I held the 54th pick of the 2008 Sun Baseball League (fantasy) draft. I already had A-Rod, Tulowitzki, Prince Fielder, and Papelbon. I wanted a slugger … and an outfielder. Already off the OF board: Matt Holliday (the No. 5 pick), Manny Ramirez (13), Ben Braun (17), Carl Crawford (18), Alfonso Soriano (20), Carlos Beltran […]

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I’m on record: Joe Torre isn’t going to solve the Dodgers’ problems. They have too many holes for a 67-year-old in the dugout to repair. But I have to give him credit for an intelligent (if obvious) move right here on Opening Day, before the first pitch is thrown. Benching Juan “The Outmaker” Pierre and […]

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The Dodgers are playing a softball-style defense. Center fielder Andruw Jones is playing directly behind second base, giving the Dodgers five infielders, basically. Don’t know if Jones can pick up a ground ball or turn a doubleplay. He hasn’t had to so far, and it’s the bottom of the third. The Boston defense? More typical, […]

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The Dodgers were hoping for a crowd of 115,000 — the biggest ever to see a baseball game. The record of some 114,000 apparently was set in Australia during the 1956 Olympics. The place is stuffed with people, including thousands milling around the east end of the stadium floor, where that bank of bleachers sits […]

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A half-dozen Dodgers veterans from the early days in Los Angeles, men who played in the Coliseum, got together for a fairly informal press conference an hour before the stadium, using the cramped room under the stands where Pete Carroll does his postgame stuff. They were asked their favorite Coliseum memory, and several guys had […]

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I’m not sure all the fans are gonna get in the stadium. I’m not sure they even sold as many tickets as the Dodgers said they did. But this Coliseum game … is a great, great idea, and if you couldn’t be here, I hope you watched at least part of it on TV.

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Well, let’s see. The Dodgers open the regular season on Monday … So I give the Joe Torre Honeymoon … about a week. Ten days on the outside. Or as soon as the Dodgers lose three straight. Which should be in about 7-10 days because they look like a bad baseball team.

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