This first item falls under the category of “that Ship Has Sailed.” I had always predicted big things for Kike Hernandez. In fact I likened him to JD Martines. I had hoped that Andrew Friedman would keep him, but ultimately Kike wanted to start, and Boston gave him that opportunity. He racked up 585 AB’s for Boston and hit 20 HR while OPS’ing .786 with a .250 BA and a…
This has to be short and sweet. I have some early meetings… The game started after 9:00 last night, so it was late… Yes, the Giants won the NL West. Yes, they won the season series with the Dodgers. The Dodgers had to win the Wild Card Game to get into the playoffs. They did and now they have finished the Giants season. My wife got home at about 8:45…
I hear some Dodger fans write or say that the Giants are just having their way this year, that the Giants are just lucky, that they have the Dodgers number. I hear that some don’t trust Joe Kelly, Kenley Jansen, or several other pitchers. I say that they are a bunch of Negative Nellies, to which they say “No, that is not true. I am positive… that I am negative.”…
Mookie Betts, Corey Seager, Treat Turner, Will Smith, Gavin Lux, and Cody Bellinger all had two hits last night. That’s a lot of hits! Twelve to be exact to go with five walks. Everybody hits or nobody hits… well JT took a collar last night as did CT3, but hopefully, they can pick it back up tomorrow. Justin Turner is hitting .059 in the NLDS, so he is due… BIG…
In this NLDS, the Dodgers and Giants have played three games. The Dodgers have outscored the Giants 9-7. The Dodgers have outhit the Giants 21-16. The Dodgers are hitting .208 while the Giants are hitting .176. The Dodgers have a .252 OB% while the Giants have a .208 OB%. The Giants have outhomered the Dodgers 4 to 1. The Dodgers ERA is .2.06 while the Giants is 3.00. The Giants…
I was 11 when the Dodgers won their first World Series in L.A. Living in Highland Park at a home for kids. I had gone to my first games at the coliseum in 1958. We went to about 5 games during the 1959 season. The Dodgers had replaced long-time retiring SS Pee Wee Reese with Don Zimmer. Zim had some success in previous seasons with the Dodgers and it was…
My advice is “Don’t be one!” In case you don’t know, hammers are dumb. Hammers have never had an original thought. Hammers can be loud, at times, but they are really stupid! They can’t think. But then when you go to the hammer store and pick up a bag of hammers, you really have a bag of dumb, thus the saying “Dumber than a bag of hammers!” Don’t be that…
Last night, the Dodger hitters could not jump out of a boat and hit water, as Walker Buehler proved that he was not unhittable. It’s getting late… EARLY. The Giants homered three times and the Dodgers put up a goose egg. All the Giants have to do now is win two more games. This has been the maddening issue with the Dodgers all season: No one hits or Everyone hits….
In case you have been living under a rock or in some other unfortunate situation, you probably know that the Los Angeles Dodgers are never going to tell what is going on behind the scenes. They say that Clayton Kershaw does not need Tommy John Surgery, which is most likely untrue. They say that Max Muncy “may” be back. Yeah, and I might be Martha Stewart. The Dodgers under Andrew…
There is little doubt that the San Francisco Giants have benefited immensely from a heavy measure of serendipity or just plain ole’ luck. I am not trying to minimize their accomplishments, but the fact that no one picked them to have a record above .500, except Gabe Kapler’s mother should tell you something. Gabe Kapler is the NL Manager of the year and Farhan Zaidi is the Executive of the…