Just three days after earning a promotion to Tulsa from Rancho Cucamonga, right-handed starter Trevor Oaks earned the victory in his Double-A debut while helping lead the Drillers to a 2-1 victory over Arkansas in an early game on Wednesday.
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Even if he doesn’t get the call to join the big league roster anytime soon, right-handed pitching prospect Trevor Oaks can always boast that he suited up to join Kenley Jansen and Company in the Dodgers bullpen for a day — not too shabby an honor for a 22-year-old Single-A farmhand in only his second full year with the organization.
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Let’s go crazy
Let’s get nuts
Let’s look for the purple banana
‘Til they put us in the truck, let’s go!
(Be honest, you didn’t know those were the words either)
Of course in our musical tag line we had to use a Prince song. The way this road trip ended, the logical choice was Let’s Go Crazy. (I’m really happy I didn’t have to use I Hate U). Quite a few crazy things happened on this road trip, from the horrid conditions of Turner Field, to comebacks, to an eephus pitch, to insane flips and catches and throws.
Somewhere down the path of the 2016 season, the Dodgers may look back on Sunday’s 12-10 win at Coors Field and view it as a defining moment in regards to establishing momentum, while seeing plenty of both heart and fortitude for the first time during the young campaign.
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Up until the beginning of the 2016 season, from Joe Ferguson to Davey Lopes, every Los Angeles first base coach over the past 25 years has been a player for the Dodgers at some point in their careers. What’s more, the club has actually seen less first base coaches than managers during the exact 25-year time frame.
George Lombard, however, has never (officially) played for the Dodgers. Better still, Lombard has never coached in the majors prior to arriving in Los Angeles. Yet as his fellow coaches and players get to know him, they are quickly discovering that Lombard may be bringing more energy and enthusiasm than any of his predecessors.
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Clayton Kershaw surprised everyone on Thursday morning with what appeared to be an eephus pitch, floating the ball home at a whopping 46 MPH to Braves’ catcher Tyler Flowers in the bottom of the fourth inning of the series finale.
Without any knowledge of Kershaw’s intent, Orel Hershiser, SportsNet LA’s color analyst, tried his best to explain what he saw after the pitch was thrown.
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Surprisingly, amidst the Dodgers’ rich pitching heritage that spans more than 130 years, very few left-handed starting pitchers have experienced any kind of dominating, consistent success. While we found it relatively effortless to list upwards of 40 right-handed elite starters, the undaunted task of naming ten premier southpaw starters was a bit difficult.
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“I said it’s alright – You know it’s alright – I guess it’s all in my heart.” ~Page/Plant
Safe to say DodgerFam is feeling a little better this week. The Dodgers took two of three in each series against the Diamondbacks and Giants, moving to an 8-5 record and sole ownership of first place in the division. The bullpen, the subject of so much angst in the first week, and later losing the home opener, has not allowed a run in the last 14 innings. Howie Kendrick and Yasmani Grandal returned from the disabled list, and Enrique Hernandez went on a tear against Madison Bumgarner in a 7-3 win Friday night.
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While he didn’t manage to rescue a swallowed baby jackrabbit from the stomach of a fierce rattlesnake, super utility man Enrique Hernandez was able to spearhead his team’s offensive attack on Friday, leading the Dodgers to a 7-3 victory over the Giants in front of a sellout crowd on Jackie Robinson Day.
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Chosen by the Dodgers in the first round of the 2014 MLB draft, 20-year-old pitching sensation Grant Holmes continues to climb the ranks, and hopes to impress scouts and coaches after being promoted to High-A Rancho Cucamonga to begin the 2016 campaign.
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Think Blue Planning Committee 