Happy Belated Birthday, Cody!
He turned 25-years old yesterday.
Photo above via @Dodgers on twitter. Below are more links to check out:
- This Day In Dodgers History: In 2003 the Dodgers sign free agent future Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson. The Dodgers are 49-44 at the time, but languish in third place in the NL West -- 7.5 games behind the Giants. Unfortunately, Rickey cannot change the Dodgers fortunes. He gets into only 30 games, batting .208 with one double, two home runs and five RBI's. In 1995 Dodger pitcher Ramon Martinez no-hits the Marlins at Dodger Stadium, 7-0 (boxscore). He was perfect for 7 1/3 innings before walking Tommy Gregg. It is the 22nd no-no in franchise history. You can watch the final out here.
- Happy Birthday, Tim Locastro, Ed Hug, Happy Smith, Max West, Gene Schott, Danny Walton, Pepe Frias, Darren Hall, Robin Ventura & Jose Hernandez!
- Via John Thorn at Our Game -- "How Did the South React to Jackie Robinson’s Signing?"
Reaction in the white world was publicly laudatory but privately skeptical, to put the matter kindly. All fifteen other clubs in baseball voted against allowing Robinson or any other black player to be elevated to a major league roster. As Rickey told an audience of 250 at the annual football dinner of Wilberforce State University, a historically black institution, on February 16, 1948:After I had signed Robinson, but before he had played a game, a joint major league meeting adopted unanimously a report prepared by a joint committee which stated that “however well intentioned, the use of Negro players would hazard all the physical properties of baseball.”
- Via Robert O'Connell at FiveThirtyEight -- "The Dodgers’ Legacy May Depend On This Short Season."
Still, baseball has a unique ability to test conviction. Where the Betts deal looks from one perspective like a team of sizable resources simply seizing opportunity, it also suggests a certain all-in culmination. Every year, Kershaw is a little more removed from who he once was. The font of elite prospects can’t flow forever... The 2020 Dodgers may represent a rare opportunity, the crest of a franchise’s talent-rich era. Even before the Betts trade, as Travis Sawchik wrote for FiveThirtyEight, the Dodgers were projected to win 112 games, 10 more than the next-closest NL team.
- I declare that this is the season we really start to take notice of Julio Urias. Per Cary Osborne at Dodger Insider -- "Could this be the start of something big for Julio Urías?"
- Via George Miller at MLB Trade Rumors -- "Kenley Jansen Reports To Dodgers Camp; Tested Positive For COVID-19." You should probably assume that all late arrivals had tested positive.
- Per Jeff Todd at MLB Trade Rumors -- "11 Umpires To Opt Out Of 2020 Season."
- Per Joe Trezza at MLB.com -- "Puig has received offer from Orioles (sources)."
- Per Ballpark Digest Editors -- "Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark snares Best of the Ballparks 2020 Triple-A honors."
- This is fascinating. Via Rich Mueller at Sports Collectors Daily -- "Topps Remains MLBPA’s Top Licensee as Union Stockpiles Cash."
The MLBPA receives more money from Topps than any other licensee. While Topps continues its longstanding steal as MLB’s exclusive partner which gives it the right to use MLB and team logos and nicknames on its products, the MLBPA deal is not exclusive. According to the report, Panini America paid the union over $2.8 million in 2019 as the company continues to print cards of players for its products.
- Via Carlos Silva Jr at Lubbock Online -- "Former Tech RHP Beeter eager to join Dodgers at MLB level."
“That was actually part of the deal that kind of led me toward signing,” Beeter said. “Getting to come out here and work with the guys and be in such a small group setting for my first time in the minor leagues and professional baseball. Which isn’t the usual route people get to take.”And Beeter, knowing all of his options, admitted it was difficult to pass up a chance to go to camp with a chance to earn a spot on an MLB roster.
“Honestly, I was mixed the whole time,” he said of his contract negotiations. “Obviously, I love Tech. And I would have been glad to go back, play there another year and keep developing.
- Watch Chico throw out Chris Taylor -- he's a Dodgers' clubhouse attendant. Via @Dodgers on twitter:
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