Dodger Thoughts
Jon Weisman's outlet for dealing psychologically with the Los Angeles Dodgers and baseball
Dave Hansen's signing with Seattle this week earned agate-level recognition in most places.
The best way I can think of to describe the piece Matt Welch has generously written for Baseball Analysts on the former Dodger pinch-hitting great is that it is the 1/agate version:
But most of all I'm thrilled because I know Hansen to be a genuinely good, generous, and humble guy who deserves success more than most ballplayers you'll ever meet. I know this because I played with him growing up. And not just on the diamond, but in a rock band. In fact, he announced his signing with the Dodgers (who drafted him with the 47th pick in 1986) on stage, at the St. Maria Goretti carnival, where our cover band, The Ladds, was playing the second of two triumphant shows. It was definitely one of the best days in either of our lives up to that point. And it was one of the last times I ever talked to him.
