DODGERS ANDRE ETHIER officially retires

definitely thread worthy
wasn't always the best player
but he gave you 100% of what he had... always
the fire and passion he played with was something you, unfortunately, cannot teach
thanks for the memories andre!

 

I still think he could wake up today and have a better at bat against a right handed pitcher than Logan.

He was awesome and fun as hell to root for and watch as a Dodger. His career going from exciting prospect, to core young player, to versatile outfielder, to professional team first veteran... Man, really wish he would’ve gotten that ring last year.

 

Fire Dave and Hire Mike Scioscia to take over with Ethier as the new hitting coach and Nomar as 3B coach and the bulldog as pitching coach. Utley as bench coach being groomed to take over the manager job when Mike has his final major heart attack.

 

Just mad cuz I didnt include Jerry Hairston.
Fine, he can be the defensive shift coach.

 

As childish gambino proudly says... This Is America, we don't award no stinkin points, take your points and go cash them in at your local dairyhole for some male goat cheese.

 

he's made some questionable decisions/calls that have cost us
if he gets too much blame than he gets too much credit as well
yes it was darvish who lost the ws for us on the field
but it was roberts who started him, allowed him to come out for the 2nd, and then kept him in after the first two hitters reached
funny how he had such a quick trigger with hill, but left darvish out there to get shelled -- especially when he had a well-rested wood [no homo] and kersh available... but enough on that

the kiké decision was, at least to me, inexcusable
especially when it was buehler (and not hill) starting the next day

i don't hate roberts, and we often fail to acknowledge/remember he had literally zero managing experience coming in
and he is 1000x better than [arguably] anyone else who followed tommy
too much credit, too much blame?...
perhaps
sorry, it comes with the territory

 

Everyone thinks their manager is the worst.

That's just baseball.

His micromanaging gets on my nerves. I agree with the game 7 thought, as much as I hate remembering that day. Darvish had nothing that series and Wood deserved to start. He threw his heart out in game 4. Pulling Hill in game 2 because the bullpen got him to the series made not a lot of sense. Cuz you're just gonna burn those guys.

 

we're all fans
fans are defined as fanatical and, thus, are not always the most rational individuals
i myself fit into this category, and i'm sure -- to some degree -- we all do
fans need to be allowed to voice their happiness and displeasure, no matter how anyone else feels
that's what forums -- and dsp in particular -- are all about
and the fact that we all have different thoughts, ideas, and don't always see eye-to-eye is what makes it interesting
some think roberts is a hack, some think he's a genius... i'm going to go with [the oxymoronic] he's neither, yet both
maybe i just like the asian side of him... or maybe the black, er, african american side
politically correct racist

it's only your lawn because you took it from the indians, er, native americans bkitch
pc racist 2.0