Dodgers 2024

NOW Muncy can homer.

A miracle has happened! I was at a family dinner so I didn't see the first 4 innings, but I did see the rest! This was one time a bullpen game worked. I saw that Sean Manaea was pitching and I groaned, remembering how he dominated Dodger bats back in game 2. I think much of the pennant was won from the neck up; Dodgers and we fans are sick and tired of the first round elimination, most notably in '22 with 111 wins. So far, they've overcome the thinned rotation.

But the Yanks will be a major challange. The Judge has been the Reggie Jackson for us in this generation, but he hasn't had a good post season, unlike Reggie. The world series could be a whole 'nother animal. Players either can play in it or they can't, and you just never know who. Kersh just hasn't been able to hack the post season, save for a few great moments, whereas Walkman and Mad Max have done pretty well. Jackson's regular season stats didn't jump off the page, but he was a very tough out in the WS.

The '74 Dodgers had a much better regular season record than the A's but lost in 5 games. And BTW, as a side note, I was playing a football game at the time and I could hear the PA announcer update us all on the game, for those who didn't bring transister radios. The latest I recall was the Dodgers tied the game 2-2 as we got into the defensive huddle. I didn't find out Dodgers lost till the next morning while Dad was reading the sports section. Memories!

Allright, JR and Blue, get the pizza, wings and dogs ready for Friday nite, and NO PASTRIES ALLOWED.

My crazy Dodger moment came back in 2018 for the NL Division playoffs.

The day started out as a HUGE fiasco as I first had to go down to my moms house that morning and meet with a contractor who was bidding on waterproofing her basement.

I had been having billing issues with Sprint for MONTHS and had decided to move our phones to T-Mobile.

They offered a 55 and older plan for $30 / line which I had gone to one of their stores and signed up for the previous month.

At the time, I was 55 & my wife was 51, but as the primary on the account, I was permitted up to four separate lines at this rate.

So, when I opened my bill that morning before heading to moms, I was furious to see that it was nearly double the $60 for two lines.

Turns out T-Mobile, in all their wisdom had put my WIFES phone & number in the plan, but had mine in their highest charged plan for a single line.

So I’m immediately on the phone with them driving down to moms and got SO into with their rep that they actually turned both of our lines OFF.

Neither of us could make or receive calls - it was a mess.

I drove straight to that same store after leaving moms and demanded they restore our service, which after around an hour they finally did.

It took me close to another two months to FINALLY get that straightened out.

On top of that, Sprint was trying to bill me for an ENTIRE month even though I cancelled their service just a SINGLE day into the next billing period.

That also took a dozen plus phone calls with them trying to “negotiate” me into paying HALF the bill - nope. Pro-rate it to the SINGLE day or we go to war.

I eventually ended up going to one of their stores as they were threatening collections agencies and damage to my credit rating.

After trying to override their system for well over an hour to get my final bill to “zero”, one of the techs there gave me the phone number & email address for their regional VP & manager in my area, advising “you didn’t get this from me”.

A couple of calls and emails later, my bill was finally zeroed out.

We had planned on leaving for Milwaukee by noonish, but with all of the garbage that morning didn’t hit the road until an hour or so later.

To top the day off, there was a big construction project on I-74 towards Indianapolis which cost us another hour plus and we hit Chicago at rush hour on a Friday.

My GPS kept giving me bad advise and we literally sat in traffic not moving an inch for around two hours.

Then, we spent ANOTHER HOUR trying to get off an exit because some retard either didn’t have any money to pay the exit toll or didn’t know HOW to pay it.

He / she must’ve held up @ 20 - 25 cars behind, including us!

My gas was getting so low that we sputtered into a station on the north side suburbs.

By that time, the game was in the third inning & Kersh had already given up a bunch of runs (4 - 5?).

We checked into our hotel and went straight to the bar which was naturally filled with Brewer fans. We watched and cheered under our breaths as LA nearly came all the way back to win the game.

After getting to our room, I sent the wife for some ice and who’s in the elevator with her? Mary Hart! The one and ONLY time she didn’t have her cell phone with her for a selfie. Said she was really sweet.

So, the hotel has a shuttle to Miller Park for $20 and we get the last two seats on it. And I’m asking people on it about where the scalpers are for tix.

Turns out, it’s illegal to resell tix anywhere in or around the stadium so I’m thinking we’re completely screwed.

Someone suggested just going to the box office or picking up a pair via Stub Hub.

So, we hit the box office and I ask for the best seats they have available. First row, between first base & right field and before the retarded baseline nets. $200 each. Yes, please!!!

Great seats and a very cool stadium. Foul bar girl was right in front of us and promised me a playoff ball if a few came her way (had to take care of the kiddies first - cool!).

Unfortunately, there was only one hit that way all night! LA won the game and we celebrated with a bunch of Spanish speaking folks that were seated near us.

We didn’t understand them nor they us - but we all had our blue colours on and those are universal.

Went to the local casino that night still wearing blue and got a lot of good natured boos and hisses. Think we might have even won a few bucks.

Hit the Harley Davidson museum the next day for several hours before heading back to Cin City.

I found an obsessed Giants fan to screw with on Twitter. He's rooting for the Yankees.

Remember those dipshits from the MLB board? This guy is that.

I remember DersertDave & NineBuck. Dave's grandson was supposedly part of Bryan Stow's group that got jumped. Which meant Dave's grandson was one of the three who got chased off as two attackers beat Stow within an inch of his life. Dave said his grandson was injured too. What are you doing here with us then? Go be with your grandson. Why are you guilt tripping Dodger fans? Be with your grandson. Sociopath.

NineBuck had no depths to his depravity. 

But they all did that shtick of "WE" won three championships in five years. We? You must have come disguised as swirling hot dog wrappers in the days of Candlestick. Why are you here with us right now? Go celebrate. No. They couldn't truly enjoy it without thinking they rubbed our noses in something. Freaks. 

Their obsession could be amusing.

So do I. I made two very crucial mistakes. The first was defending Utah on Chuck's board. I didn't even particularly care for the guy. Just his right to be negative. His "throwaway lineups" every stinking Sunday. His constant harping. My argument was everyone handles stress differently. 

The second was rewarding a person who posted here for recruiting. I suggested him for a moderator position. Some of the people he recruited were cause for concern. But you have to reward people for a job well done. My voice can't be the only one. He used that to start a competing forum, with a couple of guys I, quite honestly, wondered about their sanity. 

It's my fault. 

Are they still around? 

Dan might have just burned out on it. One thing was those two nuts recruited by the other guy. One had a tremendous boner for Dan. He would go out of his way to piss on anything Dan said. The other moderator thought that was okay. So I tried talking to Dan. Don't let them bother you. I've talked to him a few times. Not in a while. 

One guy stayed behind & kept insisting Dan was a Yankees fan. Notice that guy is gone now? No one left to argue with. He tried baiting me. Our politics are NOT the same. We would argue, he would recruit others to his side, & I was left explaining myself to EVERYONE. 

Something personal about me: I don't cut anyone slack on racial issues. Should I? Why? My BEST FRIEND was supposed to be best man at my wedding. A Latin guy. Half my friends were Latin. HE DIDN'T SHOW UP! My "best friend" didn't show up at my wedding because I was marrying a black woman. Motherfucker. You know he asked me to be best man at HIS wedding, about ten years later? Yes. The thought crossed my mind. But he knew me & that I wouldn't do that to him. 

I might sound like a bleeding heart liberal to many, because this is just who I am. This other poster would fall back on the poor brown me spiel. Then he would post anti-black bullshit. BUT, once again, my voice can't be the only one. You've seen me banter. I'll do that. I won't suppress opinions. That guy played a hand in Dan leaving too. He wouldn't leave Dan alone.