Monday Rants & Raves
Attention, Peter Seidler and his band of wannabes, never-weres, and just plain punks, the Dragon up the Freeway is alive and well and it just smoked your ass, you bunch of disrespectful reform-school dropouts! Clayton Kershaew’s Mother, Marianne Tombaugh, died Saturday. Up until…
- Attention, Peter Seidler and his band of wannabes, never-weres, and just plain punks, the Dragon up the Freeway is alive and well and it just smoked your ass, you bunch of disrespectful reform-school dropouts!
- Clayton Kershaew’s Mother, Marianne Tombaugh, died Saturday. Up until now, we know very little about her life and death. Perhaps, Clayton will keep it that way… perhaps not. We learned very little about his father, who died in 2016. At any rate, we respect his right to privacy and give him our condolences! R.I.P. Marianne!
- Someone suggested that James Outman may not be a great Centerfielder, and that is true. He is not bad, however, and the more he plays, the better he will get, so there is that. Thompson and Heyward are probably incrementally better, but Outman is younger and faster! I am fine with him playing CF. I am worried about his strikeouts, not his defense.
- Yesterday, Duke was talking about the number of strikeouts that Outman had in comparison to Trout. Trout has 46, and Outman has 51. The difference is that Trout has 15 more Plate Appearances. Outman does not currently fit into a platoon as he also has reverse splits. He is hitting .253 against RHP and .306 against LHP. Go figure.
- The Dodger’s pitching was outstanding yesterday as the Catman is back in mid-season form and Yency has righted his ship.
- V-Gon has been a Godsend, and Graterol and Bruihl are unique bookends.
- It’s not how many hits you get – It’s when you get them!
- Tonight, it is Thor, and he says he is good to go, but I am nervous!
- It’s beginning to look doubtful that Jimmy Nelson will pitch this year and Daniel Hudson is far from a sure thing!
- Andy Pages has a higher ceiling than Jonny LeDuca, but LeDuca is three years older and probably has a better chance of making the roster THIS year than Pages… especially if they need a platoon bat.
- Michael Busch was 2-4 with a double and HR yesterday as he again played 2B.
- Alex Vesia had another successful IP with 2 Ks and a hit.
- There are rumors that Pages and LeDuca are moving to OKC. If so, it may also mean some players in OKC have Opt-Outs!
- Jon Rooney should move to OKC, but Robertson closes there.
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Discussion (46)
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I don’t believe what I just saw. Pitcher didn’t even challenge Thompson with a full count. Unbelievable!
Does this prove Thompson can still hit righties? Lol
I was rooting for a walk-off pitch clock violation. But ball four is good enough.
Bickford did do well. But Yancy… yikes. Will we see Andre Jackson back soon?
Sure did look like the Dodgers might squander this one. Nice comeback.
Really enjoying that – had a bit of everything!
Pleased for Trayce, especially after getting picked off whilst pinch running.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Pitcher look so bad and manage to come back and be the hero as Bickford tonight.
Bickford sucked it up and took everything to another level. One would think he will walk away from this experience a better pitcher from here on out. We shall see.
Hope you all saw the highlight reel catch Bellinger made in Houston. It was awesome. He had to leave the game after the catch as he landed awkwardly.