Something you might have missed from last night's 12-1 rout of the Mariners was the ninth inning performance by Dodger reliever Zac Rosscup. He came in to finish the game and proceeded to throw the 93rd Immaculate Inning in Major League history -- striking out three batters using only nine strikes. It was also the first Dodger' Immaculate inning since Kenley Jansen's performance on 5/18/17 against the Marlins, the eighth ever in Dodgers history and the sixth Dodger to ever do it (Koufax did it three times). You can watch Rosscup's inning here.
Below are more links to check out:
- This Day in Dodgers History: In 1945 seventeen year old Dodger shortstop Tommy Brown became the youngest player in Major League history to hit a home run. He hit it off of Pirates hurler Preacher Roe in the seventh inning, and it would be the only run the Dodgers would score in a losing effort, 11-1. In 1978 Steve Garvey and Don Sutton have a scuffle in the clubhouse before their game against the Mets. Sutton was critical of Garvey in a Washington Post story (here's a followup story); saying that he was more interested in his off-field persona than his play, and that Reggie Smith was the teams MVP.
"All you hear about on our team is Steve Garvey the All-American boy. But Reggie Smith was the real MVP. We all know it . . . (Smith) has carried us the last two years.He is not a facade. He does not have the Madison Avenue image."
- Happy Birthday, Frank Bonner, Ed McLane, Bill Crouch, Al Lopez, Fred Norman, Lance Rautzhan, Kal Daniels, Jamie Hoffman & Blake DeWitt!
- Podcast: Tommy Lasorda joins the "Pardon My Take" to discuss Kirk Gibson's home run, the best hitter ever, and why he still thinks the Phillie Phanatic is a punk (28:04 - 59:36) (Podcast Link).
- Check this out! Jon Weisman at Dodger Thoughts; "Interview: Carl Erskine speaks about the Dodgers and his life in baseball."
- Dogged one, eh? Via Ken Gurnick at MLB.com; "Machado hit on left wrist, but X-rays negative."
"I'm good, guys, nothing crazy," said Machado, who was removed for the precautionary pictures and replaced at third base by designated hitter Justin Turner. "No bone, no nothing."
- Here's a new Dodgers international signing, via a tweet from Sun Min Kim:
Per reports, the #Dodgers have signed Korean HS RHP Hyun-Il Choi with a $300,000 signing bonus. https://t.co/mhwFJ56OsQ— Sung Min Kim (@sung_minkim) August 20, 2018
- Via John Gittelsohn and Patrick Clark at Bloomberg; "Dodgers Co-Owner Takes Stake in Beverly Hilton Hotel."
Former Guggenheim Partners President Todd Boehly’s Cain International bought a stake in the Beverly Hilton and adjacent Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, a storied hotel complex that hosts Hollywood and Wall Street royalty as the home of the Golden Globe Awards and Milken Institute Global Conference.
- This is fun, via a tweet from the Mariners:
Of course the Seager parents are in the building for Dodgers vs. Mariners.— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) August 18, 2018
Even with just Kyle playing (get well soon, Corey), his mom Jody had to rep both sides. pic.twitter.com/Z8ww5aeHQc
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