Why Isn’t Lasorda Giving Some Young Prospects a Chance?
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Dodger fans watch in glary-eyed disbelief during these last few meaningless games as Tom Lasorda fields a team with the likes of John Shelby, Lenny Harris and Mickey Hatcher while refusing to give promising youngsters a chance.
Or, perhaps, there are no young men left?
Perhaps they have all been traded to distant teams where they will flourish in the ‘90s while we watch Eddie Murray, Alfredo Griffin and Willie Randolph grow old before our eyes?
Can it be that the vaunted Dodger farm system is bare? If so, we are looking at the future at Chavez Ravine . . . and it is a dark one, indeed.
SKIP USEN, Los Angeles
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