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Yesterday was my youngest son s 19th birthday, so we had plans to take him out to dinner last night. He s now past the age now where he wants a party like when he turned 18. Like his 18th year of life, his 19th birthday was very eventful. This is the kid who was All-City, All-Conference and All-State in football and was team MVP on a team that won the State
There have been a lot of speculative discussions on a potential trade for Baltimore SS Manny Machado. Bumsrap referred to a May 4, 2018 article from an Orioles fan’s point of view. If I am going to trade for a rental, it can only include players that are replaceable by others in the organization. Alex Verdugo, Mitchell White, and Jeren Kendall are all replaceable, but not Gavin Lux. If the Orioles
Just to clarify yesterday I did not say that Stripling was the Dodger s Ace yet! Just that he could be by the end of the season and a lot of that depends upon how he pitches the rest of the way. Unlike Alex Wood who was often hitting 97 MPH early in the season last year, which was totally unsustainable for him, Strip is usually 92-94 MPH with an
When I wrote the title, I wondered if I was really serious and let me assure you, I am! Before this season started, I wrote that Ross Stripling just needed to accept that he s a reliever and even if he was a starter, he would never be any more than a #5 or #6. Boy, was I wrong! Dead wrong! Ross never bought into accepting he was a reliever and
Right- hander Marshall Kasowski was selected by the Dodgers in the 13th round of the 2017 First-Year Player Draft out of West Texas A M. The 23-year-old native of Conroe, Texas had transferred to the Division II college after two years with the Division I University of Houston Cougars. His time with the Cougars was limited to a total of 33 innings over two seasons. Kasowski was injured in a severe
One day, it s 12 runs, the next day it s 3. It can be pretty. It can be ugly and it can be pretty ugly! It s just about doing the little things necessary to win like Kike Hernandez acting like a ballerina around a bat and a catcher. Just win, Baby that s all! I thought Yasmani ended it in the 9th that s as far as you can hit the
Arizona is hot again. The Dodgers are hot. Both teams are 8-2 in the last 10 games as they start pulling away from the pack. The Dodgers are breathing down the D-Bags backs. The Dodgers are now back to leading the National League in Home Runs and are just six runs behind the Braves for the league lead. The even better news is that the Dodgers pitching staff has moved
That s what THEY say. THEY always say stuff like that. Who is THEY? They must make the big bucks Since Andrew Friedman and Farhan Zaidi (FAZ) took over the Dodgers, they have shown nothing if not patience. Depending upon the day, Dodger fans have wanted to demote, trade or get rid of Max Muncy, Logan Forsythe, Cody Bellinger, Chase Utley (well he is on the DL), Joc Pederson, Matt Kemp,
A lot of Dodger fans mocked and ridiculed Farhan Zaidi for saying three weeks ago that the Dodgers needed to hit more Homeruns? What? That s stupid! Shows what he knows Here we are, three weeks later and the Dodgers were leading the NL is homeruns and were on a 16-5 streak . well, after last night they are 16-6 and 2nd in HR. Maybe Farhan should say How do you like
Editorial Note I wrote this before the Buehler injury. The 2018 Amateur Draft is now over. All that is left is the signing of the draft picks. The Dodgers did not select a high school player in Round 11 indicating to me that they expect the top 10 to be close to the bonus pool + 5%. There will be some savings with picks #9 and #10 as
In the first 45 days of the season, the NL West could have buried the Dodgers, but they didn t and then the Dodgers went 15-5 in their last 20 games, so they are right back in it. You can call them lucky for what they have done in the past 20 games and you might be right, but they were about as unlucky as you can get before that. This
DODGERS ANNOUNCE SELECTIONS FROM THIRD DAY OF 2018 DRAFT LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced their final 30 picks from the third day of the 2018 Draft. The Dodgers made 40 overall picks in this year’s draft, selecting 19 pitchers (13 right-handers, six left-handers), 13 outfielders, five infielders and three catchers. Of the 21 drafted position players, 10 are right-handed hitters, 10 are left-handed hitters and one
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