Delightfully old-timey Brooklyn Groom/Bridegroom/Superba of the day

why not blog about Jason Starks blog about Casey Blake wanting the Dodgers to add a third year to a contract... slightly more interesting at this time...

(1) I'm tired of hearing about how Tony Abreu didn't have an injury history prior to 2007, and that because of this, there's no need to worry about him bouncing back to be the answer to our 2B problem. When Tony Abreu finally plays a few years at the Major League level, and proves that he can sustain multiple injury free seasons, we can label him injury free and declare him our savior at 2B. Until then, he needs to prove it before anything further is said about him (i.e. Manny Ramirez - WHO GETS IT DONE).

(2) Furcal didn't have an injury history prior to his 2007 ankle injury year either. We all thanked Repko for Furcal's injury that year, and 2008's back issue was the first major injury for Furcal. Additionally, people bring up Jason Werth, and how he was written off b/c of his injury filled seasons and then "poof" look at him now. Aren't you afraid the same will be said about Furcal if we don't sign him? We all know what he means to this team when he's in the lineup, we know he's been cleared by his doctors, and we know he's worth the money to have him on the team as the sparkplug he is.

(3) To borrow from the windbag: "And despite what seem like everyone's "gasp" regarding Furcal, let's not forget that he did a nice job as the team sparkplug, and displayed both range and a very strong arm at SS. Until he got hurt in 2007 Furcal did NOT have a history of injury. And as I pointed out in an earlier post, there is good reason to believe that the herniated disk that was discovered & surgically repaired last year was present from the beginning, and like Jayson Werth, he was the victim of a mis-diagnosis in when the injury first occurred. Current reports indicate that he is healthy, and ready to begin playing winter ball in the Dominican Republic. I still consider him to be a question mark, but I wouldn't be too fast to dismiss him."

(4) "But the facts are these:" The Dodgers are a better team with Manny than they are without him. The argument brought up most is that there's no way Manny would put up numbers over an entire season equal to what he put up over 2 months with L.A. The fact is this: Nobody said he should. If he puts up the same numbers he has since he came into the Major Leagues, he will be worth every last cent they pay him. If Manny duplicated his 1994 numbers for $30MM a year, he'd be worth more on the field and in the batters box than Pierre and Jones (and any well wishes you may have for them) combined would ever offer in their remaining time with L.A. Admit those 2 signings were wrong, cut your loses b/c they're getting their money anyway, and sign Manny to the deal he deserves.

(5) Regional network or not, the Dodgers have the following, the resources, and the money to sign Manny, C.C., and fill any other holes in the lineup that they need to. They create excuse after excuse, and think they can talk their way out of spending money on a team that fans have supported failing year after failing year, and expect those same fans to accept that the excuses are enough. Spend the money on the team, the fans will support the team in kind, and as a result, the increased revenues from attendance, merchandise sales, post season revenue, etc., will more than make up for the extra money spent that the Dodgers "can't afford."

(6) Sorry to all for posting this twice (2 different threads) and being a windbag myself. There's nothing I dislike more than a book-of-a-post that take forever to get to the point, trying to sound sophisticated and going on forever, referencing previous posts in which they said the same thing, BLAH BLAH BLAH. You know who you are. =0)

What the????

Jamie's comments are indeed good for continuing the dialogue of whether these owners have what it takes to put a championship team on the field. I for one will find a way to pay for next year's season tickets if Manny is signed. I won't bother if he's not (unless CC AND Dunn are signed as a fall back -- which won't happen). I suspect I'm not alone in this "wait and see" approach to buying next season's tickets.

Really, I just love that "lovable, eccentric illiterate" is presented here as a compliment.

BK