Rumors continue to circulate that the Dodgers are exploring the trade market for a center fielder. Those rumors and suppositions are rooted in the performance of Andy Pages, the team’s de facto center fielder, as he struggles offensively and defensively. While Pages occasionally comes through with a big hit or defensive play, his overall body of work this season ranks him near … [Read more...] about Just Say No!
Fast and Furious
There were 265 pitches thrown in Friday’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, but the game was over after the second pitch of the game. That’s when soon-to-be (on May 9) 30-year-old Dodgers second baseman and leadoff batter Tommy Edman (in place of Shohei Ohtani who was out on paternity leave) drove a 98.3-mph four … [Read more...] about Fast and Furious
Music To Our Ears
By now every Dodger fan on the planet has heard that future first-ballot Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw made his first rehab start with the Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets on Wednesday. If you haven’t, you can leave your Dodger hat at the door on the way out. In his 3.0-inning start, the Dallas, TX native and Dodgers first-round draft pick in 2006 out of Highland Park High … [Read more...] about Music To Our Ears
(Another) One For The Books
It’s not often that you see a guy go 1-for-1 with a walk, a hit, a run scored, and a RBI, in the first inning. Then again, it is international superstar and future first-ballot Hall of Famer Shohei Ohtani that we’re talking about here. This is exactly what the 30-year-old Oshu, Japan native did in the bottom of the first inning against the NL West last place Colorado Rockies … [Read more...] about (Another) One For The Books
The New Maytag Man
Those old enough to remember knew him as “The Maytag Man – the Loneliest Man in Town.” His real name was Jesse White and we saw him almost daily/nightly in television commercials from 1967 through 1988 portraying a lonely Maytag repairman who was never called because of the reliability of Maytag’s home appliances. Maytag’s Jesse White – The Loneliest Man in Town. (Getty … [Read more...] about The New Maytag Man