What Does Kiké, Yasmani, Kelly Osbourne and a Toilet have to do with Anything?

So this happened today.

I was checking out my twitter feed when I ran across a tweet from Kiké Hernandez that had me puzzled.  Check out the tweet below

Heading to the stadium early so that I can clean the toilets in the clubhouse! Right? @KellyOsbourne

— Enrique Hernandez (@kikehndez) August 4, 2015

What the heck is he talking about, and what does a toilet and reality TV personality Kelly Osborne have to do with anything?... Beside the obvious jokes about her hair. 

Well it seems that Osbourne put her foot in her mouth when she tried to make a salient point about Donald Trump's recent racist tirades against Hispanics by using a stereotype many would say is racist in itself.  Via a story by Zach Johnson at EOnline:

"If you kick every Latino out of this country, then who is going to be cleaning your toilet, Donald Trump?" Osbourne said. "In the sense that...you know what I mean? But I'm saying that in L.A., they always..." The other co-hosts were taken aback, and Perez said, "Latinos are not only the only people doing that." Osbourne cut her off and said, "No, I didn't mean it like that! Come on! I would never mean it like that! I'm not part of this argument."

Oy Vey!

First of all I hate the idea that we should be taking her seriously about a subject matter like this.  It's above her pay grade (so to speak) and I think she should just stick to her fashion consulting thingy.  Secondly, I get the gist of what she is trying to say, but she's very bad at doing it.  Thirdly, why the heck am I even writing about this?

Oh yeah... A couple of Dodger players decided to chime in.

Following Kiké's comment, Yasmani Grandal did his best to make light of the whole thing in his own tweet.

Cleaning toilets it's how I got my hand eye coordination!!! RIGHT?? https://t.co/QdoHnDpJGC

— Yasmani Grandal (@YazmanianDVL08) August 4, 2015

So there ya go.  We now have the secret to Yasmani's success.  LOL!

It's not often a Dodger player makes a public comment regarding a tangentially significant sociopolitical topic.  Most will stay away for fear of offending the easily offendable.  In this particular situation, though, both Hernandez and Grandal decide to make a serious point by being super-sarcastic, and this Dodger fan absolutely loves it.  I must say that this is a fine use of trolling as you'll ever see. 

BTW, I should probably state that I don't think Kelly Osbourne meant any harm by what she said.  She's just an idiot.

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Blog Kiosk: 8/4/2015 - Dodger Links - Kershaw, Pederson and Jim Johnson

Congrats, Clayton!  Via Jon Weisman at Dodger Insider, "Clayton Kershaw named NL Pitcher of the Month."

Kershaw won the award even though his eight shutout innings on Saturday, July 32 weren’t counted. In the 31 previous days, the 27-year-old lefty pitched 33 innings and allowed one run for a 0.27 ERA (1.31 xFIP), walking two and striking out 45.

It was not an easy month to win the award. Among the competition was teammate Zack Greinke (38 innings, 0.95 ERA, 2.89 xFIP) and Chicago Cubs pitchers Jon Lester (43 1/3 innings, 1.66 ERA, 2.31 xFIP) and Jake Arrieta (42 2/3 innings, 1.90 ERA, 2.56 xFIP).

Graphic above via @Dodgers on twitter.  Below are some links to check out:

• Via Arash Markazi at ESPN, "How baseball trades hit home for players, their families."

"My son doesn't really get it," (Jim) Johnson said. "My daughter kind of understands it and took it pretty hard. So I send them some things to get them excited about the new team. I get them new jerseys and hats. My daughter loves notebooks, so I got couple of notebooks. It makes the transition easier for them I think."

• Joc has been struggling.  Matt Goldman at Beyond the Boxscore takes a look at why: "Hard hit balls have disappeared from Joc Pederson."

While the sample is much smaller in July, it's obvious that Pederson is not as disciplined as he was earlier in the season. It's also clear that he's not as aggressive on pitches in the zone. In the 3x3 quadrant that represents the strike zone, Pederson's swing rate has dropped in seven out of the nine boxes. Overall, he's letting pitches go by that he shouldn't and swinging at those that he should leave alone.

• Molly Knight, who wrote "The Best Team Money Can Buy: The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerhouse," answered a bunch of fan questions at Deadspin, here.
• Via Daniel Brim at Dodgers Digest, "Alex Wood’s Disappearing Strikeouts." 
• Via Molly Knight at Deadspin, "How The Dodgers Got Baseball's Last Buried Treasure."  This is an excerpt from Molly's book on the Dodgers and it focuses on Yasiel Puig.

Puig hailed from Cuba but he may as well have been from Mars. When he showed up to the Dodgers’ spring training complex in Glendale, Arizona, that February he didn’t speak a lick of English. On his first day in major-league camp he stood in front of a water cooler and shook his head in disbelief at the blue liquid spewing out of it. He didn’t know Gatorade existed in more than one color. As the season wore on, the rest of the baseball world looked at him in much the same way. No one had heard of Puig a year ago, but in 2013 he would be the game’s most talked-about player. 

• This is just banana's!  (I know, I should be beaten for this)  Via Kike Hernandez's twitter, he will apparently be a spokesman for Chiquita.

The #RALLYBANANA & I have partnered with @Chiquita! Stay tuned for news on special appearances in the LA area. pic.twitter.com/40U63d69sM

— Enrique Hernandez (@kikehndez) August 3, 2015

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