Comments on: An Open Letter to the McCourts

By: Frank McCourt Gets One More Push Out That Door « Mike Scioscia's tragic illness

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:33:42 +0000

[...] here we are. Remember, this has been going for over two years. Hell, this is what I was writing in October of 2009, well before bankruptcies, Russian faith healers, attempted MLB takeovers and over 50 other sins: [...]

By: This Has Been a Long Time Coming For the McCourts « Mike Scioscia's tragic illness

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:10:03 +0000

[...] also reminded me that I did the same thing nearly two years ago. I bring that up not in an any sort of an attempt to say that it was my idea first (clearly, dozens [...]

By: Anyone Want to Front Me $700 Million? « Mike Scioscia’s tragic illness

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:28:22 +0000

[...] themselves in the Los Angeles community”, and this all brings me back to what I said in our open letter to them last week: Don’t let your personal issues get in the way of the enjoyment of millions of Dodger fans around [...]

By: Update from the past few days… « Dodgers, Kings, Etc.

Update from the past few days… « Dodgers, Kings, Etc. — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:34:12 +0000

[...] has a nice recap of the events and is recommended reading. He ends up concluding that they should either settle up [...]

By: The MSTI 16-Step 2010 plan « Mike Scioscia’s tragic illness

The MSTI 16-Step 2010 plan « Mike Scioscia’s tragic illness — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:07:24 +0000

[...] this time around, but this is going to be an incredibly busy offseason for the Dodgers. From the McCourt divorce mess to the cries for an ace to the fact that only two of the starting 9 are under contract right now [...]

By: John Clevenger

John Clevenger — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:30:04 +0000

Eh, color me not convinced. Torre knows Kershaw’s resiliency a lot better than we do, and I’m sure he’s seen him refocus in situations like that a hundred times. If Kershaw calms himself there and gets Howard out, then we all praise Joe for having patience and not putting an undue burden on our bullpen. Of course, if Torre brought in a reliever and Howard had still knocked in a few, then everyone would’ve been pissed that our best pitcher wasn’t out there in a crucial situation. In other words, shit happens. And it’s damn hard to predict what shit will happen when. Having said that, I probably wouldn’t have left Kershaw out there, but I also wouldn’t have started Padilla in game 2. Some moves work out and others don’t. A good portion of the time, I think, this is due to chance and not some managerial insight into how the future will unfold.

By: bretbutlerbuntsagain

bretbutlerbuntsagain — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:06:12 +0000

managers make a shit ton of a difference. if you don’t know pitching, you can’t manage. that’s why everyone was so pissed at torre when he let kershaw meltdown and give up 5 runs in an inning in game 1 of the LCS.

By: John Clevenger

John Clevenger — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:55:32 +0000

From mlb.com…

“As of Friday, members of the coaching staff had not heard anything about their future. One in high demand is hitting coach Don Mattingly, the presumed heir-apparent to Torre, and Colletti didn’t rule out the possibility of making a pre-emptive move to keep Mattingly from taking the Cleveland or Washington jobs by formalizing his succession of Torre with a contract, although that would be unprecedented for the Dodgers.”

What do you think of this? I don’t know much about Mattingly’s managerial talent, and I’m skeptical that managers (at least in baseball) make too much of a difference. All I know is that the dude needs to cut him damn sideburns if he’s going to be the leader of this team.

By: Mike Scioscias tragic illness

Mike Scioscias tragic illness — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:23:58 +0000

The Penny/LoDuca deal? I loved that trade.

By: grabarkewitz

grabarkewitz — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:45:47 +0000

Mike, optimistically speaking, this team is screwed! First off, they will never sell. Like you said, the Dodgers are the only reason anyone cares about them, they are too in love with seeing their faces in the media to do what is right. They could take on a partner but that mean agreeing on something and at this point, that is a non-starter.

So, we have an underfunded ownership, split in two and not speaking – look for the payroll to drop again and also look to see the Dodgers acting like the Pirates or Indians and trading players because they are going to get paid at arbitration. Best hope Ned, Ng and White can long term Kemp, Broxton and Ethier this year, because if they don’t one or more of them could be gone by December of 2010.

Gotta remember to send a hearty thank you letter to Bud Selig for sticking a great franchise like the Dodgers with the McCourts. What, couldn’t talk Donald Sterling or Kevin McClatchy into buying the Dodgers? Obviously money was not a concern.