2008 Los Angeles Dodgers!

petrocs

Phantom Pain wrote:

Manny is great to have for you guys but how about adding some more starting pitching may be more helpful

Especially with Lowe being a free agent...Manny asking for $20mil a year

Money spent on pitching might be wiser

and Mannys agent is rumored to have contacted the Phillies already about their interest in signing him

Lizard

imalive wrote:

P.S. Phillies have the better team....you all have the better thread.

Phantom Pain

petrocs wrote:

and Mannys agent is rumored to have contacted the Phillies already about their interest in signing him

Never happen !

Phils are too cheap

norm

cutback wrote:

ok joe now that you're here.....i expect to post here in october celebrating our first championship in 20 years :eek: i can't believe it's been that long.....:o

well joe you did better than i thought you would....buttloads of injuries, a streaky pitching staff and the young kids just coming into their own, you did a helluva job getting this team as far as you did....thanks

as for next year, sign manny....he's perfect for la....i just read jake peavy is available...sign him....let lowe go.....give blake dewitt second base....i don't think he'll disappoint

in closing....

THINK BLUE!!! GO DODGERS!!!

satansbedbugs

Hey dodgers fans , how does it feel to get pissed on ??

GO PHILLIES

Wobbie

cutback wrote:

THINK BLUE!!! GO DODGERS!!!

I just threw up a little in my mouth.

Lizard

imalive wrote:

I just threw up a little in my mouth.

Dude--do you come from SF or something??? why else would you like the Giants???

satansbedbugs wrote:

Hey dodgers fans , how does it feel to get pissed on ??

GO PHILLIES

Don't gloat too much before the fat lady sings!!!!

pjhawks

petrocs wrote:

and Mannys agent is rumored to have contacted the Phillies already about their interest in signing him

as incredible of a hitter Manny is we don't want or need him. Bad attitude and lazy doensn't play in Philly. We much prefer the Victorino's of the world. and you can't give Manny $25 million when we have Hamels, Howard, Utley and Rollins to pay. win it this year and we could put paris hilton out there next year and i wouldn't give a fuck though.

petrocs

pjhawks wrote:

as incredible of a hitter Manny is we don't want or need him. Bad attitude and lazy doensn't play in Philly. We much prefer the Victorino's of the world. and you can't give Manny $25 million when we have Hamels, Howard, Utley and Rollins to pay. win it this year and we could put paris hilton out there next year and i wouldn't give a fuck though.

to be continued in the Phillies thread

Stone Is God

I'll be the first one to wish Frank McCourt good luck with the whole Manny situation. Manny has got him over a barrel now with what has happened over the last 2 months. I can tell that Dodger fans will be PISSED if they don't sign this guy but do you really want to commit $100 million over the next 5 years to Manny. The Manny that Dodger fans saw was a Manny on his best behavior because he want to get paid. As soon as he gets inked somewhere he will go right back to what he was in Boston. There's going to be a time where the Dodgers are in a pennant race and Manny will go Manny and not want to pinch hit when he has an off day.

Good luck Frank because you're damned if you do and damned if you don't.

Wobbie

Lizard wrote:

Dude--do you come from SF or something??? why else would you like the Giants???

My grampa was a NY Giants fan; my mom & dad were a NY/SF Giants fans; I am a hardcore Giants fan . Mom and Dad started off in NYC/NJ.

My dad took me to my first game at (long gone) Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Mays hit 2 HR; McCovey hit 2 and Jim Ray Hart went deep as well. I said to myself, "This is one badass team." I was right! Arguably, the Giants have a history of great players which would rival any (that's right, ANY) team in baseball.

rrivers

imalive wrote:

My grampa was a NY Giants fan; my mom & dad were a NY/SF Giants fans; I am a hardcore Giants fan . Mom and Dad started off in NYC/NJ.

My dad took me to my first game at (long gone) Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Mays hit 2 HR; McCovey hit 2 and Jim Ray Hart went deep as well. I said to myself, "This is one badass team." I was right! Arguably, the Giants have a history of great players which would rival any (that's right, ANY) team in baseball.

I'd take Dodger greats against Giants greats any day of the week. They would beat them, oh wait, they already did for the past 50 + years!!!!!!!!!!

Wobbie

rrivers wrote:

I'd take Dodger greats against Giants greats any day of the week. They would beat them, oh wait, they already did for the past 50 + years!!!!!!!!!!

No fucking way, but I'm not gonna "get into it" with you . Suffice to say...Mays, McCovey, Cepeda, Barry and Bobby Bonds, Clark, Mitchell, Reuschel, Beck, Nen, Krukow, Leonard, etc. stack up with anyone. Hell, even Kent and Schmidt were badass............when they were GIANTS!!!! Buwahaha!

Fighting Hellfish

imalive wrote:

My grampa was a NY Giants fan; my mom & dad were a NY/SF Giants fans; I am a hardcore Giants fan . Mom and Dad started off in NYC/NJ.

My dad took me to my first game at (long gone) Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Mays hit 2 HR; McCovey hit 2 and Jim Ray Hart went deep as well. I said to myself, "This is one badass team." I was right! Arguably, the Giants have a history of great players which would rival any (that's right, ANY) team in baseball.

My Dad grew up in the Bronx, and to this day is still a Giants fan.

meistereder

imalive wrote:

No fucking way, but I'm not gonna "get into it" with you . Suffice to say...Mays, McCovey, Cepeda, Barry and Bobby Bonds, Clark, Mitchell, Reuschel, Beck, Nen, Krukow, Leonard, etc. stack up with anyone. Hell, even Kent and Schmidt were badass............when they were GIANTS!!!! Buwahaha!

What a bunch of assholes. Is there a prerequisite to being a prick when you put on the orange and black? Or does it come after you play for that miserable organization for a while?

Wobbie

meistereder wrote:

What a bunch of assholes. Is there a prerequisite to being a prick when you put on the orange and black? Or does it come after you play for that miserable organization for a while?

I gotta say......... spoken like a true fan! :eek:

Matt Williams, "asshole"

Steve Garvey, "saint"

I'm trying to be civil, here, but you guys had Mondesi, M. Bradley, Sheffield, Guerrero, etc.

meistereder

imalive wrote:

I gotta say......... spoken like a true fan! :eek:

Matt Williams, "asshole"

Steve Garvey, "saint"

I'm trying to be civil, here, but you guys had Mondesi, M. Bradley, Sheffield, Guerrero, etc.

Don't pawn Bradley and Sheffield on us. We don't want them. They were not real Dodgers. True, Mondesi and (I am assuming Pedro) Guerrero came out of the Dominican to our farm system. Mondesi was a troubled guy and ended up going back to DR, I think, because of money issues in his family or something. But Guerrero? Was he an asshole?

Wobbie

meistereder wrote:

But Guerrero? Was he an asshole?

In my opinion, he was!

I admire your passion.

meistereder

imalive wrote:

In my opinion, he was!

I admire your passion.

You gotta love baseball. I was most depressed after game 4. Now I am looking forward to the NBA season again. It's the circle of life.

Wobbie

meistereder wrote:

You gotta love baseball. I was most depressed after game 4. Now I am looking forward to the NBA season again. It's the circle of life.

I hate the Lakers, too :eek:. Hehehehe

meistereder

imalive wrote:

I hate the Lakers, too :eek:. Hehehehe

Of course you do. It's good to be hated.

rrivers

imalive wrote:

No fucking way, but I'm not gonna "get into it" with you . Suffice to say...Mays, McCovey, Cepeda, Barry and Bobby Bonds, Clark, Mitchell, Reuschel, Beck, Nen, Krukow, Leonard, etc. stack up with anyone. Hell, even Kent and Schmidt were badass............when they were GIANTS!!!! Buwahaha!

You actually list Krukow as an all time great?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow, you are high.

Kofax, Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Wills, Piazza, Hershiser, Don Sutton, Gagne, Garvey, Lopes.

Krukow....wow, you seriously have problems.

rrivers

imalive wrote:

I gotta say......... spoken like a true fan! :eek:

Matt Williams, "asshole"

Steve Garvey, "saint"

I'm trying to be civil, here, but you guys had Mondesi, M. Bradley, Sheffield, Guerrero, etc.

How any Giant fan can call out another team for putting up with assholes when the team sold their soul for Barry Bonds for so long is beyond me.

What a worthless organization.

failedpersephone

Hey we did get to sweep the cubs, and we didn't get blanked in this series. it's a step up from our recent past.

I am satisfied...now if only in the off season Torre could learn a little bit MORE about NL pitching and how to best utilize the bullpen.

not that I am bitter.

Wobbie

rrivers wrote:

How any Giant fan can call out another team for putting up with assholes when the team sold their soul for Barry Bonds for so long is beyond me.

Hey, "he started it." I just said I was proud of our history... guys like Mays, McCovey, Marichal, Ott, Matthewson, etc.

As far as "assholes".... every, and I mean every, fan/team will put up with them as long as they produce. I'm not "calling you out," really.

walkunafraid

Next year YOUTH is going to play a huge part in how the Dodgers fare.

I don't think Lowe will be back, and right now I'm not expecting Manny to be, either. Furcal, Kent, and Nomar will probably be gone as well.

Offensively, our success is going to depend upon a bunch of young guys -- Martin, Loney, DeWitt, Kemp, Ethier, etc. If they improve over this year, AND we find someone decent to fill the voids at shortstop and one outfield spot, then we might be okay. Andruw Jones is still a big question mark. If he somehow manages to get back in shape and hit, say, .260 with 30 homers next year, he could help us. However, just thinking about him in the line-up instead of Manny is pretty depressing right now. :(


More significant, however, will be what kind of PITCHING staff we'll have. It's going to be young, that's for sure. How will Billingsley step up to being the #1 starter, and will this year's shelling in the NLCS effect him going forward? Can Kershaw put all of his talent together and consistently show the brilliance we saw in flashes this year? Will James McDonald make the rotation, and if so, will be he as dazzling as he was at the end of this year? Can Broxton be a reliable closer?

So many questions, so many possibilities. April 2009 can't come soon enough!

Wobbie

walkunafraid wrote:

Andruw Jones is still a big question mark. If he somehow manages to get back in shape and hit, say, .260 with 30 homers next year, he could help us.

I'm not real good at math but wouldn't that be a 1000% increase in HR production? :eek:

2009 will be interesting....

Wobbie

Whassup, fellas?? Any news out of Mannywood?