Tag Archives: Justin Turner
Seven nights, four 3-run home runs, multiple victories, who knew?
Yasmani Grandal blasted a three run home run last night to propel the Dodgers to a 3 – 2 victory. On Saturday night Justin Turner launched a three run home run to help down the Brewers 10 -6 On Thursday night Trayce Thompson slugged a three run home in a losing cause 8 -6 Last …
Breaking down Adrian Gonzalez – A platoon player in waiting
Just in case you have also missed what Don Mattingly has missed, Adrian is what some might call a platoon player in waiting. Meaning, that his manager still remembers when he could hit both sides of a pitcher, however the stats now say something has changed, and eventually the winds of change will be upon …
Is Justin Turner having the greatest LA Dodger 3rd baseman season ever?
No!!! But if you throw out Beltre’s super year, Pedro’s 1983, and all the years of the greatest Dodger 3rd baseman (Ron Cey), he is:) Kind of interesting the possible future HOF Adrian Beltre only had one OPS+ season above 120 in which he had at least 250 plate appearances. Beltre has had five of …
Dodger Briefs Aug 25th, 2014 – Turner time
Dodgers took two out of three from the Mets, picking up one full game on the Giants who lost two of three against the Nationals. The Dodger lead now sits at 4.5 games. Dodger record in August is 12 – 11 but they thanks to the Met drubbing last night, they have only scored 85 …
Fluke this – Turner turning point
Eric Stephen can some times be annoyingly johnny on the spot, as he proved once again yesterday. Once again Eric showed the knack of writing the right post at the right time. Yesterday Eric wrote a lengthy piece on the perceived Dodgers trouble to win games they are trailing in. To be exact, before last …