Category Archives: Baseball Notes
I’m a Madison Bumgarner fan
and have to admit that may seem weird as a Dodger fan. I don’t mean I’m a fan as though I like Bumgarner. I’m a fan in that I respect him and what he bring to the table for the Giants. As I watched the game last night, it was easy to come to the …
Wild Card Race is Giants to lose
With the Giants playing so poorly that they have basically ceded the NL Western Division Championship to the surging Dodgers, can they even hold onto a Wild Card spot? Every Dodger and Giant fan can tell you that the Giants won their last championship by getting into the play-in game but can they even get …
You should skip this long and rambling post that goes nowhere fast
Just listened to some game yesterday (Bluejays?) and the announcer was lamenting how fans and general managers have come to love their prospects too much. How so many don’t work out and that why just a few years ago Dominic Brown was considered a can’t miss and now he’s simply AAA fodder. And he has …
Streaky catchers – Zunino on fire
Gary Sanchez may be smoking hot in NY, but Mariner Mike Zunino is not far behind and his story is even more unlikely. Gary Sanches is just starting his career, but last year it looked like Zunino was ending his. Zunino was the 3rd pick in the 2012 draft and was in the majors by …
Gary Sanchez doing things never done in pinstripes before
No one can deny that the Yankee’s are baseball’s royalty with a long successful storied history that began when Babe Ruth first donned those pinstripes. Yet in that long history, no Yankee has ever done what Gary Sanchez has done this month. Last night Sanchez slugged his 9th home in only his 18th game thus …
Homegrown home runs
Eric Stephen put together the definitive look at the 300 home run club including anyone who ever played for the Dodgers that has hit 300 home runs and how many home runs they hit as Dodgers compared to their career. What I liked about the list that Eric put together was quickly scanning the homegrown …
Big Papi knows how to say good night right
Big Papi is in town but it is doubtful Dodger fans will get much of a glimpse of the big man on the field this weekend. The DH was made for David Ortiz and since we play real baseball in Los Angeles he’ll probably have to spend this weekend watching more baseball than he usually …
Remember when Joe Mauer was one of the best young hitters in baseball?
If the Cleveland Indians had forgotten they were reminded this week. Mauer completely dismantled the vaunted Cleveland rotation spraying hits reminiscent of the days when Mauer was considered one of the top hitters in baseball. In the just concluded three-game set against the first place Tribe. 10 hits 5 doubles 1 triple 1 home runs …
Scott Schebler comes back from AAA with a vengeance
We all have different ways of watching/rooting for baseball/Dodgers and I’ll admit my way may not be the norm. I may root for the laundry but I also root for the players, and even when they are no longer in the Dodger organization if I liked them I’ll follow them for a long time. Scott …
Jedd Gyorko now has five home runs in two doubleheaders
Last week Jedd Gyorko hit three home runs in a doubleheader. One in the first game and two in the second game. This week Gyorko once again went deep in both games of a doubleheader, giving Gyorko five home runs in two double headers. Gyorko has now hit seven home runs in his past nine …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 