Lasorda or any above average manager would have won 3 World Series in the last 7 years with the purchased talent. I could only imagine what Billy Martin would do managing this team. The players lack any sort of gritty intensity save Muncy and on loan Scherzer, who is a consummate professional. Kershaw chokes at least once every year in the playoffs. The others go days on end in a listless Hotel Calfornia haze and stopping hitting in the clutch. The Giants are much less talented and have so much more toughness and results in close games. Dodgers lose 5 to 0 to the shitty Rockies the other night and they are all yucking it up about Justin Turner having to come in and pitch the 9th to save the bullpen. You are in the middle of an f-ing pennant race. Weird decision to save Urias because the Braves game matters more. They all count should have taken the easiest win.

Seager constantly looks like he is agony and usually good for a 60 day DL stint every year. Tony Robbins could not rescue Bellinger. Austin Barnes should be playing once every 10 days and Will Smith playing 9 out of 10 days. Not a Cal Ripkien Jr. in the bunch. They send Beatty who is hitting to the minors and keep .199 McKinney in right field for some reason. I know Roberts doesn't like him. Justin Turner is getting old at the wrong time and Jenson can't do it in a high leverage game. They all abandon the "one" you mentioned because he is a sadomasochist being clearly extorted and he called them out early in the season for not playing to their capabilities. Don't care if he is into Furries or whatever legal perverted escapades as long as he does his job.

Dodgers are a very flawed team.



[Post edited by jdkhokie at 08/31/2021 2:27PM]