CLASSIC BROWN-BASHING



http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-sp-simers4dec04,1,1780155.column?coll=la-headlines-sports-mlb-dodger">from Thursday's LA Times, by T. J. Simers :

MR GUMPY FINDS A USE FOR CALL-WAITING FEATURES
Called the Dodgers on Wednesday morning, and asked to speak to my old buddy Kevin Brown.

I said I'd wait while they hooked us up.

Had lunch delivered. Dinner too. It got dark outside.

Just sat there all day long doing nothing, and although I discovered what it's like to be Sports Editor Bill Dwyre for a day, I began to get the feeling my old buddy and I weren't going to make connections.

And I had something I really wanted to say to him too.

I wanted him to know that I'm absolutely the last guy in town who would want to see him traded to the New York Yankees.

I want him to stay here and be as miserable as the rest of us who attend Dodger games.

IF THERE'S anyone who should be forced to sit through every agonizing inning for the next two years to complete his seven-year, $105-million contract, it's Mr. Grumpy, who hasn't cracked a smile since he has been here, despite earning $1,293,103.45 for each of his 58 victories.

Why should Mr. Grumpy be allowed to escape and experience the thrill of winning a playoff game and competing in the World Series when the rest of us are stuck with nothing but stiffs?

THE TIMES reported the Dodgers offered catcher Paul Lo Duca to Milwaukee for Richie Sexson. They could do that, of course, because they have Todd Hundley to catch and strike out. (It's going to be another long year, folks.)




Posted: Fri - December 5, 2003 at 03:58 AM      

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