NOTE: I wrote this BEFORE the Dodgers announced that Will Smith was going on the IL, Will Smith has been one of the best, if not THE best, catchers in baseball for the past few years. But Will Smith is not a big guy – he is on the smallish side, while Dalton Rushing is a little “burly.” I’ll get right to the point: Will Smith is experiencing what happens…
Some things are never meant to be spoken of again. Yesterday was one of those days. The Angels beat the Dodgers like rented mules. Erase it from your memory banks. Move on… Nothing to see here, Folks. The Dodgers got mauled by the Angels. This is unspeakable! One game means nothing. Remember that! The Great Lakes Loons will be in Ft Wayne, Indiana, from June 30th through July 5th. I…
But… he gets it right more than most of us! I am not going to name names (OK, I’ll name one: Mark Timmons), but many Dodger fans have been extremely hard on Roki Sasaki, AND Andrew Friedman, and Brandon Gomes (by extension), saying that Roki needed to go to OKC to learn to pitch. That kind of means that Friedman and Gomes are morons… and they obviously aren’t! My excuse…
What do you do when you don’t need to do anything? The Dodgers now have the 2nd best record in baseball… 2 games behind the Braves (whom I believe will soon fade). If Kyle Tucker is finally figuring it out (I am not saying he is… but I now have hope), and if Mookie Betts can be just “league average,” this team really doesn’t need to add any offensive pieces….
Dayton is an easy two-hour drive from Indy, but due to road construction, it took an extra half hour. I grew up near Dayton, and Dayton was never a nice city in my mind. Every big city has its bad areas, but Dayton seemed to have more than its share. I am happy to report that Dayton is making a comeback. Day Air Ballpark is in a section of Dayton…
In all the years playing all kinds of sports (at an amateur level), I did not have a hamstring strain until I was 52 years old, and it was a doozy! Grade 3, which is the worst. My wife was making fun of me, saying, “Rub some dirt on it.” However, the next morning the whole back of my upper thigh was black and blue. I feel Teoscar’s pain –…
It is always beyond good to go into Milwaukee and take two out of three (decisively) from the pesky Brewers. After looking listless Friday night, the Dodgers scored 16 runs in the next two games and took the series. Now it’s back to LA to play Colorado. The Dodgers extended their scoreless streak out of the bullpen to 38 innings with two scoreless frames on Sunday afternoon. It’s the Dodgers’…
It seems that with the Dodgers, hitting is a group sport. They all hit or nobody hits. They lose 5-1 or win 11-3. Well, Mookie still is not hitting after going 0-6. At what point do we become concerned. As I have often said, “Mookies contract will not age well.” Hopefully, the decline has not started. Mark Timmons Minor League Report OKC Lost to Reno 2-1 BOXSCORE Tulsa lost 5-3…
I spotted Bear and Jeff in a fishing boat off the coast… They evidently want nothing to do with this… I’m upset they didn’t invite me… The OKC Comets did not play last night. The Tulsa Drillers did not play last night. The Great Lakes Loons did not play last night. The Ontario Tower Buzzers did not play last night. The ACL Dodgers did play last night and beat the…
I am very adept at discerning the obvious immediately. With last night’s win over the Midgets, the Dodgers slipped back into first place in the NL West with the 3rd best record in the National League and the 5th best in all of baseball. However, anything less than 162-0 is considered a failure by some. Oh, well. Tonight, they drive to Anaheim and play the pathetic Angels, who are the…