Tag Archives: Cody Bellinger

Forget past failures of October

♦ October 11, 2017 ♦ 6 Comments

I was thinking about something Jon Weisman tweeted yesterday I remember the euphoria after the Dodgers’ NLDS sweeps in 2008 and 2009. It’s sobering to recall what came next. Hoping 2017 is less cruel. — Jon Weisman (@jonweisman) October 11, 2017 and it made me realize the only way to really enjoy this upcoming NLCS …

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Barnes + Bellinger + Bridge = NLCS

♦ October 10, 2017 ♦ 3 Comments

Cody Bellinger put on his full display of baseball skills to a National audience on Monday night to lead the Dodgers to a sweep of the Diamondbacks putting them on a possible collision course with the World Champion Cubs who need to win one of the next two games to make it happen. Bellinger had …

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Sophomore slamming

♦ October 3, 2017 ♦ Leave a comment

The two best players on the Los Angeles Dodgers are a 21-year-old 1st baseman and a 23-year-old shortstop. They will both be ROY winners, and they both will be leaned on very heavily to help the Dodgers move through October. It seemed that Corey Seager had a very quiet sophomore season, but once the 162 …

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Cody Bellinger Splits

♦ October 2, 2017 ♦ Leave a comment

You just don’t see many 1st base / Center Fielders so I thought I’d show his splits. Split G PA HR BA OBP SLG OPS as 1B 89 364 30 .299 .382 .667 1.049 as LF 38 149 7 .189 .275 .394 .669 as CF 4 14 0 .250 .357 .250 .607 as RF 5 …

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Bellinger crushes age 21 lists

♦ October 2, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment

Quite a few players made their marks on the LAD record books but no one made their mark like Cody Bellinger. Let’s get started: Cody Bellinger hit the most home runs by a Dodger 1st baseman since Eric Karros hit 31 in the year 2000. Cody hit 39 home runs overall, but only 30 as …

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That’s a wrap

♦ October 1, 2017 ♦ 5 Comments

The most successful regular season based on wins has finally concluded with the Dodgers topping out at 104 wins.  Even with the Dodgers winning more games in their history it was still a season with a crazy high and a just as crazy low. It was like the Dodgers had two directors this year, with Alfonso Cuarón …

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Is Cody Bellinger going to be wasted as a 1st baseman?

♦ September 27, 2017 ♦ 3 Comments

Few if any major league center fielders could make the throws that Cody Bellinger made last night in helping to preserve the Dodger victory. In case you didn’t know, @Cody_Bellinger can do a lot more than hit. This sizzling 98.9-mph throw to the plate saves the @Dodgers a run! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/PLmPvk36Sk — #Statcast (@statcast) September …

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Rookie mashers

♦ September 27, 2017 ♦ 3 Comments

I should probably wait until the end of the year but I’m just blown away by the number of magnificent rookie home run hitters this year. It looked for a while that Aaron Judge had no chance to catch Mark McGwire’s historic rookie record of 49 home runs but Judge has gone crazy and blew by …

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1992 ROY Eric Karros was more than just great hair

♦ September 19, 2017 ♦ 4 Comments

When Eric Karros won the 1992 Rookie of the Year award he was the first and only LAD first baseman to win the award. The only other rookie LAD 1st baseman to ever get any votes were Greg Brock in 1983 and James Loney in 2007. Brock came in 7th place and James Loney came …

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2017 has been the year of the rookie 1st baseman

♦ September 18, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment

Dodger fans know all about Cody Bellinger hitting 38 home runs and tying the NL rookie record for home runs but there have been a plethora of 1st baseman in 2017 who are hitting home runs at a staggering pace. Rhys Hoskins is much like Cody Bellinger in that he’s a 1st baseman who has …

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