AC’s Notes on Mookie’s Night

August 14, 2020

Mookie has a 4-4 night with 3 HRs and 5 RBIs, and a HBP.  His OPS is now sitting at 1.074.  Anyone watching the game realizes that Mookie’s 3 HR night ties him with Johnny Mize and Sammy Sosa for the most 3 HR games in a career.  I am going to go out on a limb and say that before his career is over, he will have that record…

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I Am Not An Ostrich

August 13, 2020

I wrote this before Game three in partial response to MT’s comments.  With the way my year is going, the Dodgers will win 25-0, Belli will go 7-7 with 4 HRs, and the team will go 15-15 WRISP. Update – Well not quite as good as described above, Wednesday’s game had some definite positives.  The Dodgers actually used two bunts to put the team in a position to score two…

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After 25% of the Season

August 10, 2020

I was not sure how I was going to write my column for Monday.  It was looking ugly for a while, but with a pair of 3-run HRs by AJ Pollock and Mookie Betts, the Dodgers turned a potential disaster into a win. Typical Dodger win with the long ball.  In the three game series, the Dodgers scored 17 runs, 14 of them directly from seven HRs. I know that…

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More Rants Than Raves

August 8, 2020

I was hoping to sit down on my patio deck to watch the Dodgers vs Giants when I realized that I could not get the game on MLB.TV.  I was already in a foul mood when I had to come into the house and listen to Krukow and Kuiper.  I then watch Urias once again nibble instead of going at the hitters.  For the first time this year, I am…

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Nice Comeback Win to Knot the Series

August 5, 2020

First observation, this is a much different game for the Dodgers without Mookie Betts.  They are still talented enough to win, but he sure does make it much easier.  Seager and Betts seem to have been carrying the team on this trip, and the spark just seems to have gone out without Mookie.  The pitching matchup for Tuesday night was the one expected for Monday. Two of the brightest MLB…

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7-3 Start Thanks to Relief Corps

August 3, 2020

Except for one bad pitch, the Dodgers have been outstanding on this current road trip.  They are currently 5-1 on the trip, with three to go in SD.  I am not sure that home and away mean that much in 2020, except do like the last AB for a potential comeback.  But there certainly is no fan reaction to build momentum upon. The team is currently 7-3, and on pace…

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Two Game Sweep of the Asterisks

July 30, 2020

We cannot summarize the two game series against the Asterisks without reengaging about Joe Kelly.     Let’s look at the pitch to crybaby Correa to get his mouth going and get Kelly “taunting”.     Was Correa really upset about a breaking ball high and tight that went to the backstop to put runners in scoring position? I doubt that was Kelly’s plan.  Was he complaining about the pitch to Bregman?  No he…

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Patience or Attack

July 28, 2020

We are only four games into the season, and the sniping at Doc is already in full gear.  Not just from LADT commenters, but throughout the Dodgers blogosphere.  Every manager makes horrible decisions throughout the season, and sometimes they actually make some good calls.  Of course, nobody likes to comment on those.  Now maybe some of these decisions are not Doc’s alone.  It seems to be a team philosophy to…

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Should Be 3-0, But…

July 26, 2020

I do not consider myself an apologist for Alex Wood, but ever since he put on his #57 jersey I have found myself in that position.  It seems that most Dodgers fans want the team to have five Aces. Alex Wood is not an Ace, or anywhere near a top of the rotation pitcher.  He is what he has always been a good #5.  Like all #5 SP, not every…

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Rivalries? and Mookie and the Five Faces of LAD

Yes, I am thrilled that we have baseball again.  And I am just as sure that the Dodgers are going to win this year.  I am not much of a gambler, but I dropped a few dollars on the Dodgers winning the 2020 WS.  But I have a tough time getting excited about beating a team like the Giants who have very little, if any, chance of making the playoffs. …

July 25, 2020
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