Here is some MiLB news while we contemplate who is going to hit for the Dodgers besides Andy Pages. And when is Alex Call going to get more playing time. And why is Hyeseong Kim and Alex Freeland the only appatent runners who bust their ass down the line. At least Mookie was doing so in OKC. Kim is looking more impressive every game (ignoring the error). His game deserves…
Hitting For the Cycle: A Rare Feat
Hitting for the cycle happens at about the same rate as no-hitters. Although with pitch counts the way they are, it is going to take a special effort by a starter to notch a no-hitter. Many of the cycles in baseball, are not accomplished by power hitters. There have been to date, 349 times. 42 of those were done before 1900. The first one occurred on June 14th, 1876. The…
MiLB GAME SUMMARY REPORTS
OKC Comets 6 – Salt Lake City Bees (LAA) 5 Before the seats got warm, with RHSP Cole Irvin on the bump, SLC had a 1-0 lead after a leadoff double and RBI single. OKC got the run back in the bottom of the 1st. 3B Kiké Hernández had a one-out single, and 1B Ryan Ward hit a RBI double. SLC took the lead in the third with a leadoff…
Brothers in Baseball
Combinations of brothers in major league baseball are pretty rare. But there have been several cases over the year. Brothers on the same team are much rarer. There have been 461 sets of brothers play in the majors. Some have pretty famous last names, others, not so much. One page I read did mis-identify Barry and Bobby Bonds as brothers when they are actually father-son. The record for most home…
Tulsa Drillers – April Recap
Tulsa Drillers – 16-8, 1st place Texas League North 3.0 games ahead of the field, 2nd best overall record in Texas League. I do not believe that anyone has ever opined that the jump from any MiLB level to the next MiLB level is any where close to the magnitude of the jumpr from AAA (or AA) to MLB. However, it has been argued that the jump from A+ to…
My First Favorite Player Was a Yankee
At a very early age, I loved to read. When I began to love the game of baseball, I read every book in the school library I possibly could on the subject. Some were novels about the game like John R. Tunis’s series about the Brooklyn Dodgers. Others were biography’s written specifically for young kids. One of the first I read was about Lou Gehrig. No, I never got to…
Affiliates Go 1-3 on Sunday
OKC Comets 10 – Round Rock Express (Texas) 3 LHSP Blake Snell on his 1st rehab start at OKC and 3rd overall. He was scheduled to go 4.0 innings and approximately 60 pitches. Mission accomplished with 4.0 IP and 55 pitches (37 strikes). Snell allowed 2 hits, a 1st inning leadoff single, and a 1-out 100 MPH – 372 foot 2-run HR. He “settled” down and retired the next 9…
Déjà vu – All Over Again
The Dodgers almost came back last night when their backs were against the wall… but it was not to be. Instead, they lost their 4th in a row and are 4-6 in their last 10 games. I predicted that the Dodgers would go through some times this year where they looked like they were sleepwalking – disinterested, playing without urgency, and looking like they were not worthy of winning another…
OKC Comets as of April 2026
OKC is in the Pacific Coast League, a notorious hitter friendly league. Big hitter parks include, Salt Lake City, Reno, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, El Paso, Sacramento…It is a 10 team League, with two 5-team divisions. The team is 14-16 good for 4th place in the PCL East, and 8th place overall. They are 3.0 GB the April standings leaders. OF/1B James Tibbs III is 23 year old left-handed hitter. He…
Dodger Fans Love Affair with Enrique Hernandez
He isn’t a product of the Dodgers system; he was actually drafted by the Astros in the 6th round in 2009. He started his pro career in the Gulf League, a rookie level team. He was 17 years old. He showed versatility from the beginning playing SS and 2B primarily. He played in 53 games his first-year batting .295/1/27. He had 8 steals, 12 doubles and 3 triples. He struck…