Where art thou, Kirk Gibson?
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The Dodgers (and, more importantly, the fans) have finally come to the realization that they’re imposters. Frauds. Talented enough to squeak into the playoffs, but not nearly talented or inspired enough to get by the elite teams in the National League, nevermind the New York Yankees, the best powerhouse money can buy.
The worst part is, I have a feeling the Dodgers are OK with their inadequacy. Exhibit A is their desperate acquisition of Vicente Padilla.
Padilla was the equivalent of an expiring loaf of jalapeno bread, put on the discount shelf by a grocery store at a drastically reduced price in the hopes that somebody - anybody - would be desperate and/or stupid enough to dole out a few cents and risk late-night worship to the porcelain god.
The Dodgers took that gamble and where are they now?
It’s all very reminiscent of the Dodgers’ late season acquisition of Manny Ramirez last year. A smart business decision then, it has manifested into a $25 million mistake for Dodger fans today. (‘Mistake’ doesn’t even convey how bad the Dodgers screwed up with Ramirez. Put it this way: giving Manny $25 million to dog it next season makes the Lamar-Khloe marriage look like a smart idea.)
Unless Major League Baseball has the intention of removing female fertility treatments from its list of banned substances (and soon), the Dodgers are in trouble.
Jason Schmidt is Exhibit B.
Juan Pierre is Exhibit C.
The bloated Andruw Jones is Exibit D, E and F.
Things don’t figure to get any better, what with Frank and Jamie McCourt beginning World War III in the the courts.
What free agent in their right mind would choose to come to the Dodgers now, save for the over-the-hill, injury-prone wash-up looking for a career resurrection? (Prediction: Dodgers sign Mark Prior and trade for Gary Matthews Jr. this off-season.)
What it all means is we’ll be living off that Kirk Gibson 1988 highlight reel for at least another year.
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Published: October 30, 2009 - Volume 8 - Issue 28
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« andrewwagner1 wrote on Friday, Nov 06 at 01:16 PM »
Where to begin....Fraud is a strong word. The Dodgers made TWO bad pitches that changed the outcome of their season. The first being a first pitch curveball to Raul Ibanez for a 3-run homer in the 8th inning of game 1 of the NLCS which the Dodgers lost by 2. The second being a 3-1 fastball to Jimmy Rollins for a walk off 2-run single in a game where the Dodgers were up by 1 win 2 outs in the ninth. Execute those 2 pitches and the Dodgers, not the Phillies, take a 3-1 series lead. Fraud? Hardly. Oh and the expiring piece of jalapeno bread dominated the 2 ELITE offenses in the National League in his first two starts of the postseason. Desperation? Hardly. How does the signing of Manny Ramirez to a 2-year deal after he carried us to the playoffs in 2008 get mistaken for complacency on the Dodgers part? The only FRAUD is the author of this article, posing as a Dodger fan.
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