No question about it-the man is a great talent and if healthy it could put the Niners over the top. The guy is special-no question. I wish we had him.by waterfield - RamsFootballFans.com
A great set of photos dealing with the chronology of his playing.by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
I'm not sure he will be gone. I suspect he will retire and the Dodgers will keep him in some capacity other than a player. He means a lot to the organization.by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
I recall many a Friday night watching Jersey Joe Wolcott, Ezzard Charles, Sugar Rae, Joe Louis, etc. on NBC. Oh how I remember this music from the Gillette commercials during the broadcast of those fights " To look sharp, to be sharp---"by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
and disastrous for the Rams. Followed him since Stanford. Smart, quick and like Montana has the eyesight to see openings where others don't. Plus speed, power, and a love to win. Great pickup for San Fran. Unfortunately.by waterfield - RamsFootballFans.com
I never saw Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Andy Williams look anything like that. What happened ?by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
Naw-there was a reason Vermeil picked him as the 6th player in the draft. Not sure you read the article which had all his stats at Nebraska. Just overwhelming. But alas-he was a mess ! Had he carried those assets from Nebraska into the NFL and stayed clean he would have been something. IMO that is. Did you ever read the letters he wrote to Dick Vermeil while he was in prison? Really quiteby waterfield - RamsFootballFans.com
Plaschke calls it the passionless expressions on the Dodgers. Maybe that's what I was trying to say. He writes no one on the Dodgers today has that intensity that Kirk Gibson gave them. And that's what you need in a short series with everything at stake. Padres are loaded with them and the playoffs are a much different cat than the regular season.by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
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Dodgers don't have any Drysdales or Gibsons-which is my point.by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
Yes-but the counter argument is "yes we will live with the exceptions but the data proves over the long run we will be right more than were wrong". But in the playoff baseball formats there isn't any "long run". It's truly an organic decision game by game, pitch by pitch. Another issue I see is the "playoff" format. I know its all based on $$$ but it most assuby waterfield - Bucky's Pub
at least when it comes to sports. She too is a wonderful fan of baseball and the Dodgers. She says analytics is simply based of the law of probabilities. But not certainties. The ability to distinguish is when the manager becomes important. The data may show one thing but there may be many "organic" things going on right her-right now-that threatens the "probabilities". In thby waterfield - Bucky's Pub
and add Rich Saul at center.by waterfield - RamsFootballFans.com
I seemed to remember him last year as being a real force on the D line. In fact one of the "stars"..by waterfield - RamsFootballFans.com
Happens in all sports. Look what happened to the Dodgers. Maybe its just an L.A. thing.by waterfield - Game Time Forum
Especially Betts, Smith, JT, and to some degree Muncy. Bellinger-forget it. Agree about his shoulder-I've had something similar and it's never gone back to how it was before-but with me it's more likely aging (LOL) While the pain is gone in my shoulder it is far more restricted than before my injury. And that could be affecting him mentally as well. Missed the happy, carefree, supportive atmosphby waterfield - Bucky's Pub
I suspect that the following may not be with the Dodgers next season whether its retirement, free agency, trades, whatever. Justin Turner Cody Bellinger Max Muncy Trey Turner Clayton Kershaw Joe Gallo blah, blah, blahby waterfield - Bucky's Pub
It had to happen. It just did. With not one starter to go deep it became bull pen games and it caught up with them. Eventually those arms are going to be worn out. And they were. Yes they won a million games during the season but the pressure then compared to the playoffs -it's not close. " thin staff that wasn’t built to compensate for the loss of ace Walker Buehler and injury-weakenedby waterfield - Bucky's Pub
Last years World Series winner just got blown out by the Phillys. I'm beginning to think that with free agency, mid season trading, etc it just is sooooo hard to repeat. Amazing how the Dodgers have made the post season for what-10 years in a row. Growing up it seemed that the Dodgers and Yankees were perennial World Series teams. In some ways it was a comfortable feeling. If some other team wby waterfield - Bucky's Pub
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I think it does at least as a significant part of the problem. Right now their front line is weak. Julio was good for only a few innings. Kersh was simply not good. Tony G likely should not be out there-It ain't spring training. They keep doing bull pen games because the starters are not going deep into the innings. That is bound to catch up with them. Even if they come back and win the series thby waterfield - Bucky's Pub
Besides looking like scardy cats the two main problems are" 1) No front line pitching 2) No offense (sound familiar Ram fans?) So how did they go from being an honest to goodness killer during the season? Other than they all got hurt I really don't have any further answers than what I've written. Good luck tomorrow. I'm sooooo hoping they win and come back to L.A. with...(whoby waterfield - Bucky's Pub
One game to go ! "There is no tomorrow" Something few will believe, including my wife, I pay attention to how people "look". During the introductions before the first game at Dodger stadium against the Padres I looked closely and saw a lot of faces, in particular Betts, Turner, Freeman, and Smith, that looked like they were about to sail into the "Perfect Storm".by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
Adams pissed at the game results. Leaving field and camera man-or woman-jumps in front of him. Adams pulls a gun and kills the camera person. Your thoughts ?by waterfield - RamsFootballFans.com
To me its the difference between football and baseball. The former I enjoy. The latter I love.by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
I I took your comment that both were at fault to mean equal to blame. To me that is a false equivalence meaning even if there something to blaming the cameraman it was not equivalent to what Adams did. .That's all (LOL)by waterfield - RamsFootballFans.com
I just think unless the starters can go further into the game than 4=5 innings it's bound to catch up to them-meaning wearing the bullpen down.by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
Ram ? Nothing more to be said (or typed).by waterfield - Bucky's Pub
Glad I read your post before posting the same thing.by waterfield - RamsFootballFans.com