I believe Andruw Jones will go down as one of the great disasters in Dodgers personnel history. Right there with the Pedro Martinez for Delino DeShields trade. Maybe even above it; the Dodgers didn’t give Delino $36.5 million over two years. So, I’m already thinking in terms of a list of nicknames appropriate to immortalize […]

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Two news items last week seemed only tangentially related. Mike Piazza announced his retirement. Nomar Garciaparra went on the 60-day disabled list. Actually, those stories have more than a little in common. The careers of both men, perhaps the end of the careers of both men, speak to one of the biggest issues the Los […]

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Yeah, Derek Fisher landed on Brent Barry just before Barry hoisted a hopeless three-pointer at the buzzer in the lakers’ 91-89 victory. Should Fisher have been called for a foul? I know this argument is two days old now, but I’m going to weigh in.

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Jose Canseco leaves me feeling conflicted. He was/is a relentless, almost pathetic self-promoter. A guy out of control far too often. A tattle-tale and finger-pointer. As a ballplayer, he was a muscle-bound freak. If he wasn’t a complete creation of steroids, he wasn’t far off. He could run a little, before he got brittle (remember […]

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