Yesterday Topps released their sixth Dodgers-related 2020 Topps Now 'Turn Back the Clock' online exclusive card and it makes note of Yasiel Puig's remarkable debut in 2013 -- four homers in his first five games. Per the description on the reverse.June 7, 2013 -- After tallying three home runs and nine RBI in his first four games, Yasiel Puig continued the Scintillating start to his Baseball career. The 22-year-old clubbed a solo shot, marking four home runs in his first five games and giving the Dodgers another dynamic athlete to add to a solid starting lineup.Unfortunately, it is too late to order this card directly from Topps. Below are more links to check out:
- This Day in Dodgers History: In 1955 the Dodgers sent pitcher Tommy Lasorda down to the minors (Montreal Royals) in order to make room for bonus baby signee Sandy Koufax on the roster. In 1968 Don Drysdale not only set the major league record for consecutive scoreless innings, but also saw his streak end at 58 2/3 innings when the Phillies score a run in the fifth inning on a sacrifice fly by Howie Bedell. In fact, this would be Bedell's only RBI this season. BTW, the Dodgers would win the game, 5-3. In 1991 Mike Scioscia catches his 1,219th game as a Dodgers - setting a franchise mark for games caught. In 2012 the Dodgers are no-hit by six different Mariner pitchers, 1-0. Seattle began the game with Kevin Millwood, then followed Charlie Furbush, Stephen Pryor, Lucas Luetge, Brandon League, and Tom Wilhelmsen.
- Happy Birthday, Van Lingle Mungo, Mark Belanger, Kevin Gross & Dave Mlicki!
- Per Mike Lupica at Yahoo Sports -- "Roberts: ‘We can’t let this moment pass’"
“We can’t let this moment pass,” he said. “Good has to come out of this. We have to talk about these things, and by that I mean really talk. But it has to be a different kind of conversation this time when African Americans want to be heard more than ever. I understand that white Americans need to be heard, too. They just need to do more of the listening. Less talking this time and more listening.”He’s right. The more I’ve gotten to know him over the years, especially since he became manager of the Dodgers, he’s right about a lot of things, not just baseball.
“The kind of conversation that we as a country need to have about justice and race,” Roberts said, “I want baseball to get the chance, at least from sports, to help lead a conversation like that.”
- Via Matthew Moreno at Dodger Blue -- "Justin And Kourtney Turner Food Bank Unveiled At The Dream Center."
“I’m just so appreciative. This is unbelievable. We don’t do what we do with our foundation for the recognition or to have our name on a plaque, but to know that they had that idea to recognize our support for this, we were speechless. It was special.”
- Per Marc Bona at Cleveland.com -- "Robinson-Shuba statue receives $15,000 grant in Youngstown."
This is the first grant the statue project has announced since the coronavirus pandemic began.The Robinson-Shuba Commemorative Statue announced the grant from the fund, which is part of the Youngstown Foundation. The almost 7-foot statue will mark a 1946 handshake at home plate between Jackie Robinson and Youngstown native George Shuba. It is believed to be the first documented interracial handshake in professional baseball.
- Via Peter Dreier at LA Progressive -- "A High-Five for Glenn Burke, a Baseball Pioneer."
“No one would say anything to me. And I got used to the ‘fag’ jokes. You heard them everywhere then,” Burke explained. “I knew who I was. I wasn’t no sissy, I was a man. It just so happened that I lived in a different world.” Burke didn’t come out to his teammates, but at least some of them figured out that he was gay, in part because he rarely went out drinking and partying with them after games.“I’m sure he played in fear—the fear of the fact that it’s going to get out that he’s gay and once it comes out, you’re going to take abuse,” recalled Davey Lopes, one of his Dodger teammates, in 1994. “Face it, society isn’t ready for that. If there are any gay players, even today, and you would think that there probably are, that’s why they choose not to come out, because they know their careers are going to be ruined.”
- Put this on your calendar. Per a tweet from Orel Hershiser:
"Looking forward to speaking with Fred Claire about our time together in baseball, and his journey to becoming an advocate for cancer research, 3:30pm EST on June 17th. Free registration to attend: https://t.co/GsvehOWCJ4"— Orel Hershiser (@OrelHershiser) June 5, 2020
- Below is the newest Dodger Stadium flyover by John Kay on YouTube:
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