobody to sell (they consider Posey, Crawford, and the Motor Bike Stuntman untouchable - nobody else has much value). They're stuck with bad contracts in Pence and Spahn, Crawford and Belt are not producing offensively and making previous successes seem fluke-ish, and even Posey isn't showing his typical power, and most of all there's very little down on the farm to provide hope for the future. I'm not saying I wouldn't want 3 championships in our recent history, but like others have said, the past is the past. In the present, I would be really miserable as a fan of this team... much more so than I've ever been with the Dodgers.

 

Colorado and AZ duke it out tonight.

 

Not sure whom I prefer to lose. For all intents and purposes, they're even in the standings. I guess it depends on which team we perceive to have more staying power.

 

made me recall another brilliant emilio quote...

 

I would not trade those SF Giants championships for 1988.
All of 1988, not just the WS ring.
But I would trade those 3 Giants rings and the 88 ring combined for another awesome run that nets us a ring like in 88.
Because while 88 is worth more than whatever the giants have done since, and a new 88 will always be worth more than a 30 year old 88.

 

88 was particularly special because we had no business beating the mets, let alone the a's
never was an mvp more earned
gibson literally willed that team to a championship
that orel guy was pretty good too

 

all of that is worth anything the giants have done in the past
now if the giants won it all this year then their win this year would trump 88
not just because of their horrible record and no business winning it all
but because it is this year and not 88, or last year.
this year trumps anything before this year

 

every year trumps the year prior
and yet nothing trumps what's already happened
because whatever you do... it's already been done







Eugene O'Neill likes this.

 

I don't get how this is an argument. Witnessing your team win a championship in any sport is a rare feat. Lots of people go a whole lifetime without seeing their team win a championship and a lot of people may witness their team win one, but not experience it again for a long time. The idea of the Dodgers winning just 1 championship brings unbelievable joy to me, let alone three championships. The history books will remember the 3 WS. They won't remember a team that won a bunch of division titles and came up empty except for bad reasons like the Braves. I don't mean to sound spoiled because we are better off than a lot of teams, but we are talking about 3 World Series wins. I'd give my left nut for 1.

 

Yeah, I think we are all starving for a WS appearance. Past is the past, sure, but the joy from winning a WS stays with you forever just like the nightmares from postseason failures.