Category Archives: Los Angeles Dodger History
Chad Billingsley may have to hang em up
A recent story out of ROBESONIA, Pa suggests that Chad Billingsley may have to retire as the rest suggested by his doctors is simply not working. “I can throw a baseball at 50 to 60 percent, but when I ramp it up it starts hurting,” the former Bulldog said. Rest is the only hope at getting …
Ron Cey does Penguin walk
Very few baseball players were defined by their nickname as Ron Cey was. He really did resemble a Penguin when he walked, but when he played the game he resembled the greatest third baseman in LAD history, and it is not even close. The stats speak for themselves: Most hits Most home runs Most doubles …
Bill Sudakis – always in my heart
Bill Sudakis was a power bat switch hitting 3rd baseman who arrived in Sept of 1968 with great fanfare. The 1968 Dodgers had an anemic offense, so anemic that Len Gabrielson would lead the team in home runs with a mere 10. That is not a typo, that has been one of the best baseball …
Corey Seager keeping pace with Piazza
The LAD offense continued to sputter last night but not Corey Seager who launched a massive home run to right center against ex – Dodger Grienke. Legend has it that Grienke was pleased when the Dodgers drafted Seager, to bad he didn’t stick around to pitch with him behind him. Seager’s 15th home run moved …
Alex Wood – Strikeout King?
When Alex Wood struck out thirteen of his eighteen outs in his last start on 5/21/2016 it seemed to get little fanfare. Probably because the Dodgers not only lost the game, but Wood only managed to get eighteen outs. Yet for Wood it was his best strikeout performance of his career. Only four times has …
Matt Kemp 10 Total Bases on 4/19/09 against Rockies at the Ravine is tops
A few weeks ago we looked at the greatest single LAD efforts against the Rockies at Coors. Today we will look at the greatest single LAD efforts against the Rockies while playing at Dodger Stadium. I was a little surprised that Mike Piazza did not make this list. Matt Kemp sits on top with the …
Fernando sets rookie record with eighth shutout thirty three years ago today
Fernando started the season with five shutouts in his first seven major league starts. Basically every game Fernando started he was rewriting history during Fernandomania. What Fernando did in his first 8 starts was a streak for the ages: 8 wins, 7 complete games, 5 shutouts and 4 earned runs surrendered in his first 72 …
Hideo Nomo does the improbable eighteeen years ago today – No No at Coors
On Sept 17th, 1996 Hideo Nomo did what no one thought could be done. Pitch a no – hitter in the hitters paradise known as Coors Field. Rich Westcott, author of No-Hitter, wrote the following, “A pitcher has about as much chance of firing a no-hitter against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 