we are the champions...we are the champions...no time for losers...cause we are the champions of the World...

repeat, threepeat... rinse and repeat....damn right I'm countin the chickens before they hatch...

karma, caused by the Astrocheats who stole a championship from the Boys in Blue a few years ago, has begun...it's like the Yankees in their heyday of the late 90's early oughts, buying up the best players and winning 4 outta 5...hope the Dodgers exceed that record...

L.A. has a solid Japanese-American baseball savvy community, with a vibrant J-town in the shadows of Dodger Stadium, and it has awakened...Dodgers have since the 90's signed good Japanese pitchers, including Nomo, Kuroda, Maeda and Darvish in effort to attract that population of fans...

then came Ohtani and the floodgates opened...went to Shohei bobblehead night at the stadium last season and was shocked that Asian fans outnumbered all others...they are great fans, not prone to vitriol, drunken behavior and threats of violence like other segments of the Dodger community that sometimes detracts from the ballpark experience...

delta1 wrote:

I purdy much lost my interest in baseball after the 1994 strike. Of course I can’t say that I was a super fan or anything close to that but prior to the lost season, I would look at the boxscores for the Cardinals, on close to, a daily basis. The disgust for everyone involved has carried on. At this point in time, I’ll occasionally look at the game recaps and iffin’ the Cards are on the tube, catch a few innings but no longer have the patience or want to watch a full game.

And without getting into it, the rule changes and grotesque salaries are just adding more nails to that coffin.

Palama wrote: