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“WILD SPORTS WEEKEND”
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What I saw-What I thought this weekend.
DODGERS-PADRES…It wasn’t really a brawl, but it was dangerous, all these beanballs and the intensity of the rivalry reaching an ugly dimension. Everyone is to blame. Dodgers young pitchers throwing 100mph-not locating pitches. Fernando Tatis putting himself at risk by always striding into pitches-leaning into the plate. 8-hits batsmen in a 4-games is way too much. The plunking of Shohei Ohtani looked intentional. Mike Shildt has every right to come out of the dugout to confront umpires, but him making a move towards the Dodgers dugout incited things. Dave Roberts, coming out of the dugout, was right, but him putting his hands on Shilt, bumping him, should have resulted in a 2-game suspension.
A WEIRD ENDING…After all the hostile moments after the Tatis beaning, two sights to see. Ohtani, after getting plunked in the upper back…stood and talked and joked with Luis Arraez and then did the same thing standing by the Padres dugout. And Teoscar Hernandez put his arms around Shildt’s shoulder and they walked up the first base line laughing and joking. So the rivalry will be put on hold till mid-August, and we will have to see who is where in the standings by then.
SUPER UTILITYMAN…Jose Iglesias saved the Friars on Sunday. A two run pinch hit double tied the game in the 7th. He threw the Royals go ahead runner out at home in the 9th, then won the game with an infield single in the bottom of the 9th. He has become pretty popular for a part time player.
DODGERS BOUNCE BACK…Just when you wonder if the Dodgers batting order was going to falter under the weight of having to score so many runs, here comes Max Muncy with a grand slam HR and a2-run shot in the Sunday comeback win over Washington.
SHOWTIME…The second outing from Ohtani was pretty dominant…a 1-2-3 inning, clocked at 99, with 2-strikeouts in his one inning vs Washington.
ANGELS…The news is scary, not just another struggle of a season in Anaheim, but the fact 73-year old Manager Ron Washington, has taken an indefinite leave of absence. He saw doctors on the last road trip, citing fatigue and breathing problems. The Halos won’t say if it is stress related, a heart valve issue, or just exhaustion. Losing does that to you.
SAD FAREWELL…Media covering baseball mourns the passing of a truly nice guy, longtime national baseball beat writer and author Scott Miller, who fought a courageous battle with cancer for a year and half. And during that time, he found the resolve the complete the work on his final book ‘The Managers”, a look at the history of modern day managers and what makes them great. Miller covered the Twins, moved to the West Coast. He worked for the LA Times, then the New York Times, CBS Sportsline and Fox Sports. A friendly smile, cooperative, a very good storyteller, a craftsman. We all remember him fondly. But it was a Sad Saturday and Sunday around press boxes in the majors.
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