NEWS/RUMORS/INJURIES/"CHRIS's CRAZY THOUGHTS" Thread

Fuck it, let's get the band back together.

Broxton, Kuroda, Martin, bring back Manny. Shit, get Derek Lowe out of retirement.

 

You laugh but Broxton woulda been our 2nd best righty reliever last year and no doubt set up man. Ned couldnt even get him and he was sent for shit.

Him and Bills in our bullpen wouldn't be bad although it might kill people to think of their mental state, they had very good Dodger careers and still can provide value to a team in 2015

 

He was my bullpen guy in MLB the Show.

I believe in the Tin Man.

 

dat wud b so gangsta yo

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and while we're at it...

Rays Designate Jerry Sands For Assignment
By Mark Polishuk [November 3, 2014 at 12:30pm CST]
The Rays have designated outfielder Jerry Sands
-- who was activated off the 60-day DL -- for assignment according to a
team press release. Sands was claimed off waivers from the Pirates last
offseason, and appeared in only 12 games with the Rays due to wrist
surgery in July. He has a .689 OPS over 273 Major League PA with the
Rays and Dodgers since 2011.​

 

^ i mean, it's not like we already have an extra surplus of outfielders, right?

 

There isn't, but you also need to be a realist. Baseball is a cruel sport that loves to break your heart. It just makes the win that much sweeter when it finally happens.

 

you're both right
i try to be optimistic, but i also don't go all in any more
too many times disappointed -- joe morgan, jack clark, matt stairs, matt adams
so i'm sort of in the "hope for the best/prepare for the worst" mode
when i was a kid, it seemed like an eternity when we missed the world series from 1966 to 1974
even '81 to '88 seemed like forever
if i only knew
the year i was born the dodgers were defending world champions
i genuinely feel sad for anyone here born after '88
you guys are all great fans and deserve better
and believe me, there is no better feeling than winning it all
lakers and kings championships are great, but there's something special about when the dodgers do it
and i can say with absolute certainty... that i will cry like a baby when we finally do win again
just hoping it happens before my tear ducts completely dry up

 

glad you shared this chris
a while back i said he should be given a look this spring, and some (not all) here said he was too young/not ready
i don't necessarily disagree, but he should definitely be given the opportunity to show that maybe he is ready

 

and thx for sharing this as well
puig shouldn't be a surprise to anyone
rumors (which you might be privy to) said he was frequently late to BP/games last season
and, just as bad (if not, worse), that mattingly did nothing to discipline him

 

If Don Mattingly can't get a clubhouse together and can't get through to the Dodgers best position player in years, then why the fuck is he here? He's a pathetic in-game manager but the reason they love him is supposed great management of egos. Which well I guess he did allroght with if they still won 90+ games but if they have to make huge decisions that could come back and bite them because of a clubhouse, then what is Mattingly getting paid loads of money for?

And of course, maybe there's cases of some players just being impossible to get to. But how do we know that. Puig still put up two amazing seasons and the rest of the team still played fine if he was bringing them down, he wasn't close to our biggest problem. And I'm not pretending to know anything that goes on but I guuess my point is that if this really is a huge problem I would rather the team find someone who could calm the problem rather then trade it away cause the latter has a much more negative impact. Not to mention if you do that, you're basically saying Mattingly is getting paid lots of money to make brutal in game decisions