that all you could come up with??

or like giving Eric Byrnes a long term deal after his career year.
I didn’t say they were HOFers, although once Manny joins, they will have one….it is a talented lineup, no?
Better than say all the whiffs in the Dbacks lineup, for example.

Bablue, I find your opinion almost always sensible, but here you are wrong.

It’s not about decent pitching…you’ve got good arms peppered throughout the rotation and bullpen, but the innings are a REAL problem. Short innings from starters will tax the pen. The further into the season you go, the less reliable those arms will be. When you guys did not get CC or resign Lowe this off-season, I breathed a huge sigh of relief.

At least, that’s what I asked Jobu for when I lit his cigar and filled his rum glass.

knows that the Dodgers obviously are the greatest thing since the 1927 Murderer’s Row.

actually know what they’re talking about??

then? Cubs,Philliies?? maybe…I;’ll give you that. But this LA lineup is much improved compared to previous years, plus the young guys should continue to improve at the plate….

But then again, you guys are the smartest guys on this blog…..

What’re the Nats gonna do with a draft pick? For their own safety, they should ship it to the D-Backs right away.

Gotta give some grudging props to the FO for that one. When they let Dunn go w/o arbitration, I was furious. Whaddya know? Turns out the baseball people knew more about the whole thing than some crank from Gilbert. Keep it up, people!

is so much better than this.

Well, your team is so ugly they rub tree branches on their faces to make ugly sticks!
Take that ;)

will more than likely get a 3 yr deal for BIG money with an out clause…..he WILL be happy…..Dodgers fans will be happy….but Dbacks fans won’t

You do realize there’s a Dodgers blog on SBN where, I’m sure, other people would possibly be agreeing with you on this stuff, instead of doing their best to point out where you’re wrong, yeah?

the more you write, the less sense you make. Everyone knows Coors Field is at altitude, and Citifield is not…there is a difference. And to back me up, I would check out The Hardball Times Annual for Greg Rybarczyk’S article called Hit Tracker 2008…..I will see if I can find it on the net.
You just keep believing everything BP spews…..the Nats and Braves better than LA….LOL

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2009/1/7/711009/citi-field-where-homeruns

As it happens, I was thumbing through my Hardball Times Annual 2009 on Monday and took to reading an article by Greg Rybarczyk of Hit Tracker, the primary gist of which was to recap the 2008 season with respect to the homeruns that were hit. Tucked away at the tail end of the article was a bit about Citi Field, which I’ll excerpt below:

Citi Field, the new ballpark for the New York Mets, is poised to become MLB’s new Grand Canyon. City Field is a vast, cool weather, sea-level stadium, and those factors will have a hugely negative impact on home runs.

snip

Johan Santana and the rest of the Mets pitching staff will like the new park, but the Mets’ front office should sign their power hitters now, before the word gets out. In spring 2009, baseball fans are going to get a live demonstration of what happens when a team sets out to design a pitcher’s park, and overdoes it.

Eric Simon’s interview with Greg is in the above link

Colletti spends his money….Byrnes….not so much

I’ll give credit to Colletti that he got as much out of Boston as he could manage- well played there. But to act like it was some act of managerial brilliance to pull a player who had worn out every single ounce of welcome that the town of Boston had for him? Come on.

it was “ok” when the Dbacks spent heavily?? We’re a mid-market team — it put is deeply in debt. If you paid any attention at all to Dbacks history, you’d KNOW that.

And bringing up Carlos Quentin is a bannable offense — Dodger fan or not.

fwappo

hallucinating….

As noted, even a .941 would be a MASSIVE drop in production from what he gave the Dodgers in 2008 – and LA only had something like a 30-24 record with Ramirez producing at a 1.232 clip.

There’s also the question of whether he will be happy having to accept a one-year deal, probably for less money than he feels he’s worth. And if he’s not, the impact he’ll have on the other players will not be a positive one. Of course, he may prove to surpass expectations, but that’s far from the sure thing you seem to expect.

But if your team scores ten runs per game, then scoring an eleventh won’t help you win many more games, because that final run is relatively unimportant after the first ten. Going from five to four runs conceded per gave [or even five to 4.5, the same percentage change], will be a much better help to your chances of victory.

Basically, whatever you sign Manny for, the money would have been better spent on the pitching staff. You already have a decent lineup: adding him to it won’t help your chances of victory as much as adding a top-tier starter would.

Fortunately, it appears the Dodgers’ owners are unclear on this concept. :-)

Stupidity isn’t limited to any single fanbase.

Cubs?