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OTDIB – May 17th, 1978 – Lee Lacy homers in 3rd consecutive pinch hitting at-bat
On this day in baseball: May 17th, 2005 Ervin Santana is cycled in major league debut With the first 10 pitches he throws in the major leagues, 22 year-old Ervin Santana allows a collective cycle to the first four Indian batters he faces: a triple by Grady Sizemore, a double by Coco Crisp, a single …
Ty Blach? Really?
Evidently, I had the wrong impression of Ty Blach. My impression was that the fill-in starter for the Giants was a journeyman left-hander who would get schooled by the Dodgers. The 26-year-old pitcher had been pressed into the Giant rotation when Madison Bumgarner decided his recreational needs were greater than the needs of this team. …
Can Rich Hill break DL losing streak?
So far in 2017, each pitcher that has started for the Dodgers after being on the 10-day DL have lost their first start. Strangely enough, it started with Rich Hill who had made only start in 2017 before he found his way on the 10-Day-DL. He came back to start on 4/16 and lost 3 …
Checking in on Mitch White
A few blurbs from national media on Mitch White after his superlative game list night in which he pitching seven innings for the first time in his professional career. Starting off with Baseball Prospectus: Mitchell White, RHP, Los Angeles Dodgers (High-A Rancho Cucamonga): 7 IP, ER, 3 H, 8 K White’s been on a hard …
Font for fifteen
Wilmer Font struck out fifteen hitters tonight en route to the most dominant game I think the Oklahoma Dodgers have ever had. This is what I know about Wilmer Font. He’s a pitcher in AAA for the Oklahoma Dodgers I have never heard he’s a prospect His name gives some Dodger bloggers much fun on …
OTDIB – May 16th – The Shaggy one drives in eight
On this date in baseball May 16th May 16th, 2008 – Ex-Dodger Jayson Werth drives in eight runs Jayson Werth ties the Phillies’ single-game RBI record when he drives in eight runs in Philadelphia’s 10-3 win over Toronto. The 28 year-old center fielder, who equals the franchise mark shared Kitty Bransfeld (1910), Gavvy Cravath (1915), …
Updated May Stats
Record: 22 – 16 Position: 2nd place, 1.5 games back of the Colorado Rockies Dodgers in May so far: Hitters: Rk Player Split Year OPS PA R H HR RBI BB SO OBP SLG 1 Brett Eibner May 2017 1.500 6 2 2 1 2 1 1 .500 1.000 2 Franklin Gutierrez May 2017 1.189 …
OTDIB – May 15th – Piazza goes fishing
May 15th, 2015 – King Felix strikes out 2,000th hitter Mariner right-hander Felix Hernandez becomes the fourth-youngest hurler to record his 2,000th career strikeout when he whiffs Sam Fuld in fifth inning of the team’s 4-3 victory against Oakland at Safeco Field. Bert Blyleven, Walter Johnson, and Sam McDowell are the only three pitchers to …
OTDIB – May 14th – Chad Billingsley gets screwed
On this date in baseball: May 14th, 2011 Chad Billingsley didn’t have the best luck in his Dodger career and never was that more in play than on this day. For the first time since 1914, the Dodgers are defeated after allowing just one hit, losing to the visiting Diamondbacks,1-0. Chad Billingsley, the hard-luck loser, …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 