Game 93, 2023

Dodgers at Baltimore, 4:05 PM PDT, TV: MASN, SPNLA, TBS (out-of-market only)

The former Robins send RHP Emmit Sheehan (2-0, 4.35 ERA) to the Camden Yards hill to face the former Browns’ RHP Grayson Rodriguez, (2-2, 7.24 ERA).

Today in Dodgers’ history:

  • 1954 With Jim Gilliam (2b), Jackie Robinson (3b), Sandy Amoros (lf), Roy Campanella (c), and Don Newcombe (p) in the starting lineup against the Braves, the Dodgers field the first team which consists of a majority of black players. The historic five helps Brooklyn to beat Milwaukee at County Stadium, 2-1.
  • 1964 In Los Angeles, the Chavez Ravine contest becomes the first Pay-TV baseball game as Subscription Television offers the cablecast to subscribers for a fee. The Dodgers beat Chicago, 3-2, with Don Drysdale collecting 10 strikeouts.
  • 1976 Walter Alston becomes the sixth skipper to win 2,000 games when the Dodgers overcome a four-run first inning deficit and beat Chicago at Chavez Ravine, 5-4. ‘Smokey’ will leave at the end of the season, finishing his 23-year tenure in his only managerial position in the majors with a 2,040-1,613 record (.558).
  • 2021 The unveiling of Marc Melon’s sculpture A Handshake for a Century in Youngstown, OH immortalizes the handshake between Jackie Robinson and George Shuba after Robinson hits his first professional home run. ‘Shotgun’ Shuba extends his hand, marking the first welcoming gesture between a black and white player, while other teammates on the 1946 International League’s Montreal Royals fail to greet the rookie at home plate.

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95 thoughts on “Game 93, 2023

  1. Kudos to Sheehan. He could have imploded. But he kept his cool and kept us in the game… A great learning experience.

  2. Just like they drew it up in April: Sheehan with the W and Brasier with the S.

  3. Anyone here play Immaculate Grid? It’s fun, but I don’t usually do a great job on figuring out “name the player that played on these 2 different teams” categories (unless one team is the Dodgers).

    https://www.baseball-reference.com/

    • Sounds like a game my family plays with actors and directors that leaves me wondering how and why they know that stuff.

  4. I think the Dodger season record for Grand Slams is 11 back in 2021. So need 2 more to tie and 3 to set a new record.

  5. Nice contingent of Dodgers fans here. Last time I was here must have been in 2019. Dick Mountain starter. Struck out the first two but then lost control and didn’t finish the first.

  6. I hope that Muncy proves me wrong today, but I think there are better alternatives than Max in the cleanup spot.

          • Great place that catch a ballgame, though I miss the ambiance of Memorial Stadium.

          • I only ever saw a game at Memorial Stadium when I taught at GW in the early 90s. I did see a spring game at RFK that same year; it snowed that March morning but they still got the game in.