Saturday, May 10, 2014

Blog Kiosk: 5/10/2014 - Dodger Links - Some Dodger Odds and Ends


Manny Mota chatted with Don Newcombe before Friday's game, pic via Jon SooHoo/LA Dodgers 2014.  Check out more photos from yesterday, here.
A collection of vintage equipment trunks are part of a new display at Dodger Stadium. They are located near the entrance to the United Club Suites on the first-base side of the ballpark.
The Dodgers are hitting .216/.286/.358 against southpaws this season, 30th in baseball in OBP, 26th in OPS (.644), 26th in adjusted OPS+ (79), 21st in slugging percentage, 29th in batting average, 25th in wOBA (.288) and 24th in wRC+ (84).
"He looks pretty normal walking and things like that, so it's not one of those blow-ups, where a guy gets shot and he can't walk, so we're saying, 'mild,' but we'll see," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "Hamstrings are tricky, because you can feel pretty good and, if you can't run, you can't play." 

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