What a slide, eh?
Chris Taylor did a belly-flop on home plate yesterday afternoon that was the eventual winning run. Per Ken Gurnick at MLB.com:
The speedy Taylor seemed to hesitate momentarily, but was aggressively waved home by third-base coach Dino Ebel and slid hard face-first, left fielder Kris Bryant’s throw on the first-base side of the plate and skipping past catcher Wilson Contreras. Taylor suffered a nasty scrape on his right cheek from the slide.
"He had to make a perfect throw and he didn't and that's what I was banking on,” said Ebel.Photo above via Jon SooHoo/LA Dodgers 2019. Go here to check out more pics from yesterdays game. Below are more links to check out:
- This Day in Dodgers History: In 1956 Milwaukee Braves first baseman Joe Adcock becomes the first and only ballplayer to have ever hit a home run onto the roof of Ebbets Field. His ninth inning blast was the second of the game and was the eventual winning run as they defeated Brooklyn, 5-4. In 1976 one of the Dodgers greatest foes, Dave Kingman, helped defeat Los Angeles when he hit an 14-inning walk-off home run off knuckleballer Charlie Hough, 1-0. In 1997 the Dodgers and Angels player their first interleague Freeway Series match. The Dodgers would win on a walk-off home run by Todd Zeile off reliever Troy Percival, 4-3.
- Happy Birthday, Pete Browning, Bob Coulson, Phil Douglas, Bill Hubbell & Chink Outen!
- Per Cameron DaSilva at Rams Wire -- "Look: Rams rookies go to Dodgers game, meet star players."
- Ha Ha! Per Chad Moriyama at Dodgers Digest -- "Cody Bellinger’s game-tying dong boinked Albert Almora on the head yesterday."
- So, how good has Ryu been? Per ESPN Stats & Info on twitter:
According to @EliasSports Hyun-Jin Ryu's 1.26 ERA is the lowest by a Dodgers pitcher through 14 starts to the season since the ER became official in 1912. pic.twitter.com/hkn9lg1jHg— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) June 17, 2019
- Per Patrick Brennan at Beyond the Boxscore -- "David Freese is finally starting to lift the ball."
Freese’s changes look apparent. From the beginning of 2015 to the end of August 2018, Freese hit 57 percent of his batted balls on the ground. With the Dodgers, his ground ball-rate against righties has fallen to 41.5 percent. It’s the same against lefties too. In the same two time constraints, he dropped his ground ball-rate from 57.9 percent to 42.9 percent.Freese has long been a player that could have a major benefit from hitting the ball in the air more. Dating back to when his career started, he’s ranked in the bottom five percent of qualified hitters in GB/FB ratio. Meanwhile, his 238 wRC+ on fly balls ranked in the top five percent. His HR/FB rate ranked in the top 15 percent and his hard-hit rate on fly balls ranked in 12th out of 864 qualified hitters. Him hitting the ball on the ground so much was a true shame because he always possessed the raw power.
- Via Devin Fink at FanGraphs -- "Everything You Need to Know About the Intentional Balk."
“It’s something Bob [Geren, Dodgers bench coach] and I have been talking about since spring training, but I keep forgetting to do it,” Jansen said, via Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times. “I thought it would be a good time to try it.”Jansen continued.
“I’m not saying the Cubs are stealing signs or tipping locations, but you always have to be on your toes… Whether you give up a bloop or a base hit, the guy is going to score from second with two outs.”
- CBS Los Angeles shares a video on the woman behind the Dodgers Social Media, Sue Jo, via a tweet from Jake Reiner:
Are you ready to meet the woman, you already know so well on social media, in person? Here's our profile on @suejo825, the @Dodgers social media manager and #captionqueen! @CBSLA https://t.co/FDSyV7JSbV pic.twitter.com/12psalSMYj— Jake Reiner (@Reiner_Jake) June 14, 2019
- Via Ryan Gaydos at Fox News -- "Los Angeles Dodgers' Cody Bellinger has Father's Day surprise for unsuspecting coach and son."
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