More Dodger Talk talk

Bill Plaschke's column today urges the Dodgers to quit haranguing KFWB host Bob Harvey over his post-game show. Here was the post I put up Monday about the team's Josh Rawitch calling Harvey mid-show (to label him an embarrassment, as it turns out.) The Dodgers front office complains to Plaschke that Harvey isn't very well informed, and admits to encouraging him to "push back" at callers who blast the team, but Plaschke advises the team brass to just chill and let the fans have their say.

Harvey made his feelings clear on Sunday's broadcast.

"I'm not going to sit here and be a homer," he said. "And I'm not going to be a guy that is going to have the Dodgers dictate to me what to say and when to say it."

This has always been Dodger Talk's unwritten philosophy. It is where fans come to cheer, to cry, to vent.

Because the hour-long show occurs on the Dodgers' station, immediately after a game, it is far different than any other sports talk show,

The callers feel like they are talking directly into a clubhouse still filled with players, or across a row still filled with fans.

It's important to let those fans speak freely. And it's important that the host creates an atmosphere in which they are encouraged to speak freely.

Harvey, a 54-year-old man who has spent his career as a Southern California radio personality and is paid by KFWB, has done that.

I've always thought the Dodgers were spoiled by the friendly media atmosphere they get here, win or lose. About the only annoyance the players have to deal with is T.J. Simers, and he's kind of a broken record. Anyway, it's pretty much moot now. After yesterday's doubleheader loss in Colorado, the Dodgers season looks to be ending soon.