Sons of Westwood
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Hope you like LA, ‘cause that’s what most of this is about. A lot of it will be baseball, a lot of that will be Dodgers. A certified nobody.
Mike Shildt didn’t last 90 days after Ohtani declared him Persona Non Grata.
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Mike Shildt didn’t last 90 days after Ohtani declared him Persona Non Grata.
Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace 1, produced in association with Dean Lerner.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace 1, produced in association with Dean Lerner.
When the MLB postseason player bonus pool is disclosed in the coming weeks I think it’ll break last year’s ~$130M record and the teamside take will pay for last offseason’s clubhouse renovations twice over.
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
When the MLB postseason player bonus pool is disclosed in the coming weeks I think it’ll break last year’s ~$130M record and the teamside take will pay for last offseason’s clubhouse renovations twice over.
Want to hear something crazy?
Everybody thinks the Blue Jays are a great team that was playing great baseball in October.
They went 7-7 in their last fourteen games, eight of them at home. Add in a 3-1 win over the Yankees in the DS and they went 10-8 in Oct.
October baseball is weird.
Everybody thinks the Blue Jays are a great team that was playing great baseball in October.
They went 7-7 in their last fourteen games, eight of them at home. Add in a 3-1 win over the Yankees in the DS and they went 10-8 in Oct.
October baseball is weird.
November 22, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Want to hear something crazy?
Everybody thinks the Blue Jays are a great team that was playing great baseball in October.
They went 7-7 in their last fourteen games, eight of them at home. Add in a 3-1 win over the Yankees in the DS and they went 10-8 in Oct.
October baseball is weird.
Everybody thinks the Blue Jays are a great team that was playing great baseball in October.
They went 7-7 in their last fourteen games, eight of them at home. Add in a 3-1 win over the Yankees in the DS and they went 10-8 in Oct.
October baseball is weird.
Oh, no! Who could possibly want to invest in [checks notes] real estate in NYC now?!?
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Oh, no! Who could possibly want to invest in [checks notes] real estate in NYC now?!?
With the Tony Gonsolin era coming to an end in Los Angeles, I’ll just leave this right here:
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
With the Tony Gonsolin era coming to an end in Los Angeles, I’ll just leave this right here:
Goodness gracious, we’re parade day plus one and *already* back to Dodger “concerns,” east-coast sports media?
November 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Goodness gracious, we’re parade day plus one and *already* back to Dodger “concerns,” east-coast sports media?
Miguel Rojas, 2
Jazz Chisolm, 0
Jazz Chisolm, 0
November 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Miguel Rojas, 2
Jazz Chisolm, 0
Jazz Chisolm, 0
Clayton Kershaw announced his retirement pregame on Sept 18.
His teammates responded by going 21-6 to send him off with back-to-back World Series Championships.
His teammates responded by going 21-6 to send him off with back-to-back World Series Championships.
November 2, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Clayton Kershaw announced his retirement pregame on Sept 18.
His teammates responded by going 21-6 to send him off with back-to-back World Series Championships.
His teammates responded by going 21-6 to send him off with back-to-back World Series Championships.
Manny Machado owes that guy like a billion dollars by now.
November 2, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Manny Machado owes that guy like a billion dollars by now.
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Rendezvous on the Beach, by Edvard Munch, 1896
November 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Rendezvous on the Beach, by Edvard Munch, 1896
The Dodgers take their first called strike on Gausman’s 26th pitch.
November 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The Dodgers take their first called strike on Gausman’s 26th pitch.
Freddie Freeman honors Toronto by wearing a tuxedo.
October 31, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Freddie Freeman honors Toronto by wearing a tuxedo.
I am running out of time to post this so here goes:
Even if the Jays win the Series, John Schneider will never be the one, true John Schneider.
Even if the Jays win the Series, John Schneider will never be the one, true John Schneider.
October 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I am running out of time to post this so here goes:
Even if the Jays win the Series, John Schneider will never be the one, true John Schneider.
Even if the Jays win the Series, John Schneider will never be the one, true John Schneider.
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in fact, I went to look, and thanks to @baseball-reference.com for making this easy: there were 22 different 5-game spans where LA's offense had a .651 OPS or worse, as they have in the World Series.
22!
www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tin...
22!
www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tin...
October 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
in fact, I went to look, and thanks to @baseball-reference.com for making this easy: there were 22 different 5-game spans where LA's offense had a .651 OPS or worse, as they have in the World Series.
22!
www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tin...
22!
www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tin...
If watching the Dodgers lineup makes you think “I bet this whole team has COVID right now” remember all the times this year they played like they had COVID, and that it’s pretty much impossible to get COVID that many times in six months.
October 30, 2025 at 3:18 AM
If watching the Dodgers lineup makes you think “I bet this whole team has COVID right now” remember all the times this year they played like they had COVID, and that it’s pretty much impossible to get COVID that many times in six months.
Lord, thank You for hearing my prayer.
October 28, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Lord, thank You for hearing my prayer.
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Forty years ago MLB teams opened their books to an independent economist and were proven to be lying liars who lied.
Until they open their books that way again, let that be your default assumption about any claims they — and their media water carriers — make about their finances.
Until they open their books that way again, let that be your default assumption about any claims they — and their media water carriers — make about their finances.
October 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Forty years ago MLB teams opened their books to an independent economist and were proven to be lying liars who lied.
Until they open their books that way again, let that be your default assumption about any claims they — and their media water carriers — make about their finances.
Until they open their books that way again, let that be your default assumption about any claims they — and their media water carriers — make about their finances.
LOL, no. Gimme a break.
October 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
LOL, no. Gimme a break.
Dunno, man, ask Shohei Ohtani.
No. 4 starters are necessary during the season to keep pitching staffs afloat.
But then October arrives, and they disappear 😳
Are No. 4 starters still useful in the MLB postseason?
www.baseballamerica.com/stories/are-...
But then October arrives, and they disappear 😳
Are No. 4 starters still useful in the MLB postseason?
www.baseballamerica.com/stories/are-...
Are No. 4 Starters Still Useful In The MLB Postseason?
As MLB heads to the World Series, J.J. Cooper can’t help but ponder the postseason plight of an old mainstay—the durable No. 4 starter.
www.baseballamerica.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Dunno, man, ask Shohei Ohtani.
Toronto used 38 pitchers this season. The Dodgers used 40.
I know it is customary to whine about Dave Roberts using [scrub relief pitcher you hate] when down two runs in a road game in May, but it is not a coincidence that the pennant winners load-manage their better arms.
I know it is customary to whine about Dave Roberts using [scrub relief pitcher you hate] when down two runs in a road game in May, but it is not a coincidence that the pennant winners load-manage their better arms.
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Toronto used 38 pitchers this season. The Dodgers used 40.
I know it is customary to whine about Dave Roberts using [scrub relief pitcher you hate] when down two runs in a road game in May, but it is not a coincidence that the pennant winners load-manage their better arms.
I know it is customary to whine about Dave Roberts using [scrub relief pitcher you hate] when down two runs in a road game in May, but it is not a coincidence that the pennant winners load-manage their better arms.
I can see how you’d want to stick with your quarterback and see how it goes but you’re probably not going to win without any coaching.
October 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I can see how you’d want to stick with your quarterback and see how it goes but you’re probably not going to win without any coaching.
I think we are probably all underestimating “he’s obviously willing to wear orange” as the definitive factor.
If you're a pro baseball-only person, you might not know who Tony Vitello is. Lucky for you, I do, and I'm very excited about the prospect of him managing a major league team, and, well, why post when you can blog?
The Giants Are Circling the Most Interesting Managerial Hire in Decades
What would the Giants get if they hire Tony Vitello? And can they give this college coach the tools he needs to win?
blogs.fangraphs.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I think we are probably all underestimating “he’s obviously willing to wear orange” as the definitive factor.
Freddy Peralta would make $8M for MIL in 2026. $8M. And every serious team trying to win would do it with an $8M Peralta. So I don’t want to hear about “the Dodgers spend too much how can we compete?” when Attanasio won’t spend $8M of his revenue-sharing checks on a 3+ WAR starting pitcher.
October 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Freddy Peralta would make $8M for MIL in 2026. $8M. And every serious team trying to win would do it with an $8M Peralta. So I don’t want to hear about “the Dodgers spend too much how can we compete?” when Attanasio won’t spend $8M of his revenue-sharing checks on a 3+ WAR starting pitcher.
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“OK listen up boys, you need to win two in LA or you’ve got to stay in that haunted hotel again.”
October 15, 2025 at 4:21 AM
“OK listen up boys, you need to win two in LA or you’ve got to stay in that haunted hotel again.”