1949 Hank Thompson, who broke into the majors as a member of the St. Louis Browns twelve days after Larry Doby's American League debut with the Indians in 1947, became the first African-American to play for the Giants. When the former Kansas City Monarchs' standout pops up to second base facing Dodger right-hander Don Newcombe, it marks the first time a pitcher-batter confrontation occurs between black players in the major leagues.
Rough day. Good weekend however. Took the series against a good 1st place team. Just gets tougher. Phillies up next on the road.
On the bright side, Snakes struck Fryers 9-1, so Dodgers will only lose ground to Phoenix.
Spiders have swallowed Gnats, 5-4 in Cleveland. Snakes have struck Fryers in the first, leading 1-0 at The Litterbox.
Brewers (52-38)
Dodgers (55-35)
SP Dallas Keuchel L
0-0 6.75 ERA
vs
SPJustin Wrobleski L
0-0 .00 ERA
Lineup:
DH S. Ohtani L
C Will Smith R
1B F. Freeman L
RF T. Hernandez R
CF Andy Pages R
LF M. Vargas R
SS Miguel Rojas R
3B E. Hernandez R
2B Chris Taylor R
Keuchel has seemed washed-up for years, but his last start wasn't too bad.
Ugh
Snakes have taken 3-1 lead over Fryers after seven.
Feed finally back, but I missed CT3's blast.
CT3!
MLBTV really messed up – audio feed OK, but video shows "Commerecial Break in Progress."
DP!!!
In-person futuring!
Sweet, yes? Meanwhile, I’m meltttttting.
I would have stuck w the kid another inning.
Guessing they had penciled him for five innings at most. Mission accomplished and wanted him to come out still feeling pretty good about the outing.
Ramírez is an HBP machine.
Tease
No Brewer rallies or stressful innings for Wrobleski. Two home runs quick and deadly has him behind by 4.
Ugh
Oh Will!
Will, "I got your back"
Take the walk Ohtani
More noise.
Y nada.
Rojas flying!
Don't wanna walk that guy.
Lotta noise, but nuttin’ on the scoreboard.
Ump erased a run by not letting Pages walk.
Sure, but umps will never call a 3-0 pitch like that a ball.
I didn't know that
Ha! Even 2-0 there against Vargas.
Maybe rookies/young guys are treated more harshly
I don't like that rule. Smith had to avoid getting hit by pitch and because of the pitch was called for interference. It wasn't like he swung or checked his swings.
It's always a pleasure to note that Trashtros have lost on a walkoff, and that Hader is the LP.
Kid doing the job.
Wooser!
Dr DP
Excelente!
Augezeichnet!
First K!
I thought that might've been fair.
Looked like it might have been, but I guess not enough evidence.
It looked to me as if it would have kicked up chalk – had the line been chalked.
Normally a Barnes game, but Doc can’t resist.
Barnesy played a couple days ago.
Rook gets through his first.
Great to hear that Klayton appears to be back on track with his rehab. Recommend “The Last of His Kind”, by Andy McCullough.
It's cooled off in the East Bay, only 75°. Yesterday in Nicasio it was 95° – unusually hot for West Marin – but the seating was well-shaded.
Yamamoto (shoulder) will begin playing catch next week, Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times reports.
“Yamamoto has been shut down from throwing since being diagnosed with a right rotator cuff strain June 16 but will resume a throwing program in the coming days. The 25-year-old is no longer feeling pain in his shoulder and seems to be on track for an August return”.
Today in Dodgers History
July 7th
1953 The Dodgers set a major league mark for the most consecutive games with a home run by a team with at least one round-tripper in their 24 contests. Brooklyn starter Preacher Roe hits the record-breaking homer with a third-inning blast in the team's 9-5 victory over Pittsburgh at Forbes Field.
1998 In a game remembered more for 'Glory,' a patriotic-colored Beanie Baby souvenir given to the fans, the American League beats the senior circuit, 13-8, in the thin air at Coors Field in Denver. The 21-run total surpasses the previous record set in
1954, when the AL beat the National League in Cleveland's Municipal Stadium, 11-9.
1998 Jeff Shaw becomes the first player to participate in an All-Star Game wearing a uniform for a team he hasn't yet played for when he allows three hits and a run pitching an inning for the National League squad before appearing in a regular-season game for the Dodgers. The 32-year-old closer, who posted a 1.81 ERA and 23 saves in the first half of the season for the Reds, was traded three days ago by Cincinnati to Los Angeles for Paul Konerko and Dennys Reyes.
2004 Kazuhisa Ishii tosses a one-hitter in the Dodgers' 11-0 defeat of Arizona. The 30-year-old Japanese southpaw retires the first 12 batters he faces before issuing a leadoff walk to Luis Gonzalez and a single by Shea Hillenbrand, but the left-hander proceeds to set down the next 15 D-Backs to finish his masterpiece.
Amazing. https://x.com/Jimfrombaseball/status/1810378446511706369
Today in Dodgers History
July 8th
1949 Hank Thompson, who broke into the majors as a member of the St. Louis Browns twelve days after Larry Doby's American League debut with the Indians in 1947, became the first African-American to play for the Giants. When the former Kansas City Monarchs' standout pops up to second base facing Dodger right-hander Don Newcombe, it marks the first time a pitcher-batter confrontation occurs between black players in the major leagues.
Rough day. Good weekend however. Took the series against a good 1st place team. Just gets tougher. Phillies up next on the road.
On the bright side, Snakes struck Fryers 9-1, so Dodgers will only lose ground to Phoenix.
Spiders have swallowed Gnats, 5-4 in Cleveland. Snakes have struck Fryers in the first, leading 1-0 at The Litterbox.
Brewers (52-38)
Dodgers (55-35)
SP Dallas Keuchel L
0-0 6.75 ERA
vs
SPJustin Wrobleski L
0-0 .00 ERA
Lineup:
DH S. Ohtani L
C Will Smith R
1B F. Freeman L
RF T. Hernandez R
CF Andy Pages R
LF M. Vargas R
SS Miguel Rojas R
3B E. Hernandez R
2B Chris Taylor R
Keuchel has seemed washed-up for years, but his last start wasn't too bad.
Ugh
Snakes have taken 3-1 lead over Fryers after seven.
Feed finally back, but I missed CT3's blast.
CT3!
MLBTV really messed up – audio feed OK, but video shows "Commerecial Break in Progress."
DP!!!
In-person futuring!
Sweet, yes? Meanwhile, I’m meltttttting.
I would have stuck w the kid another inning.
Guessing they had penciled him for five innings at most. Mission accomplished and wanted him to come out still feeling pretty good about the outing.
Ramírez is an HBP machine.
Tease
No Brewer rallies or stressful innings for Wrobleski. Two home runs quick and deadly has him behind by 4.
Ugh
Oh Will!
Will, "I got your back"
Take the walk Ohtani
More noise.
Y nada.
Rojas flying!
Don't wanna walk that guy.
Lotta noise, but nuttin’ on the scoreboard.
Ump erased a run by not letting Pages walk.
Sure, but umps will never call a 3-0 pitch like that a ball.
I didn't know that
Ha! Even 2-0 there against Vargas.
Maybe rookies/young guys are treated more harshly
I don't like that rule. Smith had to avoid getting hit by pitch and because of the pitch was called for interference. It wasn't like he swung or checked his swings.
It's always a pleasure to note that Trashtros have lost on a walkoff, and that Hader is the LP.
Kid doing the job.
Wooser!
Dr DP
Excelente!
Augezeichnet!
First K!
I thought that might've been fair.
Looked like it might have been, but I guess not enough evidence.
It looked to me as if it would have kicked up chalk – had the line been chalked.
Normally a Barnes game, but Doc can’t resist.
Barnesy played a couple days ago.
Rook gets through his first.
Great to hear that Klayton appears to be back on track with his rehab. Recommend “The Last of His Kind”, by Andy McCullough.
It's cooled off in the East Bay, only 75°. Yesterday in Nicasio it was 95° – unusually hot for West Marin – but the seating was well-shaded.
Yamamoto (shoulder) will begin playing catch next week, Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times reports.
“Yamamoto has been shut down from throwing since being diagnosed with a right rotator cuff strain June 16 but will resume a throwing program in the coming days. The 25-year-old is no longer feeling pain in his shoulder and seems to be on track for an August return”.
Today in Dodgers History
July 7th
1953 The Dodgers set a major league mark for the most consecutive games with a home run by a team with at least one round-tripper in their 24 contests. Brooklyn starter Preacher Roe hits the record-breaking homer with a third-inning blast in the team's 9-5 victory over Pittsburgh at Forbes Field.
1998 In a game remembered more for 'Glory,' a patriotic-colored Beanie Baby souvenir given to the fans, the American League beats the senior circuit, 13-8, in the thin air at Coors Field in Denver. The 21-run total surpasses the previous record set in
1954, when the AL beat the National League in Cleveland's Municipal Stadium, 11-9.
1998 Jeff Shaw becomes the first player to participate in an All-Star Game wearing a uniform for a team he hasn't yet played for when he allows three hits and a run pitching an inning for the National League squad before appearing in a regular-season game for the Dodgers. The 32-year-old closer, who posted a 1.81 ERA and 23 saves in the first half of the season for the Reds, was traded three days ago by Cincinnati to Los Angeles for Paul Konerko and Dennys Reyes.
2004 Kazuhisa Ishii tosses a one-hitter in the Dodgers' 11-0 defeat of Arizona. The 30-year-old Japanese southpaw retires the first 12 batters he faces before issuing a leadoff walk to Luis Gonzalez and a single by Shea Hillenbrand, but the left-hander proceeds to set down the next 15 D-Backs to finish his masterpiece.