Blog Kiosk: 5/3/2014 - Dodger Links - Dodgers Odds and Ends

Adrian Gonzalez says to nominate your All-Star Teacher.  Go here for details. 

• Via Ken Gurnick at MLB.com, "Extra day of rest moves Kershaw return to Tuesday."

"I feel the timetable was about right," he said. "I had a little reservation about another rehab game [Wednesday], but that's done with."

• Via Dustin Nosler at Dodgers Digest, "Scott Van Slyke: Extra-base hit machine."

In 43 plate appearances, Van Slyke is hitting .309/.419/.722(!) with three home runs, four doubles, one triple and a .381 isolated power mark (league-average is .145). Eight of his 11 hits have gone for extra bases, and 15 of his 31 hits in 2013 were of the extra-base variety. When he gets a hit, he makes it count.

• Via Jon Weisman at Dodger Insider, "New Dodger Stadium offerings impress food bloggers."
• Via Chris Olds at Beckett, he shares some preview images of 2014 Topps Tek; including the Kershaw card on the right.
• Via Teddy Cahill at MLB.com, "Pederson, Lively named Pipeline Prospects of Month."

April was a good month for Pederson. In addition to his dizzying start to the season -- he ranks near the top of the Minor League leaderboard in a wide array of statistics -- Pederson celebrated his 22nd birthday on April 21. That makes him one of the youngest players in the Pacific Coast League, even if he hasn't played like it.

• Greg Zakwin at Plaschke, Thy Sweater is Argyle shares some autographs he attained of some key Dodger prospects at a Rancho Cucamonga ballgame.
• David Brown at Big League Stew tells us about a rare 1919 World Series footage that has recently been unearthed and put on youtube.
• This is funny.  The El Blog for High Rank Websites shares their Kings vs. Sharks office bet for all to see.  The losers faced some public shaming.

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