Could Jason Martin be the next Max Muncy, CT3 or Justin Turner? There is no reason to believe that he could but also no reason to expect that he could not. Martin, like JT, is a California boy who was born in Corona and attended Orange Lutheran High School in Orange which is just 32 miles from Los Angeles. Like Muncy he bats left but not with the power at…
I Have Nothing to Add
Until MLB and the MLBPA start talking, there is nothing to say. Both sides are selfish, greedy, pampered buffoons. I am not going to embarrass myself like some blogs who just try and invent stuff to talk about. There’s nothing to say that hasn’t been said… ad nauseam. I’m out. Feel free…
Matt Beaty Heating up with Great Lakes Loons
This is a re-run of an article I posted on TBLA back on July 28, 2015. It provides a glimpse of Matt Beaty as a pre-MLB player. Great Lakes Loons third baseman Matt Beaty is enjoying his first season of professional baseball simply doing what he loves to do. Beaty was born in Dresden, Tennessee and played four years of baseball with the Dresden High School Lions. In each of…
Merry Christmas!
May all of our Brothers and Sisters at LADT have a Happy and Merry Christmas. It is 60 degrees here in Indy on Christmas Day.
Let the Catman Do
Tony Gonsolin is 27 years old and played his first Minor League Game in 2016. In 2019, he made his first appearance in the Show when he pitched 40 innings with a 4-2 record and sported a 2.93 ERA. For every pitcher that makes the major leagues and starts like this, there are probably 25 or more who really struggle. In the COVID-19 year of 2020, the Catman pitched 46…
Dodger Christmas Babies
Among the recent news items was a clip that Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, would celebrate his 49th birthday on Sunday, December 25. That piqued my curiosity a bit and I quickly took a peak to determine who else might have a Christmas Day birthday. That is, those with a recognizable name for me. There were many who had been born on that day but almost all were not part…
MiLB Matters
It is a bit difficult to write now. We have a house full. Jamie , Laura and three-year-old grandson Rowan are here, as are Elanya and Dean. Plus two dogs that are not ours as well as our two cats. Also, I am retired as a writer. So here goes a bit at a time. BulldogsandPenguins, to my recollection, is the only one on TBLA who has mentioned the next…
Looking at the 2022 Season… If there is one!
I am not confident that we will see the 2022 Baseball Season start on time… or that there will even be a season. I am extremely confident that the players and owners are fully capable of “killing off this grand game of baseball.” When players like Max Scherzer are paid $43 Million a year and players like Julio Urias are paid $3.6 Million, baseball has a huge problem and it…
Banned
The other day I did not have a whole lot to do after I finished packing my bags for my trip to California, so I watched Eight Men Out again. The movie is about the Black Sox scandal. And I knew well before I had ever seen this film about the 8 players banned for life by Judge Landis for conspiring to throw the series. What I learned is that…
Making A Spectacle of Yourself
Pitchers who wore them include, Ron Belisario, Corbin Burnes before he had lasik surgery, Tyler Clippard, Ryne Duren, who I remember well when he was an Angel. He once hit a batter in the on deck circle. Eric Gagne, Mel Harder, Joe Kelly, Jim Konstanty, Denny McLain, Kent Tekulve, Julio Urias, Bob Veale, and Fernando. And an umpire, Frank Umont. First ump to wear glasses.