As a lifelong Dodger fan, this past year has been totally crazy. The firings of the manager and GM were shockers, as was the hiring of the SF Giants assistant GM as the new Dodger GM. At first I thought that it was awful that the Dodgers would do that, but then I realized that it might be a terrific move. We get a great GM (I’m optimistic), and the Giants lose a valuable member of their organization. Two birds!

Anyways, it seems that the Dodgers owner has loosened his purse-strings (something nobody expected) and has let Coletti go out and sign players. A few weeks ago, it seemed like no one wanted to be associated with the Dodgers. Now it looks like they are righting the ship, and people are willing to come on board again. It all turned around when Coletti signed Rafael Furcal to a big contract. Then came Grady Little as manager, followed by Bill Mueller (and Sandy Alomar Jr.) And the Dodgers are in the running for acquiring a few more free agents as well, including Nomar, who lives in SoCal, and Johnny “The Passion” Damon. I’m pretty psyched about the Dodgers going into the 2006 season. Heck, it can’t be any worse than 2005, and I am thinking it will actually be a whole lot better! Go Blue!!!