No Good Can Come of This

May 1, 2009 at 6:19 am | Posted in Tony Jackson | 6 Comments

Starting the day with bad news… the rumors flying around the Dodgers blogosphere are suggesting that Dodgers beat reporter Tony Jackson of the Daily News has been let go, based on a report by Josh Suchon on DodgerTalk (which MSTI will be on this Sunday! More on that to come). Jackson hasn’t posted on his blog since reporting that Scott Elbert was sent down on Wednesday, and while that might not seem like that long of a time, it is when you consider he usually posts several times a day – and there’s been roster moves and a game since then.

If this is true, it’s a huge mistake and a blow to the entire Dodger online community, because TJ is a constant source of breaking Dodger news. Seriously, if you’ve been reading this blog, you’ve seen me quote or reference him at least three times a week. But now with this and with the same thing happening to Riverside P-E reporter Diamond Leung recently, real-time informed Dodger updates are going to be harder to come by. And that hurts everyone, from casual fans to serious bloggers.

Really, how is it that valuable resources like Jackson and Leung lose their jobs, and uninformed jokers like Bill Plaschke and TJ Simers can keep theirs? Life’s just not fair.

In actual baseball news, the downside of the 13-man pitching staff reared its head almost immediately last night, when Eric Stults had to pinch-hit for Cory Wade with one out and one on in the 8th inning last night. Stults failed to get a bunt down, and the Dodgers had already taken an 8-5 lead, so it ended up not being crucial – this time. But with the Padre bullpen falling apart, a real hitter might have been able to continue the rally in progress and blow the game wide open, rather than keep it within shouting distance (not that the Padres really had any chance against Jonathan Broxton, but still.)

Of course, many more 1.2 inning starting performances and we’re going to be seeing a 15-man pitching staff. James McDonald, we supported you for a starting job all winter and spring. What are you doing to us, here?

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MSTI, we need to just bite the bullet on this one. As the say, you can never have enough pitching. Coletti, are you reading this? Make a deal for Micah Owings. And we need to get Kuo a few more AB’s. I haven’t seen a good bat flip in a while.

Comment by Vegas Blue— May 1, 2009 #

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MSTI,
I was so sad when I read the news on his blog this morning. First thing I do in the morning is click on his link from my blog. I saw so many messages in there. This has left so sad that I can no longer get my news from Tony. I no longer will buy his paper as I have no reason to read it. With the loss of D.Leung and now Tony this is terrible news for us Dodger fans.
MSTI -Looking forward to hearing you on DodgerTalk this Sunday.
Emma
http://crzblue.mlblogs.com/

Comment by crzblue— May 1, 2009 #

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Just. Horrible.

Comment by Rob McMillin— May 1, 2009 #

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Have fun with the interview! Remember to record it yourself because KABC won’t have it in the archives. I learned that lesson from SOSG Orel.

Comment by Eric Stephen— May 1, 2009 #

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4 – good suggestion, Eric! I’ll be sure to do that. Josh Suchon already told me what the first question is going to be, and it involves the phone number I gave him to call me at. Should be fun.

Comment by Mike Scioscia's tragic illness— May 1, 2009 #

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Have fun, MSTI! Resist the urge to use profanity!

Comment by SoSG Orel— May 1, 2009 #

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