The Los Angeles Dodgers have recalled outfielder Jonny Deluca and placed outfielder Trayce Thompson on the injured list with a left oblique strain. Deluca, 24, was hitting .315 (23-for-73) with three doubles, one triple, four homers and 19 RBI in 17 games for Oklahoma City. He began the season with Double-A Tulsa, hitting .279 (34-for-122) […]
(Read More)Archive for June, 2023
Thompson Placed on IL
It’s no secret that 32-year-old Dodgers outfielder Trayce Thompson has had an awful 2023 season to this point, slashing a less-than-stellar .155/.310/.366/.677 in the 36 games he has appeared in thus far this season. As such, when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts announced that the Los Angeles CA native and second round draft pick in 2009 […]
(Read More)Welcome Back, Kersh!
As Dodgers fans know, 35-year-old Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw got off to a blazing start to the 2023 season, posting a Kershaw-like 5-1 record and ridiculous 1.89 ERA through March and April. …and then the calendar flipped to May. In his five starts in May, the Dallas, TX native and Dodgers first round draft pick […]
(Read More)Thanks Dad
Like many kids, I was blessed to have a father who was an avid baseball fan, albeit a Cubs fan, having moved to Southern California from Chicago the year before I was born. As such, whenever his Cubbies would come to town, he would herd up my brothers and me and schlep us off to […]
(Read More)‘Another Rugged Outing For Noah Syndergaard’
Dodgers broadcaster Charley Steiner summed Wednesday afternoon’s game between the Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium succinctly in six words: “Another rugged outing for Noah Syndergaard.” Steiner was actually being rather kind. Syndergaard himself summed it up far more accurately and much less kind: “It really sucks. Right now I feel like I’m the […]
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