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Save Some for Later!

June 12, 2024 //
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Everybody got a Joe Kelly jersey last night.

Holy cow! I just hope the Dodgers didn’t use up all their homestand home runs in one game!

What a slugfest that was last night. It was hard to believe it was even happening, there were so many homers and important hits, like Mookie Betts‘ 3-run double that tore the game open in the 4th. In the 6th inning, 10 Dodgers batted, scoring 7 runs on 6 hits (4 of them round-trippers)!

Not exactly the pitching duel I like to watch. In fact, in the 7th, the Rangers (reigning World Series Champions) had their backup catcher, Andrew Knizner, come out with bases loaded and a 14-2 deficit to do their dirty work on the mound. But to tell you the truth, he turned out to be more effective than their real pitchers. He lobbed the ball like it was batting practice, but only gave up a sac fly and one walk. And he had a 1-2-3 inning in the 8th.

The real batting practice came off Grant Anderson in the 6th, when the Dodgers were ahead, 7-1, with one out and Mookie walked. Shohei Ohtani blasted a home run to right field, and Freddie Freeman (who went 3-for-4 by the way) followed with another homer. Will Smith hit a single before Teoscar Hernández did what he does best: he clobbered the ball over the left field wall.

But a 12-1 advantage wasn’t enough for these greedy boys. After a lineout to left by Gavin Lux, Andy Pages smoked a single down the 3rd-base line, and Jason Heyward sent Anderson’s last pitch into the visitors’ dugout. Hey ya!!!

I just hope they still have some in the tank for tonight!

MY SCORECARDS
GAME 68: Dodgers 15-Rangers 2

Side note: Whoever posts the pitch counts on the scoreboard kept counting the fourth ball in a walk as a strike, and there were a lot of walks (10 altogether). So the pitch counts were completely wrong throughout the game. What a numbskull!

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Our Stealth Bomber

June 11, 2024 //
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Teoscar Hernández hits one of two homers against the Cardinals on March 29. Saturday, he would repeat the feat to lead the Dodgers to a series win over the Yankees in New York. Oh yeah, and one of them was a slam! (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

OK, OK, the Dodgers can seem very inconsistent from time to time. Our bats can be dead as doornails one day and unstoppable the next. Our pitchers can strike out the side one inning, then give up home runs like there’s no tomorrow one frame later.

The Yanks, on the other hand, had an 8-game win streak going and the best record in baseball when the Boys in Blue put a stop to it Friday night, edging their longtime rivals, 2-1, in 11 innings. We killed them the next day, 11-3, and made them work for it Sunday, when New York bested us, 6-4.

I’m so glad we beat the Yankees. I was very worried about that series. I needn’t have fretted, however, especially on Saturday, when every Dodger had at least one hit, six of them had RBIs (including six for Teoscar alone). What a game! We had a 4-2 lead going into the 8th inning, then Wham, Bam, Thank You, Maam! — we scored 7 runs in the last two, highlighted by Hernandez’s Grand Slam.

I love the Dodgers. Starting tonight, I will go to five consecutive games. Stay tuned!

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Slammin’ & Getting Slammed

May 22, 2024 //
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Roberto at the Gold Glove Bar makes a mean Manhattan!

I spent the past two evenings at Dodger Stadium, with two very different outcomes.

Monday, my hubby’s birthday, we watched the game from a friend’s front-row Loge seats, and the Dodgers didn’t disappoint. But before the game, I persuaded my husband to come to the Gold Glove Bar with me for drinks and a pregame snack. We had Manhattans made by everybody’s favorite bartender, Roberto.

On our way up to our seats, we stood in camera range while Nomar Garciaparra, Jerry Hairston Jr. & John Hartung did the pregame show. We also toured Centerfield Plaza. It was Hawaiian Shirt Night, so there were a lot of people wearing blue-and-white Aloha-style Dodger shirts. (It was a special-ticket package, so we didn’t get one, although some dude offered to sell us his … for $500!)

Then there was the game, which boiled down to just one inning, in the long run.

In the bottom of the 3rd — with the D’Backs ahead, 1-0 — Kiké Hernández led off with a solo home run. Then Miguel Rojas and Mookie Betts each singled and Shohei Ohtani walked to load the bases with nobody out! Up to the plate steps Freddie Freeman. On a 2-1 count, he slams it over the fence just right of centerfield. It was so beautiful! Happy Birthday, Steve!

My view of the moment that won the game.

Will Smith capped the inning off with another solo dinger, and then the Dodgers managed to hold onto the lead through the rest of the game, finished ahead, 6-4.

GAME 50: Dodgers 6-Diamondbacks 4

Side note: Channeling the L.A. Blue Bum, I wrote a haiku to celebrate Steve’s birthday, which they (sort of) put on the left-field board after the 5th inning. It said, “Who woulda thunk it? Seemayer is 70 … Go Dodgers!” The last line was edited from a 5-syllable phrase that I wasn’t sure they’d use in the first place, but I had to try.

Now, last night was a completely different story. Our bats were dead, our pitching was not up to par, and when Joc Pederson put the nail in our coffin with a 3-run homer in the 7th inning, Steve got up and left. I stayed because I was keeping score, and I always hope until the last out that we will pull off a miracle. I’ve seen it happen, so I know it can be done.

GAME 51: Diamondbacks 7-Dodgers 3
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