No, not JP Howell whom I expect we all remember well. JP, as in Dodger catcher Joe Pignatano. For some unknown reason, his name popped into my head the other day. Perhaps it is because I am partial to catchers. Older Dodger fans such as myself will remember Joe. He is now one of the oldest living Brooklyn Dodgers at age 90. Joe Pignatano was truly a Brooklyn Dodger. He…
A LOOK AT THE NEGRO LEAGUES AND ITS PLAYERS
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…
COVID-19, Gavin, and Doc
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…
60 Game Sprint
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…
60 Man Player Pool Review
There is just so much about the 60 man player pool that has not been made clear, at least to me. As it was first proposed, once a player is announced to be in the pool, the only way of being removed was for that player to opt out or to be removed subject to waiver rules. With the original list of 51, a reduction of 2 (David Price and…
2020 Dodgers All Star Week
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…
Bill Haselman
Last Friday in a post on LADT our own DodgerBlueMom indicated she hoped a Bill Haselman column could be posted as he is one her favorite AAA managers. It just so happens that I had posted an article on Haselman in Think Blue LA way back on January 18, 2014. What follows is a reprint of that article with a few editorial changes and an update through his time in…
RANDOM THOUGHTS ON WHY I LOVE BASEBALL SO MUCH
Last night (Friday) I watched an inning of the scrimmage between the 2 Dodger squads on TV. It was so odd and, frankly I couldn’t get into it quite the same as a regular game. On the other hand it is baseball. After I turned the TV off, it began to stir in me the query of why do I love baseball so much. As a result, I began to…
Notes for Friday, 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…
Zach Fitzpatrick – Dodgers Assistant Director of Amateur Scouting
I have to tell you folks that with minor league ball gone belly up my baseball oxygen is basically depleted. I am only on life support with MLB and the goings on. The Dodgers have thus far signed only one undrafted free agent – righty Robbie Peto out of Stetson University. A few signings would definitely provide some more baseball oxygen for me. I have looked at the 60-man roster…