It’s 9:05 p.m. Two and two to Harvey Kuenn. Koufax spits out sunflower seeds as he rests within the dugout.
In a 12 months that has been so inconceivable, the utterly affordable has occurred. Kirk Gibson sat out Sport 1 as a result of his metrics on a foul leg are subpar.
If in case you have a sombrero, toss it over to Fernando as he watches this ninth inning from the bench.
Ah, sure. The nice Dodgers recollections we'd have had if the present regime have been in cost again then.
John Thompson
Downey
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Are as we speak’s pitchers as fragile as they're portrayed to be? Clayton Kershaw being pulled out of a recreation after pitching seven excellent innings and solely throwing 80 pitches is extraordinarily disappointing and irritating.
I perceive the rationalization for this transfer is to keep away from future damage and defend gamers to have the ability to compete for your entire season. However what concerning the followers? With the excessive prices to attend video games in individual, don’t followers should see performances on the highest degree? Pulling a pitcher out of a recreation that's solely six outs shy of an ideal recreation denies the followers a possibility to witness a feat which not often happens. This new-age pondering regarding the dealing with of pitching staffs leaves lots to be desired.
Kent M. Paul
Costa Mesa
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Clayton Kershaw has achieved virtually each attainable honor in his stellar profession, however Dave Roberts has simply robbed him of essentially the most elusive … an ideal recreation. Simply 23 excellent video games have been thrown in MLB historical past. That’s 218,400 video games over 150 years. Kershaw is on the finish of his profession. Why deprive him of essentially the most treasured of all pitchers’ goals? Dangerous transfer, Dave.
Marty Zweben
Palos Verdes Estates
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Invoice Plaschke mentioned it finest about Clayton Kershaw being pulled after seven innings: ”He performed for the title on the entrance of his jersey, not the title on the again.” Excellent.
Paul Wozniak
Torrance
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It’s factor the Lewis and Clark Expedition was not led by Dave Roberts and Clayton Kershaw. If it was, the journey from simply outdoors St. Louis to Astoria, Ore., would have ended someplace in Idaho or Montana, with Roberts and Kershaw deciding to finish the journey as a result of that they had seen sufficient of the brand new land and attempting to ending the expedition actually wasn’t that essential or historic.
Erik Schuman
Fountain Valley
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All of these expressing outrage at Dave Roberts’ determination to take away Clayton Kershaw in frigid Minneapolis are desirous about one recreation. Dave Roberts is considering 162. The robust name was clearly in one of the best curiosity of his crew and his future Corridor of Fame hurler. That’s his job.
Bud Chapman
Northridge
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There might be no better irony than to find that in celebrating Jackie Robinson’s legacy of inclusivity, the Dodgers recreation can solely be seen on Apple TV, to which the overwhelming majority of us haven't any entry.
Invoice Waxman
Simi Valley
Lamentable Lakers
Rob Pelinka, did you study nothing from the Karl Malone-Gary Payton fiasco? Bringing in outdated gamers by no means recognized for enjoying protection, pair them with outdated gamers extra vulnerable to damage and that is precisely what you get: no playoffs, no draft picks and no room underneath the wage cap.
This can set the crew again for years. Now Frank Vogel is the scapegoat and received fired, however Rob you’re the rationale for this debacle, not Frank.
Doug Nelson
Fullerton
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Though the firing of Frank Vogel by the Lakers’ administration misfits was anticipated, it’s nonetheless disgusting. To make this the primary gesture of overhauling the sorry franchise as a substitute of addressing the core drawback of a clumsy entrance workplace signifies the precedence of finger-pointing over decision. Jeanie Buss, because the individual in cost, bears final duty, however sadly we all know she’s not going wherever. What an ideal instance of the severely adverse penalties of using buddies to senior administration positions quite than sensible, efficient managers.
Jim Stryker
Laguna Hills
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Poor Frank Vogel, what a disastrous season. The entrance workplace thinks it’s higher to unload the “glue guys” of Alex Caruso, Kyle Kuzma, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope for what? Russell Westbrook, whose recreation is solely not suited to profitable a championship. Can’t shoot, turnover machine, spotty matador protection, the checklist goes on and on. Was Pelinka strong-armed to make this transfer? That's the query all Lakers followers have to know now. How can a GM who primarily made all the precise strikes earlier than this season blow it that dangerous?
Jeff Butler
Coto de Caza
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If the Lakers possession actually understood what they have been doing, they might have proven Rob Pelinka the door, not Frank Vogel. It was Pelinka, after all, who put the items of this non-“crew” collectively. Vogel did wonders with what he needed to work with.
John Taussig
Newport Seaside
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On the subject of basketball, the title LeBron James pops up with wonderful regularity. Not ‘the Lakers received this or misplaced that,’ however ‘LeBron did this or did that,’ after which there’s the remainder of the ballplaying divas assembled underneath the Lakers banner. Did anyone actually suppose these individuals would operate as a crew? Not likely, however then once more, their names have been sufficient of a drawing energy to promote tickets to all these video games and that’s the secret.
Lutz Moeckel
Backyard Grove
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After watching the Lakers these final two video games it's abundantly clear that they've the expertise to win. Truly, they've an excessive amount of expertise. They should eliminate LeBron James. They've proven they'll win with out his antics and ego, they usually lose when he performs. Possibly they'll get one of many first-round picks they gave away when he demanded they achieve this.
Flora Perry
Los Angeles
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Potential Lakers coach candidates contemplating whether or not to purchase or hire a house in L.A. should concentrate on a key consideration: With uncommon exceptions (Del Harris, Luke Walton), Lakers coaches who fail to win a championship over two consecutive seasons are usually not employed by the start of a 3rd season.
Rob Fleishman
Placentia
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I’ve been a Lakers fan since Jerry West performed. I’ve gotten to take pleasure in so many nice groups and gamers: Kareem, Magic, Large Sport James, Shaq, Kobe, Pau, and now LeBron. However these days it has been actually arduous to like this crew. Personnel choices that have been extremely questionable. Clueless administration, one of the best examples being the cancelation of Jerry West’s “lifetime” season tickets and the latest dealing with of Frank Vogel’s firing (the previous finished through textual content message, and the latter first realized about on Twitter).
Now I understand how all these lifelong Dodgers followers felt throughout the McCourt years and the cable TV blackout.
Stephen Greenberg
Santa Monica
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I imagine one of the best thought to repair the Lakers is to commerce LeBron to a crew that wants him. In trade, we get a number of younger gamers to construct a crew round Anthony Davis. Throw in Westbrook for some younger, future stars as effectively.
Is that this plan? I've completely no thought. Why? As a result of I’m not remotely certified to construct the roster of a professional basketball crew, a trait I share with Rob Pelinka.
Doug Dunlap
Valencia
Not computerized
I've been an L.A. Instances subscriber for over 50 years. As the Lengthy Seaside Grand Prix has grown right into a celebrated world-class occasion, I've watched The Instances’ protection of the occasion shrink from articles within the Sports activities part each day of race week and a Instances particular version midweek to sparse, uninformed, hard-to-find protection on Sunday and Monday solely, with solely a tiny photograph of race winner Josef Newgarden. The highest 25 highschool baseball ballot was a lot larger than the race outcomes. What occurred?
George Johnson
La Crescenta
Parting shot
It will likely be enjoyable to observe the Lakers within the playoffs: D’Angelo Russell, Brandon Ingram, Alex Caruso. … Did I miss any?
David Waldowski
Laguna Woods
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