Don Mattingly's disgrace

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Anyone here believe Dave Roberts will actually have control of making the Dodgers line-ups, pinch-hitting decisions, and pitching changes during the game? I believe that if he does, the Dodgers can only get better.

But something's telling me the orders will be coming in from the executive box upstairs, which is why they threw an insulting offer to Bud Black. They really didn't want a "real" manager. They wanted a guy who would just be happy with the position.

I hope I'm wrong. But something just ain't sitting well with me. If you are trying to find a good manager, and it's down to Bud Black, Dave Roberts, or that guy from Welcome Back Kotter....how in the word do you let Bud Black escape?

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Erstad was the other person in the final four. Two of the final four self select out? Something in the process is turning people off.

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This is the thread that keeps on giving
No doubt it will be active until at least the end of next postseason

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I'm kind of scratching my head over this one...

There is a rumor (substantiated so it's now fact) that the Dodgers were discussing a straight up trade with the Braves....Joc Pederson for pitcher Shelby Miller. Both All-Stars this past year.

But that was based on the first half. Miller ended up 6-17. Joc couldn't hit a dead mosquito on the sidewalk with a swatter after the All-Star break. One "headache" tossed out for another?

Only problem is...Joc is talented and has unlimited upside once they re-tweak his swing. He's also a pretty dang good center fielder. Shelby Miller is a good solid pitcher, and would reverse that record with the Dodger line-up scoring him some runs...something Atlanta never did for him. He would help the Dodgers, especially in light of the fact Dodger ownership appears to have sold out us Dodger fans by not taking care of biz...which is to add another star-caliber starter to the rotation.

But Joc is supposed to be one of the Dodgers future stars, part of their equation of "getting younger". He came up to the bigs as their #1 prospect. The only thing certain to have gotten younger in the Dodger org...is the clowns in the front office playing "GM Team". I'm not liking it.

I don't believe this trade will take place. It's probably "a back-up plan" should everything else they're working on, fail. There's still Price and Cueto available.


Welcome to the Dodgers, Shelby.