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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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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RANDOM THOUGHTS ABOUT THE START OF THE SEASON

July 24, 2020

So I wrote and submitted this article to Jeff on July 22nd in the a.m.  He then let me know he had a couple of other articles lined up and that it might be posted later this week.   Then, the Dodgers go and sign Mookie Betts.   Wow!   I decided to leave the article intact with a few adjustments.    ●          I’m glad that I was proven wrong.  I did not…

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Final Pre-Season Thoughts

July 22, 2020

Intrasquad games and the exhibition season has come to an end.  The results have been generally positive. The offense seems to be working on all cylinders.  They are working the count, fouling off pitches, and attacking mistakes.  During these games, they have shown they CAN BE a good two strike hitting team.  They are going the other way with so much consistency that it is not a mistake.  Some are…

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A LOOK AT THE NEGRO LEAGUES AND ITS PLAYERS

July 19, 2020

The other night I watched a few innings of the Dodger intra-squad.   Even though they added piped in music, and “fan noise” it was still difficult for me to get excited about the game.   One thing I did enjoy, however, was watching Josiah Gray pitch.   He is a good one folks!  And, if baseball ever returns to some semblance of normalcy, I can see great things ahead for him.   Both…

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COVID-19, Gavin, and Doc

July 17, 2020

I rethought what I was doing, and I decided to undelete all of the posts.  As I stated before, I have no desire to be the thought police and I changed my mind as to what people wrote.  From now on, I am leaving it up to the posters to monitor the site.  I believe the best response for something that is non baseball related is to ignore it.  I…

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60 Game Sprint

July 16, 2020

We have all heard about the Dodgers and their best in MLB history run of 60 games in 2017 with a 51-9 record.  They also pulled off a 42-8 record in a 50 game stretch in 2013 before going 47-13 in 60 games.  Both of those runs came later in the season.  But how have they done in their first 60 games?  Using their 7 year top NL West run…

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2020 Dodgers All Star Week

July 14, 2020

With a raucous sellout crowd pulsating throughout the stadium last night, Joc went head to head against Vlad Jr in a remake of the classic 2019 HR Derby.  This time Joc bested the young Blue Jays slugger and won the 2020 Home Run Derby at Dodger Stadium.  This was on a night that followed a Josiah Gray masterpiece who went 2 innings striking out all six batters he faced in…

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Notes for Friday, July 10, 2020

July 10, 2020

As Bear reported the Dodgers have apparently completed their 60-man pool with the additions of: RHP – Bobby Miller RHP – Landon Knack RHP – Ryan Pepiot RHP – Edubray Ramos C – Carson Taylor 2B – Michael Busch OF – Anthony Garcia Five of the six 2020 draftees have been invited to be a part of the 60-man pool.  Only Gavin Stone has been left out, as well as…

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