Dodgers first base coach Davey Lopes liked it in when he coached in Philly but, as was suspected at the time and as he said in an interview upon his return to Philly yesterday, the Phillies just didn’t want to pay him what he thought he was worth. Despite this, however, he has fond memories of his time in Philly and even a couple of moderate digs at his current circumstances:
“I have nothing but great memories of this ballpark, and the fans, I consider the best in baseball. The intensity level coming into the ball park every day, I miss that tremendously. As you’ll see when you go to LA with the empty seats. They’re something you’re not used to seeing in L.A. Neither am I ...”
He went on about the situation in L.A., rendered weird by the ownership drama:
“It’s been good, yeah. But it’s different. It’s not like what I remember. Put it that way ... It is what it is, for now. We’ll see what happens in the near future.”
I hate the phrase “it is what it is,” but it should almost always be understood as “it sucks, but there’s not a hell of a lot I can do about it right now.”
