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Pederson slams Padres
Looks like the last time a Dodger hit a grand slam on opening day was 4/3/2000 by Eric Karros. No one else on the list below hit a grand slam but they did all hit at least one home run and drive in at least four runs. Lopes and Monday in the same game. Player …
Blake 5th wheel Parker
The much traveled 31-year-old Blake Parker made the Angel opening day roster. If you watched any of the freeway series and were unfamiliar with Blake Parker (as I was) his strikeouts of every Dodger he faced might have left you wondering who this guy was. Joe Davis said he had struck out 17 straight hitters …
Opening day memories
I’ve been to many opening days but four really stick out in my memory. April 7th, 1977 – Don Sutton gave up a lead off home run to Gary Thomansson and deflated many of the 51, 000 fans in attendance. Not to fear the HOF didn’t give up a run the rest of the game, only …
Dodgers traded for a middle of the order bat
Opening day is just a few hours away and the Dodgers have changed up the lineup, moving Andrew Toles into the lead off role, and Logan Forsythe to the five hole. The Dodgers spent 98% of the spring using Forsythe as the lead off hitter but they decided to change things up this past week …
Opening series Padre preview
Not many general managers get the second chance that A.J. Preller got. Preller went for it all in 2015 trading some incredible assets in an effort to compete in the NL West with the big boys. It went all for naught but the price he paid was a dear one. He traded Yazmani Grandal, Jesse Hahn, …
Let us revisit the rotation guesses
Back on Feb 17th we did a little exercise to see if could figure out how many starts would be accumulated by the many potential candidates for the rotation. I put out three scenarios and scenario three is looking pretty good right now:) Meh, that looks too safe. I want to go out on a …
Rickey Nolasco opening day starter and he deserves it
When Nolasco was announced yesterday as the Angel opening day pitcher it seemed to be met with a touch of ridicule. Maybe we should look back at the summer of 2016 and see who made the better decision. The Dodger front office or the Angel front office? The Dodgers dipped into the deep farm system …
Julio Urias optioned to Oklahoma
The 20-year-old phenom will have to bide his time as he saves his golden arm for summer and fall. Even without a full rotation, it was doubtful that Urias was going to start the year in the rotation. Not when you have to manage his innings, and we hope those innings will be needed more …
Thompson and Taylor headed for Oklahoma
All the spring battles were decided yesterday with more players being optioned to AAA to play for Oklahoma. Most of the players who didn’t make the Dodger opening day roster besides the prospects are basically bench players except for one. Trayce Thompson – Thompson started spring late due to his lingering injury from last year, …
Dodgers start the year with eight straight games
Which I thought was a little strange because my memory says they normally have at least one day off the first week of the year. To see how my memory is working I went to work. In 2016 they had an off day between games 7 and 8 In 2015 they had an off day …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 