One columnist’s opinion: A postseason drought ends for the Angels, and much more for the Dodgers – even as an underdog to the San Diego Padres.
The game itself will be better. That’s almost a sure thing as Baseball 2023 begins its long march to November, with rules changes designed to quicken the pace, encourage offense and return the sport to what it used to be.This Space says yes. Hapless optimism, or do I sense something the wise guys don’t? We’ll see.already. Five of the seven of us who were polled agree that the Angels will get back into the postseason for the first time since 2014, as a wild-card team.
There are also signs that General Manager Perry Minasian understands the critical role of not only depth but having several multi-position players on a roster, similar to the way the Angels’ neighbors one county to the north have been built. Bottom line: When you have two of the best players in the world on your roster, something’s got to go right at some point, doesn’t it? And as for the idea that things need to go right to keep one of those two … well, if that doesn’t spark some extra urgency organizationally, maybe there is no hope after all.In a year when the game returns to a classic style, get ready for a classic World Series: Dodgers vs. Yankees.
They’ve been the hunted for the past decade, winning the NL West in nine of the past 10 seasons and requiring 107 wins by San Francisco to beat them in the other. In that 10-season stretch under the stewardship of Guggenheim Baseball, they’ve played .612 ball, they’ve won more than 100 games four times in the past six seasons , and have led all of baseball in regular-season victories three times.
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