One game hardly makes a trend, but suffice it to say that Alex Guerrero did a lot at the plate and on the field to bolster his chances at being part of the conversation. Not too long ago he was thought to be a bad signing, but if he continues to impress that opinion will quickly fade.
Due to a couple of injuries Guerrero had an opportunity to start for the Dodgers on Sunday and made the most of it. Guerrero went 3 for 5 with a two-run home run, a run scoring double and four RBI's total. If not for his work with the bat the Dodgers surely would have been swept by the Diamondbacks. Best yet, Guerrero made several good defensive plays at third base. Although he is far from a wizard at the hot corner, he just might be able to get the job done there.
Overall, you gotta like that he took the opportunity and ran with it. The photo above of Guerrero being interviewed by Alanna Rizzo was shared on the @Dodgers twitter. BTW, Joc Pederson and Yasiel Puig both hit their first home runs on the season as well, so hopefully this is a sign that those bats are ready to come alive.
Below are some links to check out:
- Via Lyle Spencer at MLB.com, "On field and off, Newcombe's life has benefited many."
"He said, 'Don, you'll never know how easy you and Jackie and Roy and Doby made it for me to do my job by what you did on the baseball field,'" Newcombe said. "After everything he'd been through, here he was telling me how we'd helped him with the movement. I'll never forget that."
- Via Ron Cervenka at Think Blue LA, "An interview with 2003 Cy Young award winner Eric Gagné."
EG: It’s hard to describe. I try to explain to my friends and my kids – my kids are older now and understand – and it’s hard to describe, crazy, emotional, everybody was so into it. The energy in there gets your adrenaline pumping and I think everybody fed off of each other. It was just amazing. I wasn’t there for Fernandomania and all that stuff but I heard it was just amazing. And I’d seen Hell’s Bells for Trevor Hoffman, it was really really cool, so I think I was really really lucky to be part of that.
- Via Ken Gurnick at MLB.com, "Cuban-born players support Dodgers' cause."
- Via Lyle Spencer at MLB.com, "Lopes appreciative of those who came before him."
"I met all the great players, but I never had the opportunity to meet Jackie," Lopes said. "I didn't get to tell him what he meant to me personally -- and to so many other people.
- Jon Weisman at Dodger Insider sets things straight, "Defensive shifts are old news." I too can't believe there is any controversy in this. Folks seem desperate to find something to complain about.
Shifts in baseball in 2015, such as the Dodgers have been using, might be more common, more extreme, more committed, more intense on the risk-reward proposition, but they’re an outgrowth of the way baseball has been played as long as I’ve known it — and longer than that I’m sure.
- I guess recently traded for reliever Ryan Webb isn't coming to Los Angeles. Via Eric Stephen at True Blue LA, "Ryan Webb accepts outright assignment to Triple-A Oklahoma City."
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