Oklahoma recently had a double dose of awesome. Last week their capitol hosted Clayton Kershaw for his first rehab start on their Opening Day (link here). Then yesterday afternoon, Tulsa fans got to witness his second rehab stint, and as you can imagine kids with 'Big League' dreams flocked to the stadium to watch it all.Overall, Clayton went six innings, threw 81 pitches, gave up five hits, struck out six and allowed two earned runs, as the Drillers defeated the Springfield Cardinals on a walk-off by DJ Peters. You watch that here. Kershaw is slated to make his first Dodger start of the season on Monday against the Reds and Yasiel Puig.
Photo at the top via the Tulsa Drillers on twitter. Photo on the right via Tulsa World on twitter. Below are more links to check out:
- This Day in Dodgers History: In 1947 the Dodgers officially announced, during the sixth inning of an exhibition against the Royals, that they had purchased the contract of Montreal Royals infielder Jackie Robinson. He would be the first African-American to be on the roster of a modern Major League club. In 1962 the Dodgers played their very first home game at newly built Dodger Stadium in Chavez Ravine. There were 52,564 fans on-hand to watch Johnny Podres throw the first pitch to infielder Eddie Kasko -- who promptly doubled in the at-bat. Duke Snider would record the first Dodger hit with a single in the second inning. Unfortunately, the Dodgers would lose the game to the Reds, 6-3. Reds outfielder Wally Post hit the first homer in the stadium during the seventh inning to lead Cincinnati.
- Happy Birthday, Bob McGraw, Chuck Connors, Lee Lacy, Mike Devereaux, Alberto Reyes, Andre Ethier & Charlie Culberson!
- As noted above, today is the anniversary of the very first Dodgers home game at their new stadium in Chavez Ravine -- Dodger Stadium. Walter O'Malley.com has a great article about all of the happenings on that day. Check it out here.
- I'll take any good news that you'll give me. Via a tweet from Bill Plunkett:
#Dodgers Hyun-Jin Ryu feels better today than he did when he came out of the game last night. That improvement is a good sign that he won't be out long, Dave Roberts said. No timetable yet on his return though.— Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) April 9, 2019
- Tracy Hackler at Panini's blog shares a bunch of preview pics of their upcoming 2019 Diamond Kings Baseball brand. Go here to check out more. These cards will be hitting stores next week.
- Watch Cody Belling talk with the MLB Network about winning 'Player of the Week' honors, via a tweet from the MLB Network:
.@Cody_Bellinger joined @scottbraun and @Plesac19 on #TheRundown to talk about earning NL Player of the Week honors and his hot start for the @Dodgers! pic.twitter.com/3qWFrdrCCP— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) April 9, 2019
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