Blog Kiosk: 9/12/2016 - Dodgers Links - Ethier, Seager, Oklahoma City and Some Dodger Hazing

As you no doubt heard, the Dodgers held their annual "rookie hazing" spectacle on Sunday evening - after their shutout loss to the Marlins.  Above is one of many pics of the guys that are circulating around the 'net.  In years past this event was held during their roadtrip to San Francisco.  This time, however, they decided to have fun with the rookies during their trip to New York.

Photo above via @Dodgers on twitter.  You can go here, here, here, here, here or here to see even more pics.  Best yet, Yasiel's charm came back in classic style.  He borrowed someone's Dodgers cheerleader outfit and did a little dance for the Dodgers and LA's newest team the Rams.  Heck, he even tweeted the gif to Rams rookie quarterback Jared Goff.  To the right is a screengrab, and you can go here to see the gif.  Below are more links to check out:

• This Day in Dodgers Baseball:  In 1930 Dodger catcher Al Lopez hit the Major Leagues last bounced home run.  Before this day "ground-rule doubles" were recorded as home runs.  In 2000 Dave Hanson broke former Dodger Johnny Frederick's record for pinch-hit home runs during a season with his seventh homer of the year against Curt Schilling of the Diamondbacks.  BTW, Johnny Frederick set his record of six homers on this exact same date in 1932.

Blog Kiosk: 3/12/2015 - Dodger Links - Some Odds and Ends

The Dodgers 2015 Yearbook will feature Fernando Valenzuela on the cover and includes a 21-page exposé entirely devoted to his life and career.  This coming season marks the 34th anniversary of his first full year in MLB in 1981 (he also happened to wear the #34 throughout his Dodger career) that saw the birth of Baseball's greatest sensation; "Fernandomania."  You can go here to order.

Below are some more links to check out:

• Gary Joseph Cieradkowski at the Infinite Baseball Card set tells us all about former Brooklyn Dodger Johnny Frederick.  He also shares an artistic card creation he made of him.  This is a great read.
• Top prospect Julio Urias struggled in his outing yesterday.  Via Ken Gurnick at MLB.com, "Urias plans to learn from difficult outing."

"It might be a bad outing on paper, but I take it as a good day because I can work on what failed today," Urias said.

• I can't believe I missed this.  Via Jill Painter Lopez at FoxSports, "Vin Scully back for 66th year broadcasting Dodgers."  

"I actually started some preparation in early February," Scully said. "I've kind of skimmed the cream off the top of five teams. I've done the Dodgers. I prepared for San Diego because they're Opening Day.

"I prepared for San Francisco. I prepared for Seattle because they're early in the season. I prepared for the Angels because we'll have three exhibition games with them. It never stops. I could pick up a newspaper, read something, cut it out, put it in a folder and later transfer it to the book about that team. I just accumulate all year long. In February, I really start to work a little bit."

• Tim Conway Jr. of KFI is campaigning to throw out the first pitch at Dodger Stadium.  Check it out here.  (Hat Tip: David Vassegh on twitter)

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