October 9th, 2007 by Top Dawg

I guess the NL West isn’t that weak after all , with the two final teams in the NL, from the West, set to do battle on Thursday for the pennant.  With that said things won’t be easy for the Dodgers in ‘08.  Colorado and Arizona are young before their time clubs that are only going to get better.  San Diego has great pitching and with a full season with the nut case, Milton Bradley, they will be better.   The Dodgers can’t stand pat this off-season.  The infusion of talent is here, now the Dodgers must add some talent from outside of the organization.  Third base is one of the obvious weak spot in the lineup, with A-Rod destined to become a free agent, now is the time for owner Frank McCourt to make the push for the championship by opening the purse strings.    It’s going to take a heck of a sells job to get him to come to the big park in LA since it may hurt his chances of becoming the all-time home run champ, but the return is well worth the effort.  Maybe A-Rod stays in the pinstripes of the Yankees, the point is that we need to leap frog 3 teams in the NL West, two of which are just as young and maybe more talented then the Dodgers.  Arizona and Colorado are going to see the same improvement in their young guys that the Dodgers will.  The Dodgers need to be active in the off-season to put them over the top in the west.  Some of those moves can be addition by subtraction…Juan Pierre and grumpy ass Jeff Kent

October 4th, 2007 by Top Dawg

In search of a good baseball game I picked up a copy of MLB Power Pros at a local gamespot last night.  I was only able to play it a couple hours and with those couple hours I strictly played “Wii Remote” mode (uses only the remote).  With that in mind, my initial impression of the game was good.  I am pleased with the stadium graphics and the life like imitation of the players movements.  The in-game announcer is great and there isn’t a delay in the commentary.  The game is similar to wii sports baseball with the addition of real MLB players and stadiums, 9 innings, fielding and many different modes.  You can import you mii and play with them on your favorite MLB team (Dodgers!), play home run derby, career mode, single season,  exhibition, or gm mode.  In career mode you start as a college player and need to work your way to the majors.  On the way you have to deal with social issues, school, practice, and playing the games.  GM mode you run the team from drafting, signing FA’s to setting the lineup.  Home run derby is done with the wii remote.  In this mode it keeps records (distance, amount), which is a big plus, you get 10 pitches to whack as many HR’s as you can.  If you knock all 10 out you keep going until you miss, very cool.  The title was originally in Japan and you can tell…lots of colors.   The game is by the same people that made the Bigs, which I hated, at 39.99 I would get this game.