Dodgers Blue Heaven: Blog Kiosk: 5/4/2013

Saturday, May 04, 2013

Blog Kiosk: 5/4/2013

Clayton Kershaw was masterful last night. Unfortunately, the Dodgers couldn't score enough runs. Pic via Jon SooHoo/LA Dodgers 2013.

As you probably already know, Ted Lilly has been placed on the 15-day DL.
David Brown at Big League Stew writes, "Vintage Vin Scully calls classic Clayton Kershaw curve ball in 2008 spring training."
David J. Halberstam at the Bleacher Report pens an article about some inaccuracies surrounding Dodgers announcer Red Barber in the '42' Jackie Robinson movie.

Having met Barber a couple of times, I'm afraid he would have been unhappy to see this misrepresentation of him applauding Robinson's home run. Red publicly lambasted the Giants' Russ Hodges for losing it on his famous Bobby Thomson call in 1951. Yes, through the years, there were subtle voice inflections in Red's call suggesting that he was pleased to see Robinson excel, but he never blatantly rooted, and applauding has long been considered taboo in broadcast booths and press boxes.

(pic credit: Jon SooHoo/LA Dodgers 2013)

Not again! Hanley Ramirez hurt his hamstring in yesterdays game. According to Jon Heyman he is heading for the DL. In his place, Dee Gordon will be back in Dodger Blue. This has yet to be confirmed by the team, but has already been widely reported as true. Welcome back to the Blue, Dee!

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Jim Shonerd at Baseball America writes, "Dodgers’ Onelki Garcia Finally Gets Chance To Shine." (Hat Tip: JP Hoornstra at Inside the Dodgers)

He pitched with an 89-92 mph fastball leading up to the draft last year—and actually did give up some hits to the beer leaguers—but he started topping out at 97 after he signed. Garcia was slowed by knee issues during spring training ths year, but he was throwing at 90-95 early this season for the Lookouts. His fastball moves with armside sink, and he has a feel for varying its velocity.

Via Ken Gurnick at MLB.com, "Magill to replace Lilly in revised rotation."
TMZ picks up the story on how the new '42' Jackie Robinson movie snubbed Geoge "Shotgun" Shuba's first handshake with Jackie. I wrote about this important incident back in 2007, and followed it up earlier this year as I wondered if the moment would be highlighted in the film. As you probably know, the movie made no mention of the handshake. (Hat Tip: Dodger Dugout)
I did think it was strange that a bunch of Kobe Bryant personal memorabilia is on auction. Apparently, it was his mother who consigned it to Goldin Auctions, and now Kobe has filed a cease and desist lawsuit to stop its sale. Via Chris Olds at Beckett.