Game 24, 2022

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Dodgers at Cubs, 11:20 AM PDT, TV: Marquee Sports Network, MLBN (out-of-market only), SPNLA

The visiting Dodgers send LHP Clayton Kershaw (3-0, 2.08 ERA) to the daylit Wrigley Field mound to face LHP Drew Smyly (1-2, 2.42 ERA) in the opening game of this doubleheader for the hometown Cubbies. Kershaw has been his usual self, setting career records and winnng games. Smyly has made four starts and not yet gone beyond 5 innings in any of them.

Today in Dodgers’ history:

  • 1937 Dodgers and Giants fans attending afternoon ball games at both the Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field are thrilled to have the opportunity to catch a glimpse of the Hindenburg when the passenger airship appears over New York, nearing the end of its maiden voyage of the season from Germany. A few hours later, the majestic German zeppelin will explode on a landing strip in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 36 of its passengers.
  • 1947 In a small office high up behind home plate at Ebbets Field, National League president Ford Frick meets with seven Cardinal players individually, revealing he is aware of their secret plan to strike as a protest to Jackie Robinson playing for the Dodgers. The usually non-confrontational leader of the Senior Circuit makes his position clear about their planned boycott, telling the Redbird conspirators they will encounter quick retribution from his office that will include suspensions from baseball.
  • 1978 After going deep as a pinch hitter on May 2, Lee Lacy becomes the first major leaguer to pinch-hit home runs in consecutive at-bats. The Dodgers’ super sub will make it three in a row on May 17.
  • 2009 With a 10-3 victory over Washington, the Dodgers break the major league mark for consecutive victories at home to open a season with their 13th straight win in L.A. The previous record of 12 was established in 1911 by the Tigers.
  • 2015 Bob Uecker, along with fellow broadcasters Joe Block and Jeff Levering, longtime engineer Kent Sommerfeld, and his assistant, Mary Burns, become trapped for several innings as the result of a broken lock on the Miller Park’s radio broadcast booth door. A crew of workmen, using a ladder positioned on the loge level, climbed into the booth to remove the door from its hinges, while the announcers’ play-by-play continued to detail the action of Brewers and Dodgers game on the field.

    “People who are listening to the ballgame, I know what you’re thinking. He’s ready for the home. He’s cooked. It’s finally happened. He’s seeing ladders and doors without handles.” – BOB UECKER, explaining being trapped for several innings by a broken lock on the radio broadcast booth’s door.

  • 2021 The Angels designated Albert Pujols, hitting .198 with five homers and 12 RBIs in 86 at-bats, for assignment, releasing the aging superstar after he clears waivers. The reigning World Champion Dodgers will sign the 41-year-old future first-ballot Hall of Famer to a one-year deal for the prorated share of the $570,500 league minimum, with the $30-million remaining in his 10-year, $240-million contract the responsibility of the Halos. It worked out well for the Dodgers: Pujols had a slash line of .259/.299/.460 with 12 HRs and 38 RBIs in 85 games with the team.

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61 thoughts on “Game 24, 2022”

  1. I am not a Moronta fan – and gnot only because he was a Gnat. He has gno command.

  3. Double double toil and trouble Freddie swings and Freddie rumbles

    • Have you been to Chicago? I was there once for a week at a hotel software provider’s meeting to show us users how cool their new versions were. Regrettably I had a terrible cold the whole time.

      • Just for a few days one autumn as I was scheduled for a book talk at the Geographical Society. Too late in the season for baseball.

      • Went several times when my daughter was in grad school. I always seemed to time it for when the Dodgers were in town,

  6. Wow. Just finished Michael Leahy’s incredible book, The Last Innocents – about the 1960’s Dodgers. It is a worthy follow up, in my opinion, to Roger Kahn’s The Boys of Summer.

    Reading about the Dodger teams of that era – especially 1962-1966 – reminds me of this year: low scoring and great pitching.

    • Enjoyed the book very much, especially the stuff on Maury Wills.

  11. Break up the Reds. They scored 7 in the 8th and lead the Pirates 9-2 with but an inning left to play.

  12. Wish the Dodgers had scored 2 in the 2nd just to fill in the score line pattern of:

    1 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (0?)

  13. Dontrelle Willis is one happy dude. He laughs after ever sentence he says in the booth.

        • And I place this in the “not wrong, just different” category.

          • If the Dodgers are going to have these rotating announcers working with Joe on the road they should publish the broadcasters’ schedule on their website. I don’t think we get Jessica Mendoza again until the first week of July, which is too long a wait for me. I like her in the booth. On the basis of one game, I enjoyed Dontrelle Willis’s commentary today. He seems to be a happy-go-lucky guy.

            OTOH, if they forgot Eric Karros I wouldn’t complain. Great HR hitter and good first baseman; announcer? Not so much.

  24. The JT-Muncy black hole swallows up another scoring opportunity….

  25. Good start. Should have been better. Wasted a runner at 3rd with no outs.

  26. Read where Treinen is still experiencing soreness in the shoulder and will be getting and MRI. Sure hope we get him back. Sooner rather than later, but, at least this season.

  27. May 7, 2022 at 10:06 am
    First Game:
    SPClayton Kershaw L
    3-0 2.35 ERA 30K

    Lineup:
    RF Mookie Betts R
    1B F. Freeman L
    SS Trea Turner R
    3B J. Turner R
    DH Max Muncy L
    LF Chris Taylor R
    CF C. Bellinger L
    C A. Barnes R
    2B Gavin Lux L

    Clear-day
    0% Rain
    52° Wind 11 mph In

  28. Good news on a couple fronts: 1) The Gnats lost their fifth straight last night and could slip into the cellar today; 2) All today’s games are free on MLBTV.

  29. Even as the Dodgers are on the sidelines today, it’s encouraging to watch the Gnats regress to the mean. By tomorrow, the Snakes could pass them in standings.