Dodgers at Mets, 1:00 PM PT, TV: SPNLA, SNY
Joe Posnanski writes for MLB.com:
Assuming everyone stays healthy, the Dodgers’ crazy lineup features eight players with double-digit home runs and includes NL MVP Award candidates Corey Seager and Justin Turner, along with a certain NL Rookie of the Year Award winner in Bellinger. Their bullpen is so good that the Dodgers have gone into the sixth inning with 61 leads … and they have won every single one of those games. And the rotation will feature Kershaw, Alex Wood (who is 13-1 with a 2.33 ERA) and now Darvish. It doesn’t quite seem fair.
Dylan Hernandez writes at the LA Times:
What immediately stands out about Yu Darvish is his size.
He’s huge. Like, really, really huge.
The measurements of 6 feet 5 and 220 pounds don’t adequately describe the physical stature of the Dodgers’ recently acquired flamethrower. His shoulders are massive. His chest is expansive.
Andy McCullough has team reactions as the deal was made and confirmed.
As noted, the Dodgers send out the newly-acquired RHP Yu Darvish, who was 6-9 with a 4.01 ERA for the Rangers this season. He’ll face RHP Jacob deGrom, who’s 12-4 with a 3.29 ERA and one of the few bright spots in the Mets’ otherwise-unhappy season in which they’re eight games under .500 and only Jacob deGrom has made all 21 scheduled starts. Steven Matz, who is 2-4 with a 5.50 ERA in 10 starts, is the only other pitcher on the active roster of the seven candidates for the rotation in spring training.
This date in Dodgers’ history:
- 1908 In Brooklyn, the last-place Cardinals blank the Brooklyn Superbas (Dodgers), 3-0. The entire Washington Park contest is played with just one ball.
- 1941 Mickey Owens [sic] becomes the first catcher to handle three foul pop ups in one frame. The Brooklyn backstop’s third inning defense contributes to the Dodgers’ 11-6 victory over New York at Ebbets Field.
- 1942 In a military relief game at the Polo Grounds, which will be the last war-time twilight game played, Pee Wee Reese’s grand slam in the top of the ninth, which puts the Dodgers up 5-1, doesn’t count because of the 9:10 pm government curfew. The game ends up as a 1-1 tie with the Giants.
- 1948 Ernie Harwell, filling in for Red Barber, who is recovering from a bleeding ulcer, calls his first major league game as the Dodgers beat the Cubs at Ebbets Field, 5-4. To obtain the future Hall of Fame broadcaster, Brooklyn general manager Branch Rickey trades minor league catcher Cliff Dapper to the Atlanta Crackers.
In non-Dodgers history, on this date in 1985 Tom Seaver won his 300th game and Rod Carew got his 3,000th hit.
Lineup when available.
Tonight's Dodger lineup at Mets:
Taylor LF
Seager SS
Turner 3B
Bellinger 1B
Pederson CF
Grandal C
Utley 2B
Puig RF
Darvish P pic.twitter.com/fIt4oCwS5m— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 4, 2017
Phlablo’s a Gnat again… https://twitter.com/JohnSheaHey/status/893885212182011904
New York Times game story.
NPUT @ 0800 HST, 1100PT
Yu-HOO!!!!(to borrow from Link)
What a great win for the streaking Dodgers!
Yu-haw!
A win, a new record . . . and we have bonus time — the rest of the night off!
42-7. Amazing.
Who’dve thunk the Dodgers could improve on their previous streak?
Nice to see the hustle on D as well as running the bases.
Pretty impressive outing by Darvish. He probably could have gone deeper, but no need.
The iron law of 100 pitches got him.
Darvish was wearing blue this year, but now he’s with THE Blue . . . great debut, Yu!
JT brings in CT with the sac fly, Corey moves over — REALLY like how this team is aggressive on the basepaths!
It looks as if the brief offensive slump that started against the Gnats has ended.
Now Utley hits a 2run HR.
Utley chases the boobirds!!!!
I knew LA led 2-0, but when I tuned in, they scored on a double play.
If that doesn’t prove things are going your way . . . !
YuK!
This one’s more realistic: November 4, 2015 at Stuart Anderson’s for a birthday dinner.
Woof!
Haircuts: Would you believe this was me last week?
A new feature: “This Day in Haircuts.”
Pen may spectate this game.
Seeing what Joc did with his hair again made me google popular haircuts for 2017. He could have done worse. http://www.menshairstyletrends.com/popular-haircuts-for-men/
Joc’s is pretty bad, though.
A lot of those are simply awful and those kids should get offa my lawn.
Or they should at least rake up the remains.
Third the easiest inning so far for DeGrom.
Followed by an even easier one for Yu.
Four was easy, 10 pitches. 3rd, no runs but 30 odd pitches
Yu looks like a hitter. McCarthy might want to get some pointers from him.
A 2-0 lead and DeGrom has thrown 49 pitches in two innings. Sounds good to me.
Third inning is not an easy one either.
DeGrom’s gotten off cheap so far, but 81 pitches through three is a lot.
Easily could break 100 after 4
Did Davis say the team had 15 dingers in the last series against the Mets in DS?
I don’t remember how many he said.
Yep, that’s right.
Averaged 8.5 runs in four game sweep, which followed a 3 game sweep of Reds and preceded a 3 game sweep of Rox.
In that 4-game series, Bellinger, Seager and Grandal hit 3 HRs each. Turner hit 2. Taylor, Puig, Hernandez and Pederson hit 1 each. The Mets hit a total of 7.
Puig-o-matic
Ward might want to hide after a Puig-o-matic
Nice to get that first inning out of the way.
Used his 6’5″.
That has to be a catch that defies the natural urge to duck
31 pitches for deGrom in just one inning. That helps.
Gotta keep it up, but the Mutts’ ‘pen is mediocre at best.
Mutts?
Yup.
My goodness, CT!
Pushing for MVP. “Hey, Joe P, what am I, chopped liver?”
He’s no Zach Lee, though…
Lee made a huge contribution to the success of the Dodgers this year.
Well, by virtue of this deal you could say he did. 😉
June 19, 2016: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Seattle Mariners for Chris Taylor.
Ouch, but true.
I wasn’t trying to be mean. Lee was good enough to get Taylor and Taylor took it from there.
Pretty good AB there by Taylor…
Picked up somewhere last couple days.
Their bullpen is so good that the Dodgers have gone into the sixth inning with 61 leads … and have won every single one.
Heh. See quote from Posnanski above.
Yeah! Saw you had it already right after posting. Oops. Replaced with the above.
You hear about the Dodger lineup being tough on pitchers from 1-8. Here’s OPS from last night’s lineup — as if proof were needed.
CT .913
Seags .913
Justin .979
Belli .954
Logan .674 (oh, well)
Barnes .936
Kik .780
Puig .801
Joc .806 (pinch hitter)
Link: Your This date in Dodgers’ history is great. I share it with friends. By the way, the catcher’s name is Mickey Owen, not Mickey Owens.
Corrected the tag. I get the data from the nationalpastime.com site and it’s occasionally inaccurate with names and details.
I’m glad you enjoy it.
Darvish appears to be a class act.