The Dodgers just added a 102 mph fastball to their six-man rotation, three of whom don't have birthright citizenship: Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and newly signed Roki Sasaki, with the 102 fastball.
And no, this isn't the Bridge Over River Kawi cast.
Throw in lights-out closer Scott Tanner, and there you go — impressive additions to a Dodger team that cakewalked through the post and the 2024 World Series Championship against the Yankees.
The Mets have added 14 new players but still have first base open after climate change sent the Polar Bear — who is still unsigned — looking for warmer environs.
And with 27 days left until Schmitty starts passing out the sunscreen, the Phillies are standing pat. "Hit me" hasn't entered Dave Dombrowski's vocab since his blockbuster trades for Jesus Luzardo and minor league right-hander Aaron Combs. Whew, I’m still excited over that one. Let me fan myself and cool off.
Perhaps Dombrowski won't get into free-for-all spending like a giddy teenager and go with a high-octane rotation and a cast from Netflix's Been There Done That series.
We all know what happens in the post-season: Who gets hot, and who gets lucky.
But one other thing we know for sure — Dombrowski likes to go shopping closer to spring training, where the real bargains are, and with everyone crazy over the Eagles, he's quietly making his way through what's left and what's possible.
And there's plenty of both left.
While Las Vegas has the Dodgers at +320 to win it all again via BetMGM — get a discount by saying, "Pete Rose sent me"— history tells us that odds don't win championships.
Meanwhile, what's going on in Washington might alarm you — and I'm not talking about Pete Hegseth — where young and hungry can overcome bulging payrolls. If the Nationals can add another arm to their rotation and bullpen, they'll sneak out of nowhere and grab the second wild-card berth.
And if the Braves get healthy, like they say at the Rosewood on Shunk, "Ron, who knows?"
Exactly my point.
Me? I'm enjoying the Eagles game today and planning to go shark fishing on Poverty Beach, Cape May, next week.
Odds are the closest I'll get to a shark is the Friday night fish special at Scannicchios on Porter.
But then, even a broken clock is right twice a day.
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