I'll tell you what's wrong with the Dodgers. They need a FIREY manager who runs out onto the field IN DEFENSE OF HIS TEAM AGAINST BAD CALLS MADE BY THE UMPIRES. Mattingly is a chair sitter who shows NO fire whatsoever.
The manager shouldn't just sit there and watch as his third base is left wide open for Mets' Murphy to STEAL THIRD!!!
The Dodgers cut many of their veterans because they spent too much on their pitchers and LOST THE PLAYOFFS ANYWAY. Get rid of Kershaw and Greinke and put MORE into frontline HITTERS INSTEAD. GO OFFENSE, NOT DEFENSE!! You can't put every game on the backs of the pitchers!!!
BRING BACK A PROACTIVE MANAGER LIKE LASORDA!!!
Getting rid of Mattingly was a good move. BRING FIRE BACK TO THE TEAM AND FIND ANOTHER LASORDA!!!!
Some questions:
(1) Is there any evidence that screaming at umpires improves win/loss records?
(2) Is there any evidence that certain teams suffer more from questionable officiating than others do?
(3) Is it Mattingly's fault that a grown man like Seager forgot to do his job?
(4) The Dodgers spent under $90mm for 18 pitchers this season and over $90mm for a dozen bats. They clearly went offense - why do you think they didn't?
(5) Lasordas are difficult to find - they do not grow on trees. There aren't many Mattinglys that get their teams to four playoffs in five years. What does it mean to be "proactive" - other than screaming at umpires? Is it telling people to run off the basepath in order to sucker-charge shortstops when they are turned around in the air and can't defend themselves?
(6) One thing that was obvious to me is that the Mets had much more camaraderie between players than the Dodgers. Is that Mattingly's fault (it could be) - or is it the fault of a team that has a lack of leadership among the players? Bad locker room personalities like Puig?
(7) Do you thing Mattingly had more authority over personnel decisions than Farhan Zaidi?