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“MONDAY MORNING MEMO”
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Lots of stories..lots of opinions if I were writing memos::
PADRES..Alot of national mocking of GM-AJ Preller over the hiring of Craig Stammen as manager…Comments like ‘Quit trying to reinvent the wheel’…and ‘AJ-tries for 3rd time to hire a 1st time manager”
DODGERS..Your heart aches when you read the post by Alex Vesia’s wife on the death of their infant child at birth, as the World Series started…How classy of the Dodgers-Blue Jays players to write ’51’ on their hats for the Series as a sign of solidarity for the Vesia family. Unless you have buried one of your own infants, it is so hard to actually know this grief. It never ends.
FREE AGENCY…Here comes the next group of Japanese-Korean free agents in baseball. Interesting to see what the power hitting 1B-3B Kazu Okamoto and Munetaka Murakami turn out to be. Each have holes in their offensive game.
ANGELS..The painful and dark Tyson Skaggs drug death trial moves into week number three..with Halos President John Carpino and former players likely on the stand.
CHARGERS-STEELERS…That was ugly, but it was a win…and it fit getting your hands duty in beating the Pittsburgh Steelers…it took a 2nd half run game from Kamani Vidal, a couple of big Ladd McConkey catches, and a continued pass rush that made Aaron Rodgers look old and his offense archaic…the Bolts are (7-3).
AZTECS..An ambush of shocking proportions at Hawaii…Sean Lewis got ambushed by formations and a move the pocket quarterback; Rainbow recevers were running open all day; QB-Jayden Denegal was awlful (10-27)…and a team that just never looked like the one that brought a 6-game winning streak on the road played awful
USC..Lincoln Riley’s team is (7-2) and still in the hunt for a playoff spot and getting enormous play from its QB-Jayden Maiava, and now backup RB-King Miller and a deep WR group
UCLA..The hopeless season continues with the blowout loss to Nebraska, and just ahead they have to play at Ohio State. How bad do you think that might be?
INDIANA-OREGON..Find a way to win on the road, and the Ducks and Hoosiers did. How wild were those last second wins at State College and Iowa City. And thank goodness for modern day instant replay and video reviews.
CLIPPERS-LAKERS…Wow, nothing fits. The Clippers are (3-6) and virtually none of the 4-veterans they brought in are contributing. And the Lakers great nights from Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves don’t count for much, when you trail by 30-in Atlanta to a Hawks team playing without 3-starters.
KINGS-DUCKS..What a start in Anaheim..what a disappointment up the road in LA….the Ducks off to a (10-3-1) start and the kids, led by Cutter Gauthier and Leo Carlsson are scoring tons of goals. And no one is scoring in LA..and Quentin Byfield has had an awful start after his breakout season.
SDFC…What a season for the MLS expansion team as it finished first in the division and marched into the playoffs. A bit stunning to see Page 1-of my UT sports section filled with top to bottom soccer stories on SDFC-the Wave and MLS. Not the Padres, not the NFL, not the wild weekend of college football, but wall to wall soccer coverage…And a great Sunday win sending SDFC to the knockout round next weekend…Job well done for the product on the field and the promotion of SDFC.
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