(1) Here are some thoughts while the stage is set up: Still reeling from the revelations gleaned from bazillion dollar commercials that there will be a sixth Fast and Furious film in our near future and that Pepsi learned nothing from New Coke, the two-thirds of us only watching for the popular culture are hoping for a Destiny's Child reunion to cleanse our scarred souls.
(2) A bazillion dollar payroll and a cup full of fancy talent guarantees you nothing in baseball - if you don’t believe that take a look at the Dodgers SoCal(led) “rivals”, the supposedly stacked Los Anaheim of Angels Angeles, who bottomed out yet again in 2013.