Independent ideas

Thoughts while lounging during the Dodger rout in Frisco on the Fourth: The Angels-A's rivalry is tight, as the Rev says, but it's missing the hatred of bums-jints, yanks-sux, louis-chi. As an Angel fan, I don't lose it over Oakland. If anything, I admire how those guys win with minimum wage. Flipping over to USA-Canada softball, I'm wondering why the pitchers don't wear caps. They look like amateurs, which of course they are. Scioscia will manage the Dodgers. Thought he would've switched by now. But it'll happen. Even without him, the blue will win the pennant. And stick it to Collin Cowherd and his lazy line that Torre's move west is strictly shtick.