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Lots of old school baseball fans look at batting average as evidence of a player s worth. While not entirely wrong, batting average does not give a complete picture of a player s value, much like temperature does not give a true indicator of comfort without humidity! Batting average is a simple formula based upon the percentage of times a player gets a hit as compared to at-bats. Who would you rather
This post is by Bumsrap (not Mark Timmons). Thank You, Bum! The Dodgers (61-29) enter the All-Star break with the best record in baseball and have won 26 of their last 30 games. The last 30 games is what finally separated the Dodgers from Arizona and Colorado; two teams that kept on winning with the Dodgers until they couldn’t. Here is a look at those 30 games and the players
So, the Dodgers currently own the best record in baseball at 61-29, which is a .678 winning percentage. With 72 games left, they could go 30-42 and still likely make the playoffs with 91 wins. If they just play .500 ball the rest of the way, they will end up with 97 wins which would be absurd (playing .500 ball and winning 97 games). If they keep up their current
Nearly 70 years ago, the Dodgers brought in a red-headed announcer who, moment-by-moment, play-by-play and season-by-season, gradually proceeded to set the standard by which all baseball announcers would be measured. They signed Vin Scully before he became Vin Scully. It s pretty much the same with Scully s successor. The Dodgers hired Joe Davis before he became Joe Davis, but boy-oh-boy, he is rapidly becoming Joe Davis. As a Dodger fan I
DRAFT UPDATE The 2017 MLB Draft is in the books, and the signing deadline has come and now gone. The Dodgers had 40 draft picks, and signed 33. Each of the first 13 picks signed, and 19 of the first 20 signed. 8 signed from picks 21-30, and 6 signed from picks 31-40. For comparison purposes, the Dodgers drafted 42 in 2015 and 2016, and signed 36 and 33 respectively.
Moment-by-moment, memory-by-memory, the Dodgers have did it again! Dodger Broadcaster, Joe Davis Joe has made it a lot easier not to miss Vin he s not Vin, but in case you haven t listened to the stiffs and homers other teams use, he is near the top of play-by-play baseball announcers. What a comeback and what a way to kill a snake! Now, back to the things at Hand! If the
Today, you get to pick the topic because I am just so dad gum considerate and want what is best for you. OK, that s a lie I m busy today and have early meetings. So you pick the topic. Hopefully, it will include the fact that the Rancho Cucamonga beat Madison Bumgarner like a rented mule last night: 4 IP 9 ER 4 HR Yeah, he s ready. Isabel and Mieses
Gina Lollobrigida turned 90 yesterday. Described in her prime as the most beautiful woman in the world , Lollobrigida, will be receiving a long-overdue star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year. Hopefully, I am not the only one who remembers her. What does that have to do with Andrew Friedman? Absolutely nothing except that Andrew Friedman and Company should be pretty dang beautiful in Dodger fans eyes right
Think about that for a minute. There s a lot we don t know and some of it is stuff that we know we don t know. We know the Cubs are struggling and need a couple of starting pitchers and maybe a veteran catcher, They have some pieces to trade, but they are also sitting on a really bad contract belonging to Jason Heyward. We know they have some good young prospects
It s not a sure thing that Adrian Gonzalez will be back this year. Now, it s looking like at least August. How many teams can lose $40 million dollars of salary to the DL and survive? Add in Kazmir and it s $56 million and add Crawfish and it s $77 million. Can the pundits of The Trade finally understand why it is felony stupid to give long-term deals to aging stars?
Actually Kike Hernandez is a cross between the Energizer Bunny and a Swiss Army Knife. He s kind of a Swiss Army Bunny! He just keeps going and going and he has an assortment of ways to beat you. Last night, he didn t get a hit, but he did make a great catch in RF and took a walk and scored a run. Of course we have seen him make plays
I keep reading that the Dodgers are in the hunt for a starting pitcher and frankly, I do not believe it. What I mean by that is I do not think they are hell-bent-for-leather to get another starter. That s not saying that they won t do it if the right situation presents itself, but they are simply not going to overpay to get another starter. I think AC said the same
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