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Earlier I listed the teams in each of their proposed divisions. At the time, it was anticipated that the Braves and Pirates would switch divisions, but otherwise the two West divisions, the two Central divisions, and the two East divisions would join together to form a single West, Central, and East division. The starting pitching in the West figures to range from terrific to bad to really bad. The Dodgers
Well, if MLB and the MLBPA can get together about health and finances, we figure to have an abbreviated 2020 season. But that is still a BIG IF. What has been surprising to me is the number of players who are in the demographic of underlying health issues and immunocompromised, and are still willing to play. The most extreme is David Dahl who had his spleen removed after an accident
Today May 13 is the 73rd anniversary of, “the embrace”, that moment when Pee Wee Reese left his spot at shortstop prior to the beginning of the inning with the Dodgers in the field and walked over to Jackie Robinson who was standing alone at first base and taking all kinds of abuse from the fans in Cincinnati. The story goes that he put his arm around Jackie,
On June 23, 1973, in the second game of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds, the Dodgers had a lineup that included Steve Garvey at 1st base, Davey Lopes at 2nd, Ron Cey at 3rd and Bill Russell at shortstop. They stayed together for 9 consecutive years, until August 18, 1981. It was the year of Fernandomania when, Lopes was placed laced on the disabled list with a groin injury.
dodgerdenny suggested that someone send out a notice letting people know that LADT is back up and running. DodgerBlueMom indicated some participants. I went back to May 1 to see who has posted responses since the renewed start date, May 1. There have been 29 different responders, including two that DBM mentioned: Cassidy and Bumsrap. I know Bear regularly participates on another site. There is not a lot of baseball
We are coming up to the 2020 draft, such as it is, and I was thinking about the 2010 draft. That was a draft that has multiple superstars. First round selections included Bryce Harper, Jameson Taillon, Manny Machado, Drew Pomeranz, Matt Harvey, Yasmani Grandal, Chris Sale, Mike Foltynewicz, Christian Yelich, and of course the Dodgers very own Zach Lee; all $5.25 MM. Compensation picks selected after the 1st round who
Multiple sources have indicated that a plan for a proposed 2020 MLB season is due to be presented to the MLBPA in the “next week or so”. Former MLB infielder from Crespi High School in Encino, CA, Trevor Plouffe, in a tweet, has indicated that his sources are pointing to a report date of June 10, and a season start date “around”, July 1. This date is congruent with Ken
Much has been said and written about the Dodgers depth and how that makes them a very dangerous team. I do not think that there is a question (at least not for me), that the premier builder of the 40 man roster is Andrew Friedman. During his tenure, over the last five years in a 162 game season, the Dodgers have 485 wins, more than any other team in MLB.
In 1942 Branch Rickey joined the Dodgers as the team’s president and general manager. He quietly and in a very determined way began his quest to bring black players to the team. He was well aware of the challenges that lay ahead trying to integrate the first segment of American society – baseball. He knew there would be resistance in the Commissioner’s Office, from other team owners, the players themselves
If I haven’t shared it before, I miss baseball! During it’s absence, I have tried reading some of the other baseball blogs (heresy I know), but I just can’t find myself getting enthused about simulated games or what the players are doing to entertain themselves during the lock down orders. I miss baseball! I miss the competition. And while I’m proud that Dustin May won the best hair in baseball
There has certainly been a lot of optimistic discussions going on throughout the Baseball World about the possibility of MLB in 2020. I think most of us want to believe that there will be MLB this year, but have doubts in conjunction with those hopes. There has been a lot of speculation as to how a season would play out. How many games? How many divisions? What size roster? How
Every true baseball fan knows about Kershaw and nearly everybody on the planet knows about Koufax, but only the truest of true Dodger fans know that there was yet a third outstanding left-handed “K” who once pitched for the Dodgers – Karl Spooner. Karl Benjamin Spooner was born on June 23, 1931 in Oriskany Falls, a village in upstate New York about 20 minutes south of Utica. He grew up
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