Monday, May 14, 2007 |
Comebacks, Sweeps, And The End Of Dodger Blogging? Dodgers 10, Reds 4
But I'm objecting a bit much. Yes, it's been a busy weekend, but no busier than usual; Saturday night was spent watching Spiderman 3 (and about which I probably also ought to write); and Sunday was, outside of watching the Angels game, largely consumed with errands and time spent with Mom on her Day — not to mention the usual and mandatory time at the gym my fascinating new lifestyle now demands.
It's not helping that the Dodgers of late have done a lot to really annoy me. Frankly I don't think it right to reward them for it. Mr. Josh Rawitch, it's time somebody reiterated to you, and the McCourts generally, that factual reporting is not unfair, and that the Dodgers have some obligation to treat all their customers with respect and dignity. My irritation with ownership — something that prompted the launch of this blog in the first place — has lately led to a real and very noticeable dropoff in the amount of time I spend listening to or watching Dodger games, the opposite effect it originally had. That in turn has fueled a serious decline in the number of games I feel compelled to write up; what's the point if you're not going to make any comment not already in the AP, dodgers.com, Times, Daily News, or Register writeups?
And there are other things. With the disbursion of my source of the magic tickets, and our company's move to Westwood (from which it is nigh well impossible to get to games), that's just one less invitation I have to get to Dodger Stadium. And then there's owning Angels season tickets, which really cuts into your spare time for doing anything else; it's hard to follow two games which are often going on simultaneously when you don't have picture-in-picture. Or maybe it's just because, as Steve Dilbeck recently opined, the Dodgers and Angels just aren't all that different.
Thus do I miss out on a spectacular eighth inning rally, five runs driven in by singles and a bases-loaded walk, the 10 runs scored tying their biggest offensive bust outs of the year. I feel like I should care; maybe it's time to turn in my Dodgers hat, as previously suggested, but for now I like to think of it as a hiatus, to be ended whenever the motivation returns. I somehow don't think it'll be gone that long; every time I've said I'm going to stop writing, the opposite happens. I'll be seeing you at Chavez Ravine, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of my life.
Thanks for your candid post, but I'm hoping you don't turn your back on the Dodgers entirely. You can make it to the Ravine from Westwood, you just have to leave by 6p and finish your work later that evening after the game. I too gave up a sweet commute to Chavez for one that's much longer, but I haven't had a problem yet...
Please don't go!
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