The 162-game marathon is complete, and what an exciting season it has been, especially for us in Dodger land. Sure, we could have hoped for a record-breaking 117 wins, bet we’ll go ahead and settle for 111. What a great number! It’s so uniform and easy to remember. Clayton Kershaw just passed Cy Young on the all-time strikeout list. At this rate, he’ll get to the magic number of 3,000…
On the Alex Verdugo Comments
This is a few days old, but the latest player discrediting the Dodgers championship in 2020 is none other than former teammate Alex Verdugo. His quote: “A 60-game season, it’s still hard to judge to this day. Like yeah, it’s a World Series, right? Yeah, they got a ring. But they didn’t play any games at their home field. They didn’t. There weren’t any fans there. It was 60 games….
The End of an Era: R.I.P. Harold Uhlman
A couple of days ago, I got an e-mail from Harold. He had been sick, but he never told me that. Instead, he started with: I do check in on LADT quite regularly although I do so for your take rather that follow the comments. You get a lot of base hits and some big flies. I am pleased with the pictures that indicate you and your family are doing…
Postseason Clarity
The remainder of the regular season is going to be mostly tune-ups for the postseason teams now that a clearer picture has to be decided after the season’s final weekend. The most important series saw the Braves grudge match against the Mets’ two-headed monster, which didn’t go well for the most feared rotation twosome in the league. The Braves put the pedal to the metal and usurped the top spot…
Who Knows What Happens Next Year?
A better question is: Who cares what happens next year, this year? Here we are with three games to play, and the Dodgers are stuck on 110 wins. Will they lose 50 games this year? It’s a strong possibility. To put it in perspective, the Dodgers are 61 games over .500. There are currently four teams who have not even won 61 games. It will be disappointing if the Dodgers…
Looking Forward…
The Dodgers now have 110 wins, blowing their old record to smithereens! They now have a four-game winning streak and could sweep the hapless Rockies. The Dodgers are the first NL team in 100 years to win 110 games. The Dodgers team ERA sits at 2.79. They lead all of MLB in starter ERA and are just .07 points behind Houston for the TOP Bullpen ERA. The Dodgers are way…
Player Profile: Brickyard Kennedy
Coming in at #23 on the all-time WAR list, 35.0 is one William Park Kennedy. William came into this world on October 7, 1867, in Bellaire, Ohio. Today it is a town of less than 5,000 on the Ohio River and is considered part of the Wheeling, West Virginia, Metropolitan Statistical Area. In Kennedy’s day, Bellaire was known as “The Glass City,” but it lost that title in the late…
This is for Bluto
I know it bugs him, so here it is. 😉 The Dodgers clinched the NL West in May… or they might as well have done it then. Right about now, sitting on 108 wins and knowing they will play the Rockies for six games at home and then be off for the next five days, they aren’t exactly excited. Many players are just going through the paces. Gavin Lux’s neck…
A Championship Without a Designated Closer
I have always wondered about the predictability of having a closer and why teams have simply gone in the direction of having a 9th inning man, no matter what the situation was. If you really think about it, throwing that “stopper” out there for the final three outs night after night is probably not the best managerial strategy. It may be for teams with limited bullpen resources, but not with…
Is Your Mind Open or Closed?
I do not read many other Dodger Blogs, but I do read www.LAdodgerChronicles.com. Jeff Dominique is a source of great knowledge, as is Harold Uhlman. I only comment here because I do not have that much bandwidth, but I read it every day. It’s at the top of this blog for a reason. There are six or seven people who comment there, and I am thankful that only a few…