Certain regulations on big business are necessary or what you saw happen is going to happen over and over. Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman said it best in his Rolling Stone article last year – a stimulus was necessary and the government (allegedly the people) is the only entity large enough to handle this stimulus. The problem was, the foxes were handed the keys to the henhouse. It is he people’s money and it should be used for the people’s good. Any money handed to business should be used to create jobs – period! Was it? No. Why? No regulations. The people are getting skinned Mark.

As for Dodgers, it is the fans money the McCourts are using to create their business model. Without us, they are nothing. Ask the franchises that are having trouble putting butts in the seats. They need help or they are going to fold.

I wish the Dodgers well this coming year. Some of the best young talent in MLB is in the National League West and that includes the young talent on the Dodgers. I think Kershaw is just about ready, but I would like to give him one more year before I ask him to pitch 200 innings – but, no can do. We need him in there for 32 starts and 200+ innings. Kemp is an enormous talent – I hope he keeps his head out of his ass. Ethier’s talent is only surpassed by his ego. I believe it’s possible he thinks he is larger than he is. Loney too has enormous talent, but he reminds of Sleepy (remember him?) Furcal had back surgery, Manny never did play defense and is no longer allowed to take steriods, Blake is average, Martin? we’ll see won’t we, second base remains a question mark and the odds makers have MAYBE one of our starting pitchers going 200 innings.

We have a real shot at being very good. We also have a real shot at being overtaken by some improving NL West teams. It is going to be interesting.

It’s not about being happy or sad. It’s about showing some unbiased feelings. We all want the Dodgers to be great and everyone to have career years but I’d rather read believable predictions over ones shaded in Dodgers blue. If I wanted to be happy all the time then I’d just hitch my wagon onto a team that actually wins the title.

I come here to read good Dodgers opinions but I read too many posts that call for career years from every single Dodger not named Sherrill. Is that really going to happen? Hell no! It’s complete nonsense. You can’t be too extreme on either end Mark. Some Dodgers will have career years and some will not but it’s close to impossible for every single damn Dodger to have a career year in the same year. Get real Mark. It has nothing to do with being an optimist or pessimist. It had everything to do with reality.