Thursday April 7th, 2011

Did not intend to be up anywhere near this late but procrastination and Gchat will do that to you.

Baseball's back but for a lifelong Dodger fan, it's anything but exciting right now. I've been pretty heated/ disgusted by this franchise this week. I can deal with dim prospects on the field or even embarrassing steroid busts, but I can't deal with lowlife owners and ritual parking lot beatings. If you're in LA and have been living under a rock this week, then maybe you didn't hear about the Opening Day beat down of an innocent Giants fan. There have always been plenty of shady, drunken, idiotic types filling up the Ravine, but a few individuals reached a new low by beating a fan within an inch of his life after an easy Dodger win mind you.

The occurrence itself was appalling enough on it's own, but it was our wonderful owner Frank McCourt's response, or lack thereof, which proved truly disturbing. After releasing a pedestrian joint statement with the Giants and MLB, the boys in blue have been deathly silent. Not an apology or a genuine well wish. The closest they've gotten to action or attempting to take responsibility is encouraging fans to contribute to this man's medical bills. FANS pay!? As if they were responsible for this egregious act because of the bad taste of 2 of our own? If anything the Dodgers as an organization should be offering to pay the bills in full and take care of this man in any way he needs. Instead, our cowardly owner who even before this seemingly couldn't get any more unpopular, remains silent. Trying to continue to save face when there isn't even an eyelash left to save. If there was any uncertainty of the kind of person Frank McCourt was, there's absolutely no doubt no. He's a fundless millionaire who's out for nothing except his own self interest. Maybe he'll buy another home with way more money than it would take to do the right thing and foot the proper bill, not the 1500 dollar dinner bill that is probably common place in his life.

As sad as it is to say, we can only hope that a number of good things can come out of this stupid stupid situation. First, that going to games becomes safer and people of all classes and creeds and inebriations respect each others right to cheer for and don their team colors. And second, that LA will finally be rid of the McCourts, no matter what corporate monster or a-hole takes over the team.

Gotta go to sleep now, more on this soon.