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“Questions & Answers”

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WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE PADRES?
..Underachieving batting order…a struggle to find the right mix in the batting order..Questions about coaching slump ridden hitters…Failure to throw out any and all baserunners…and reality there is no talent at El Paso aside from P-Ryan Weathers-a roster that has 33-street free agents during the first month of the PCL season…Playing 15-road games in 21-game span is hard…Bob Melvin’s meltdown was strong..’Quit talking-start playing-you are underachieving’.

SURPRISED AT THE DODGERS?
..Very much so.  Different people have had hot spells in different weeks of the season..They are not a complete team yet, especially with a bullpen by committee…Equally surprising all their young pitchers have yet to arrive.

ANGELS BASEBALL-A GOOD START?
..I think so.  The one year rental of Hunter Renfroe has worked out well..Rookie catcher Logan O’Hoppe had a good start till getting hurt and Shohei Ohtani has been exceptional as an everyday player, DH-and-starting pitcher.

NFL SCHEDULE..CHARGERS?
..Seventh toughest schedule in league but balanced..Open with Tua-Miami..but play back to back road games at Minnesota-Tennessee..Bye week way too early-week five…6-Prime Time games including Monday Night matchups with the Cowboys and on road vs Chiefs and at the Jets.

NFL SCHEDULE..RAMS?
..Their season could be over by week 3…They open with the Seahawks-49ers and Cincinnati…They play 3-of-4 on the road to start…they get the Eagles early..then back to back home games with Steelers and Cowboys….End of the season at the Giants and at the 49ers…Just a brutal schedule

CHARGERS AND PLAYERS?
..Had a good draft, do think WR-Quentin Johnston is heir apparent to Keenan Allen or Mike Williams…They seem unwilling to deal Austin Ekeler nor upgrade his contract-waiting to see if this becomes a distraction or damaged relationship…Still have holes in defensive front.

RAMS-ERA OVER?
..They won’t say rebuild, but 17-veterans are gone from last year’s roster including 12-of-top 24-players…They had lots of draft picks and signed 24-undrafted free agents…Looks like a long season to me.

AZTECS FIX WHAT’S WRONG?
..They need the football program to become dominant…they need sellouts…they need a passing game…they need to find a way how to market the team…and they did righht by signing a deal with JMI-Sports, to market the program. A good move.

AZTECS HOOPS-WHAT IS NEXT?
..Coming off the banner year in hoops, they have taken a hit….They have yet to land any bigs to replace their stars, and that is because they don’t have the NIL money to match what a Pac 12 school or other major teams can give players…The Mesa Foundation admits they tapped every source last year, so it leads to this, what if they can’t raise similar money going forward?  And a bigger question, how can you be a Pac 12 team, if you cannot fund a legitimate NIL program?

PAC 12-WHAT IS THE FUTURE?
..The Pac 12 has to solve its future TV deal first, then figure out what SDSU-FRESNO-UNLV-SMU might bring to the conference.  They have another year before USC-UCLA exit..This is a complex problem.

USD-WHAT IS THE FUTURE?
..Basketball has not landed many in transfer portal and that is the result of limitations on NIL money for players….Steve Lavin had a good first year now the question can he grow the program….The firing-dismissal of football coach Dale Lindsey seemed cruel…80-years old…the need to upgrade the offense…how do you turn on a team and a student body that does not care?

GULLS-BAD YEAR?
..Bad year in Anaheim for the Ducks and that impacted the AHL-Gulls…The hiring of Matt McIlvane was impressive, who comes with quite a track record…Add in the fact a whole range of young defenseman are ready to begin their pro careers in the AHL next fall..The Ducks have 11-draft picks and 30M in cap space so they will fix the NHL team quickly.  The losing is about to end.

MLS HERE?
..You have any loose change around..like 350M worth of change-that is what it will cost to bring an MLS team to San Diego to play at Snapdragon Stadium…Assume it would be successful, because San Diego is a good soccer town..but what does it  do to the San Diego Loyal of the USL, and does it impact  the San Diego Wave and its big following in Womens Soccer?  Stay tuned to this.

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