03.01.05
Still wearing a Dodger shade of blue
Seattle is justifiably all abuzz about the acquisition of Adrian Beltre, but it never should have happened. Beltre should have been a Dodger his whole life. He made his choice and he gets to live with it, but the Dodgers blew it. And they should know it. I hope McCourt and DePodesta are around long enough to not make this kind of mistake again.
Read an outstanding piece by L.A. Times writer Bill Plaschke here. (registration required)
“Remember when the Dodger fans chanted ‘M-V-P’ for me last season? Every day during the last month? I was thinking, those chants were better than the award itself.”