1-Man’s Opinion on Sports-Monday “DODGERS-PADRES-WINS-LOSSES”
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“DODGERS WIN–PADRES LOSE”
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The Baseball Season is not over…it has not even begun…but it feels it is.
The Dodgers have completed their spending spree, and it feels like they have beaten the San Diego Padres…again…and we haven’t even gotten to opening day.
Checking the out of town scoreboard:
Dodgers…Win the bidding war for Japanese pitching star Roki Sasaki…Sign FA-starter Blake Snell…sign setup reliever Tanner Scott..sign LF-Mike Conforto…sign 2B-Hyseong Kim.
Dodgers…Re-sign slugger Teoscar Hernandez and OF-Tommy Edman
Dodgers…Unsigned Clayton Kershaw-Kike Hernandez
Dodgers…Luxury Tax payroll is now (375M)
Padres…Have signed backup C-Martin Maldonado (.119)-ex White Sox…OF-Nico Goodrum-ex Tigers (.103)
Padres..Holes in leftfield-starting pitching-catcher-bench
Padres..Unsigned Michael King..Jurickson Profar
Padres..Luxury Tax Payroll at (210M) with mandate to get it down to under (200M)
Fans…Pouring out their emotions in ‘Letters to Editor’ section of the ‘Athletic’ sports website-who broke the Sasaki story. A cross section of what the fans-season ticket holder-and Dodgers fans think:
DODGERS = EVIL EMPIRE
ANOTHER REASON TO HATE THE DODGERS
QUIT WHINING-DODGERS PLAY WITHIN RULES
GAME NOT HEALTHY IN TOO MANY CITIES
BASEBALL-CORRECT THE IMBALANCE
DODGERS BUY A LOCKER ROOM OF STARS
DODGERS BOUGHT THE WORLD SERIES
TEAMS MAXIMIZE ABILITY TO WIN
LA PRINTS ITS OWN CURRENCY
MLB NEEDS AN INTERNATIONAL DRAFT
PLAYERS UNION TO BLAME-OPPOSED COMPETITIVE BALANCE
DECISION NOT ABOUT DOLLARS-ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN-BRING IN A HARD CAP AND A FLOOR
PADRES FRANCHISE IN FLUX
DODGERS HAD 3-HEALTHY STARTERS IN SERIES..NOW HAVE 10
YOU ARE KILLING INTEREST IN SMALL MARKETS
FEAR PADRES OWNERSHIP WILL BECOME CARPETBAGGERS
NFL SYSTEM WORKS…MLB DOES NOT
SAN DIEGO-NOT SINGLE HOME GROWN PITCHER
DODGERS DEVELOP PITCHERS..AJ PRELLER TRADES THEM
PADRES INFIGHTING-LAWSUIT COST THEM
BLAME SHEEL SEIDLER
TRYOUTS COMING AT PETCO PARK
CHOSE BETTER ORGANIZATION
WE ARE STILL LITTLE BROTHER TO LA
PADRES A MAJOR FORCE PACIFIC RIM…NOT.
Are you ready for Opening Day?
The Dodgers are.
The Padres are not.
The fans now have real reservations
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MLB is like NIL. The Dodgers are playing within the rules. If MLB was serious, they would follow the NFL’s model. Between hard cap and revenue sharing it would create true competitive balance. Until then, the Padres and others need to suck it up.