DODGERS The MOLLY KNIGHT Book Thread

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  1. TheKnockdown

    TheKnockdown DSP Legend

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    Just finished it. One of the best baseball books I've read since 3 Nights in August.
     
    TheKnockdown, Jul 15, 2015
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    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    great post mousey
    i think what hurts is when you feel betrayed by ownership
    trading piazza was a knee jerk reaction by fox when he didn't jump at their first contract offer
    corporate idiots (like chase carey) who knew nothing about baseball making roster decisions
    the 90's were a dark time for me as a fan
    i felt close to those teams (ie, players) in the 60's, 70's and 80's
    always felt like the dodgers were part of your family, as most of the guys came up thru the dodger system
    trading guys like pedro and konerko ended up being poor decisions [obviously] and hurt
    but we still had the bulk of up guys coming up thru the system -- 4 consecutive roy's from '79-82, and 5 from '92-'96, with nomo being the only exception
    hated the piazza deal
    never liked sheffield [although he was an amazing hitter], johnson was overrated, bonilla was over the hill and eisenreich meh [another fucken ex-phillie]
    i thank mccourt
    yes he was obviously a douchebag piece of shit, but at least he got us back in the postseason
    plus, if not for him, guggenheim may have never been afforded the opportunity to take over
    times have changed and it's not always in the best interest to hold onto fan favorites who are no longer productive... business decisions
    i have fond memories for guys like loney, martin, kemp, dee and others
    but trading all of them [at least at the time] made sense
    kemp was my favorite player so when the padre trade was first being discussed, i was pissed
    then i heard what some [here and elsewhere] were saying
    and it all made sense
    the way i look at is we paid san diego to take kemp, and in exchange we got an all star catcher and an opening for an all star center fielder
    and how's kemp doing? :tuborg:

    ^kinda rambling but whatev :irishnazi:
     
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  3. CapnTreee

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    yeah BZ this was a thread about Puig and somewhere the title changed...

    damn mods... :duck:
     
    CapnTreee, Jul 15, 2015
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    I haven't read the book, but I was able to find an excerpt of Greinke's speech. Here's the link for those interested. Only Greinke, man. Hilarious :rofl:. I don't recall Greinke being part of the pool celebration... this might explain it.
     
    BlueMouse, Jul 15, 2015
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    That's it. Totally caught me off guard lol.
     
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    fwiw, i went into barnes & noble to get it this morning
    website said they had 4 in stock, but when i got there they had been out for two days
    i asked if they ever updated their website and the kid said, "uh, i guess not."
    "there's a future president" i thought
     
    irish, Jul 15, 2015
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    It's been years since I've spent a lot of money on Molly, but that might have to change.
     
    jpldodgers, Jul 15, 2015
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  8. irish

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    :nono: :dizzy2::dizzy3:
     
    irish, Jul 15, 2015
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    I'm sorry, but that's some funny fucking shiite right there.

    The book hits home for me even more because my dad died on June 10th in 2013, which was about a week before we started winning every game. I never brought it up on here because I wasn't really ready to talk about it

    And this shit is not funny at all. I feel your pain, my brother. My dad was not the reason I am a Dodgers fan, but in many, many ways, he is the reason I am a baseball fan. My dad passed in 2007 at the age of 83, and for quite a while after that my most frequent memories of him were when he took the time to play catch with me in the yard after he got home from working way too long, or when he NEVER missed a little league game for me or my two brothers, no matter what. Or even later in his last few years when he was declining, after mom passed, and I would go over after work and sit with him and watch a Braves game, and he would ask me if I knew about a new young player.

    Y'all will have to excuse me for a while, I'm a bit verklempt.
     
    carolinabluedodger, Jul 15, 2015
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    Grandfather was from Brooklyn. Transplanted out here in Northern California but being Giant country didn't stop his love for the Dodgers. He passed it on to me and it was intensified when I moved down to SoCal in 1988 at the age of 8.

    Wish I could of been in Ebbets and saw games like he did when he was a kid all the way up into his late teens.

    Love for a team is almost always more passionate when it's passed down. Especially when you have memories of loved ones centered around those teams.
     
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    I have about 80 pages left, but I skipped the NLCS recap, I don't need to re-live that
     
    VRP, Jul 16, 2015
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    Yeah that was hard to read, did you completely skip it or did you get a chance to read about Hanley during it?
     
    doyerfan, Jul 16, 2015
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    My quick thoughts are that the book has made me thing more negatively towards Ned, And Kemp, and more positively towards Don and Kasten

    Some of the other more controversial pieces, like Hanley and Puig, gave me more info but really, you see a lot more context. Well, maybe not Hanley

    Really enjoyed it though
     
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    Ned deserved everything thrown at him and more. Glad Kemp is out of that fuckin locker room.
     
    TheKnockdown, Jul 16, 2015
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    Just pretty much solidified what some didn't want to believe.
     
    sleepy floyd, Jul 16, 2015
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    exactly
    :kemp::tuborg:
     
    irish, Jul 16, 2015
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    Couldn't help but notice that Molly Knight is pretty bangable while searching for the book online, but it could have just been 1 good photo. My head is always in the right place.
     
    jpldodgers, Jul 16, 2015
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    BlueMouse, Jul 16, 2015
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    It's official...

    Molly Knight = Bangable
     
    blazer5, Jul 16, 2015
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    Just bought the book and reading through the first chapter has reminded me how much I hated Frank McCunt.
     
    MZA, Jul 16, 2015
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