SPRING TRAINING GAME/NEWS/RUMORS Thread

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  1. Finski

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    Edited to reflect my take.

    Otherwise, yes. I'm with you.
     
    Finski, Feb 22, 2023
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    have to imagine that guys like FF and Mookie must look at each w wtf were we thinking looks
    sound like kamala speaking to everyone like they're children
    guarantee the team has already tuned him out
     
    LAdiablo, Feb 22, 2023
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    Exactly.

    Here's what I take from this:

    1. He clearly doesn't know his audience. This is a ST speech you give to a team of mostly rookies or a team that's floundered for the last number of years. Not a team that has a ten-year playoff streak.

    2. It's Davey being Davey. Trying to relate to his players, so that they can see him as their friend, not as an authority. Because this approach has worked so well in the past.

    3. I bet he gave them each a pat on the ass as they left the meeting, looked in their eyes, and said, "I believe in you."

    4. Thor's comments from the day before about the great vibe in LA just got 100% negated. Now he's asking his agent to see if the contract can be voided.

    5. Ask yourselves, "Are we in, or are we out?" Are you fuckin' kidding me??? Part of me wants to say he was hoping to get a similar response as Belushi's speech in Animal House. ''Cause when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Who's with me? Let's do it!" And they all stand up and run out of the room with Bluto... I mean, Davey. He must've been bummed to just see "What the fuck?" looks from everyone.
     
    lastatman, Feb 22, 2023
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    This reminds me of when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor...
     
    Bluezoo, Feb 22, 2023
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    let him go, he’s on a roll

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    irish, Feb 22, 2023
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    so it appears i have the norovirus
    feel like shit
    100+ fever, crackhead headache, stomach cramps, puking, diarrhea
    good times
    my throat and anus are sorer than finski’s on prom night
     
    irish, Feb 22, 2023
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    Sorry, brohim. Get well soon please. Otherwise, I'll have to mop that nudie booth myself, pal.
     
    Finski, Feb 23, 2023
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    Sorry to hear. Did you test positive because it also sounds like the flu? In any case, get well soon bud.
     
    lastatman, Feb 23, 2023
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    Get better, Irish!
     
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    i guess that's what i had a few months back
    i went to the ER on the first day cause i puked so hard my hands went numb and i couldn't stop it
    truly thought i was going to die in the first 5 hours of that shit
    good news it doesn't last that long feel better mate
     
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    Apparently the annual flu shot has no effect on the norovirus. Fuck.
     
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    thanks bkitches
    diablo was 100% right… there was about 5-6 hours i thought i was going to die
    feel much better now but real weak
     
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    Noah Camras✓@noahcamras
    Last offseason the Dodgers signed Tyler Anderson to a one-year, $8 million deal and Andrew Heaney to a one-year, $8.5 million deal. This offseason, Anderson signed for three years and $39 million, while Heaney signed for two years and $25 million. The Mark Prior effect is real.
    1:46 PM · Dec 6, 2022​



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    irish, Feb 23, 2023
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    Hearing interviews with different pitchers over the past several years many of them also give assistant pitching coach Connor McGuiness a lot of credit, too.
     
    fsudog21, Feb 24, 2023
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    Roberts confirmed Heyward's progress and swing changes during batting practice on Monday, adding that he "absolutely" has a leg up in the competition for the final outfield spot.
    he even hit a HR off Zappa in bp so i guess that seals it for davey
    besides who wants a young exciting home grown kid to get a chance when you can have an old washed up vet ?
     
    LAdiablo, Feb 24, 2023
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    and ethnicity definitely wasn’t a factor

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    Noah Camras✓@noahcamras
    Dave Roberts says Miguel Vargas still can’t swing the bat but he’ll play around five innings of defense, and they’ll work out a deal with the Brewers to allow him to not hit in tomorrow’s ST opener.
    9:05 AM · Feb 24, 2023​

    and in a related story, dodger fans are trying to work out a deal to have roberts not manage the team
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    • Dodgers All-Star outfielder Mookie Betts has spent most of his career in the leadoff spot, said he’s most comfortable in that spot, and it’s worked out well for him and the team. But Dodgers’ manager Dave Roberts said he’s considering moving Betts down in the lineup.
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    Typical Dodger horseshit under the Roberts " leadership"...change/fix what is absolutely a strong point of the lineup and not broken like the Betts leadoff spot, and leave the holes in it festering and wallowing in weaknesses without so much as a valid tweak.
    Oh, sorry...forgot. Heywood. How stupid of me.
    The " IFS" on the Dodger team this year loom as large as the letters in the HOLLYWOOD sign.
    Every team, every year, has them, of course. But the amount the Dodgers are turning there lonely eyes to this upcoming season to come through, is just not realistic, imo.
     
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