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Sunday, August 01, 2004 |
Take The Plaschke Challenge!
Today, 6-4-2 entered this room of Dodger fans and replaced the real Bill Plaschke with a fake one! Can you tell the difference? First, here's Plaschke Number One:
And a big tip of the ol' 6-4-2 Dodger cap to Dodger Thoughts reader Suffering Bruin, who came up with that. Simply hi-larious.
So this is what it's come to.And now, Plaschke Number Two!The Dodgers heart and soul has been replaced by a machine.
A computer doesn't create team chemistry.
A computer doesn't replace great character.
A computer doesn't inspire teammates to play harder.
A computer doesn't lead.
But a computer told Paul DePodesta that the Dodgers most inspirational player wasn't needed any more.
Perhaps there was a faulty wire in the laptop.
It could be worse.All right, Dodger fans -- time's up. Did you guess which Plaschke is the real one? If you said number two, you're right! If you agreed with him, 6-4-2 has a baseball autographed by every single Arkansas Traveler Bill Stoneman didn't trade yesterday. If you didn't, you win a chalk pencil you can use to write Paulie's and Mota's numbers on your very own Dodger cap, just like Dreifort and Lima!Paul DePodesta could also be your gardener.
The lawn needs trimming? Fire up the backhoe.
The trees need pruning? Timberrr!
In reshaping the Dodger lineup this weekend by subtracting strengths and adding questions and whiffing on Johnson, the Dodger general manager could be a genius.
Then again, he could be Edward Scissorhands.
And a big tip of the ol' 6-4-2 Dodger cap to Dodger Thoughts reader Suffering Bruin, who came up with that. Simply hi-larious.
Comments:
Comments like Plaschke are going to be common for the rest of the season and next season and seasons after that.
Some people will not accept that their view of how baseball should be played can be altered. I think this is true of baseball far more than any other sport. It's one of the few sports where the game can be dissected into small, discrete pieces.
It's also very hard to get over the mentality of "well, that's they way we've always done it." That's the problem of many organizations. The resistance to change is enormous in some organizations. And baseball, as evidenced by the caterwauling of Dodger fans to their trades, is definitely resistant to change.
DePodesta is trying to drag the Dodgers kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Which is odd coming from an organization that was one of the first teams to use detailed statistical analysis to evaluate players.
This is not 1965. The Reserve Clause is no more.
Some people will not accept that their view of how baseball should be played can be altered. I think this is true of baseball far more than any other sport. It's one of the few sports where the game can be dissected into small, discrete pieces.
It's also very hard to get over the mentality of "well, that's they way we've always done it." That's the problem of many organizations. The resistance to change is enormous in some organizations. And baseball, as evidenced by the caterwauling of Dodger fans to their trades, is definitely resistant to change.
DePodesta is trying to drag the Dodgers kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Which is odd coming from an organization that was one of the first teams to use detailed statistical analysis to evaluate players.
This is not 1965. The Reserve Clause is no more.
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