During the Dodgers impressive victories this weekend in St. Louis -- that brought the Dodgers within half-a-game of the Rockies in the NL West and a tie for the last Wild Card playoff spot -- the Dodgers' farmclubs in Tulsa and Rancho Cucamonga won their respective league titles.Congrats, Drillers! Congrats, Quakes!
Hopefully this is an omen, not only for this season, but for the future of the franchise.Craig Minami at True Blue LA provides a nice write-up on both victories, here. Check out the Drillers boxscore here. Check out the Quakes boxscore here.
Below are more links to check out:
- This Day in Dodgers History: In 1912 Brooklyn outfielder and future Hall of Fame Manager Casey Stengel made his Major League debut. He collected four hits, drove in two runs and swiped a pair of stolen bases. In 1979 Dodger catcher Joe Ferguson hit his 20th homer of the season against the Atlanta Braves, which gave the team their fifth player with at least 20 homers on the year for the first time in franchise history. In 1981 Fernando Valenzuela ties a Major League record for shutouts by a rookie at eight when he defeated the Atlanta Braves, 2-0. In 1996 Hideo Nomo threw the Dodgers 20th no-hitter in franchise history. He defeated the Colorado Rockies, 9-0. Watch the last out of this game here.
- Happy Birthday, Butts Wagner (older brother of Honus Wagner), Maury Kent, Ernie Koy & Dan Haren!
- Memorabilia Watch: Wow! Hakes Auctions has a bunch of vintage Dodger pins up for auction. Many of which I've never seen before. Go here to check out the whole auction. Here's a bunch of pins from the 70's (link here and here). Here's some anti-Dodger pins (link here). As a side note, apparently the 3.5" red player pins that I've written about before were issued during the 1965 World Series (link here). I had no idea!
- Podcast: Tiki and Tierney at CBS SPorts catches up with Dodger legend Steve Garvey (Podcast Link).
- David Pinto at Baseball Musings provides an update to the; "Massive Tie Scenario."
- Jon Heyman at FanCred Sports notes that manager Dave Roberts, as well as, the Dodgers front office leaders (Friedman, Zaidi, etc.) jobs are safe for the 2019 season.
- cynicalbuddh at A Pack to Be Named Later opens up a; "1996 Fleer Baseball '96 Dodgers Team Set Pack."
- Dodger prospect Gavin Lux makes Baseball America's 2018 Minor League All-Star Team (First Team). Outfielder Alex Verdugo made the Second Team.
- Here's some McCourt news. Via Rory Smith at the NY Times; "An Ex-Owner of the Dodgers Takes Another Swing in Marseille."
When McCourt bought Marseille, he vowed that the team would soon be able not only to compete with P.S.G.’s galaxy of stars, but to surpass it.It seemed a quixotic idea, a romantic folly. Short of sinking hundreds of millions of dollars into acquiring talent, it was not apparent quite how that metamorphosis might happen. Marseille’s golden era was gone; P.S.G. and Monaco — the plaything of the Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev — glittered now.
- Here's and old friend alert. Atlanta has discovered what we already knew -- Charlie Culberson is clutch. Per David Laurila at FanGraphs; "How Culberson Became “Charlie Clutch” in Atlanta."
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