Comments on: Too Many Problems, Whatcha Gonna Do

By: MSTI.com’s 2008 in Review: Second Base « Mike Scioscia’s tragic illness

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:44:41 +0000

[...] 13: “Too Many Problems, Whatcha Gonna Do“ Back to Joe Torre, I implore you to read this carefully, because it just might be the [...]

By: Sun Is Shining In The Sky… « Mike Scioscia’s tragic illness

Sun Is Shining In The Sky… « Mike Scioscia’s tragic illness — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:45:28 +0000

[...] tragic illness – the only Dodgers blog where you can get musical references as varied as the Sex Pistols to House of Pain and now to Electric Light Orchestra. If I may [...]

By: Rob McMillin

Rob McMillin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:46:43 +0000

Ah, the kind of post I used to write about three years ago when I had more fire in the belly, or whatever the cliché-du-jour is. Joe Torre’s charge is keeping the press off his players’ backs (and thus, to some degree, his own and that of the organization), so his mastery of the art of duckspeak is hardly a surprise. Any sufficiently polished manager will have this skill.

The real problem arises when said manager starts deploying his team according something akin to his nonce speeches, valuing the “professional at-bats” of guys like Andruw Jones and Mark Sweeney ahead of possibly better guys in whom the team has a lesser salary investment. Not that I’m saying this wasn’t worth getting in a high dudgeon about, but it seems to me that the biggest problem the Dodgers have faced this year is the surprising and all-but-universal collapse of the position-playing kids (James Loney and Matt Kemp in particular); declines by the likes of Kent, Jones, Garciaparra, and were predictable, but some of that could have been made up for by solid years from the prior two.

By: MSTI’s First Half Review: Offense « Mike Scioscia’s tragic illness

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:28:19 +0000

[...] who the hell saw this happening? If you didn’t see this link the other day, ESPN.com’s Jayson Stark says Jones is on pace for the Worst Offensive Season in Baseball [...]

By: ginocimoli

ginocimoli — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:26:11 +0000

Perfect post, painfully funny, i.e., which do I do first, laugh or cry? If only Ned “It’s Not My Fault” Colletti (or better yet, Frank McCourt) were tuned in…

By: Mike Scioscia's tragic illness

Mike Scioscia's tragic illness — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:17:07 +0000

It could have been worse, Kensai. The next line in the Sex Pistols song that served as the inspiration for the post title is “Too many problems – and the problem is YOU!”

Oh, and re: my earlier comment about CC and Jones.. CC just homered. 1-0 Sabathia.

By: Fire Ned Colletti Now

Fire Ned Colletti Now — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:24:09 +0000

Congrats man, now you sound like me. :p
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Negativity=Fun For Everybody :o

By: Mike Scioscia's tragic illness

Mike Scioscia's tragic illness — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:53:10 +0000

It’s funny you mention Sabathia’s bat – after he got traded the other day, I asked a group of mostly non-Dodger fan baseball friends, “now that CC’s in the NL, who has more homers the rest of the year; CC or Jones?” The response was sadly split.

Thanks for the kind words!

By: BlueInColorado

BlueInColorado — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:49:01 +0000

One of the best MSTI posts ever. “I want to take it out behind the middle school and get it pregnant.” This line literally brought tears to my eyes (tears of joy), while the news of Mark Sweeney returning brought tears of pain. I think in the best interest of the league Selig should go ahead and ban Sweeney and Jones from baseball for crimes against America’s pastime. Seriously there brutal play has to be considered an act of treason.

Maybe we should have traded for Sabathia, we could use his bat in the lineup.