Tray, Tray Is On His Way
by Eric Stephen on Aug 4, 2011 5:05 PM PDT
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PrintJust five days after being traded by his hometown team, former Dodgers prospect Trayvon Robinson will get to have family and friends at his major league debut this weekend. Only it won't be in Los Angeles. The former Crenshaw High School player will reportedly be recalled by the Mariners tomorrow before they begin a three-game series in Anaheim against the Angels.
Ryan Divish of the Tacoma News Tribune broke the news:
I'm not sure what Robinson's role will be for certain. He can play left field and center field. He is a good base runner and a switch hitter. Realistically, it would suit him best to play every day. But he will have to find time with Casper Wells and Franklin Gutierrez and Mike Carp. Though it appears Mike Carp will be DHing and playing first base with Justin Smoak banged up.
Just yesterday, Robinson returned to Albuquerque as a Tacoma Rainier, Seattle's Triple A club that had the outfielder for just a few games this week. Isotopes beat writer Christopher Jackson of the Albuquerque Examiner caught up with Robinson, who was emotional about being traded:
"I got a call from the (Dodgers') field coordinator, De Jon Watson, it was like minutes before the deadline," said Robinson, who was heading with the Isotopes to the ballpark in New Orleans at the time. "I didn’t even think nothing of it. I wasn’t even thinking about that. I was thinking about some of my boys getting traded. You never think it would be you getting traded from your hometown team."
Robinson will be the fifth player drafted and signed by the Dodgers in 2005 to make the major leagues, joining Ivan DeJesus, Josh Bell, Jon Meloan, and Brent Leach. Robinson was picked in the 10th round in 2005.
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Fairly certain he hit like 38 home runs when he was something like 38 years old
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
For newbies just joining tonight be sure to check in on the Softball Game Thread and sign up with Kevin’s signer upper.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Feel free to pass the database link on to anyone, I will update the totals every now and then in the post
KCAL! FTMFW!
by robotmadeofnails on Aug 4, 2011 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
This is kind of a cruel headline (nothing personal). i.e., a headline I would've been excited about a week ago.
:-(
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Genblue said Willie Davis
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Yep --but a good guess I think he had over 180, almost all as a Dodger
But that 21 does him in. Also had 19.
The forwarded trivia question
Trivia Question
Who has the most career home runs without ever having a 20 HR season?
Hint: He’s an ex-Dodger.
(I’m pretty sure the answer I have is still true, but I don’t know how to verify this in B-R. FWIW, the most without a 30 HR season is 399 by Al Kaline.)
by David Young on Aug 4, 2011 5:04 PM PDT
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I’ve perused LA Dodgers and thought maybe Carl Furillo but he was 21. So one hint , LA Dodger or not? Because I don’t see anyone who might fit who played for the LA Dodgers
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
It is an ex-LA Dodger. And an ex-Angel.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Has to be Fairly then, though calling him an ex – Angel is pushing it.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Ex-Angel: 91 games in his last MLB season! I have no recollection of this whatsoever.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Must be how he was able to break in as an Angel Announcer or am I wrong?
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
You, sir, are correct!
From his wikipedia page
After his playing days, Fairly began his broadcasting career in 1979 at KTLA in Los Angeles and later joined Bob Starr in the California Angels radio/television booth. In 1987, Fairly moved up the coast and could be heard on KNBR as the voice of the San Francisco Giants. In 1993, he went further north as a broadcaster for the Seattle Mariners, where he stayed through the 2006 season.1978 was the year he played for California.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Fairly announced for the Giants? Jeez..
Had a decent voice for a broadcaster though. To my recollection, he was pretty smooth at the microphone.
Rusty Staub
is always a good guess
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Ron Fairly
looks like someone who might have done it
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BINGO
215 career home runs. Career high of 19 at age 38! 90 HR as a Dodger. Last year was with California.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
To me Fairly was a strange player
I saw him play, though I was young when he was a Dodger. He was in Majors maybe 20 years, a long time, but I have little feeling for what he was like. A lefty, well respected fielder at first, but looking at his O he looks like Loney ( and maybe you have to drop Loney’s last year and a half.) Strange indeed, although part of that was in the low scoring era.
From ages 22-36, Fairly had a 120 OPS+ and a TSL of .269 / .365 / .410 / .774. He looks like what Ethier is becoming.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
He was a clutch hitter, and a very good defensive player. He was one of my favorites in the late sixties.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
Hey Hey, we need you for the softball game.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Yeah! If iiidown can get his ass over the hill to the SFV, I’ll drive him in the rest of the way.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Plus we get Bobby on the 40 over team because of the relations.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I need directions to get to Chatsworth. North or South?
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
You need old, fat guys that hit singles and can’t run? You’re in big trouble.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
Thats quite the total
for someone who never hit 20.
this trade sucked at the very least
on an emotional level, just like the Dewitt trade did.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
More players
born in “Los Angeles” have debuted on the Los Angeles Dodgers as compared to players born in “San Francisco” playing for the Giants.
By far the most successful debut by a local product (Inglewood) was Jim Lefebvre’s Rookie of the Year campaign for the 1965 World Series Dodgers.
roughly guessing that is because of 2.2 mill compared to their 650,000 though I expect that has changed
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True
actually a fair number of players from Brooklyn made their debut on the LA Dodgers, Paul LoDuca being a notable one.
zach lee
im reading that zach lee thread from last year that julio linked in the last thread.
i sound like such a loser. i was commenting, and losing my shit while in fucking cabo during that whole ordeal.
dodger prospects have ruined my life.
I had to read this twice
to make sure that I did not misread what you wrote. The first time I read it, I thought why would he be reading a Zach Lee thread if he is doing that in Cabo.
i just actually LOL
re-reading my comment about popping josie’s champagne bottle for her.
god, these comments need an expiration date on them. to be erased from the internets forever.
Ha ha!
ALRIGHT I CAN HEAR YOU!
Drop the risky, we bought stock. Still not gonna pop the champagne : )
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 16, 2010 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
fuck it. i’ll pop it for you.
by npurcell on Aug 16, 2010 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
She’s heard that
before.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Aug 16, 2010 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions
now you are cherry picking
by 68elcamino427 on Aug 16, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t get that
the first 5 times I read that. Oh boy.
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 16, 2010 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
My Twitter stream just saw tweets about a Carlos Santana HR and James McDonald completing seven innings on the same screen.
Today is Ned Colletti Sucks Day
::slow clap::
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
If this deal ends up blowing up in the Rockies’ face, maybe not signing Alex White was a needed Butterfly Effect non-sign by the Dodgers :)
Throw him into the Hochevar pile.
The day they made the deal I think it blew up in their face. JMO
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
McDonald, despite allowing at least three HR
including one to Blake DeWitt.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
An appropriate (or depressing?) thing to repot on this thread but Carlos Santana just hit 2-r HR in Boston
He’d been sorta slumping but has two hits today including that.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
He’s the only catcher to have played 100 games so far this year but granted he got a boatload of them at 1st base, but still points to how much he is playing and usually batting fourth. 115 OPS+ headed into today.2nd best in the AL, as Alex Avila still leads with 139. That will be Griff Erickson in 2013:)
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
he would be nice in the 5th spot :(
sigh.
can we please ban all carlos santana talk from this website?
Sorry, was just watching the game when he hit it
It is interesting that he’s generally been shifted to 1st, yeah, though obviously that would still fill a need for LA. But his value goes down a tick with the position shift. Anyway… I shall say no more.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
Say no more, say no more!
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat!
Speaking of blind bats… your Los Angeles Dodgers!
/rimshot
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I am trying to figure out
Zito has been bad and Boras is good at what he does, fine. But is that it.
Zito with a shrine to Koufax
Reminds me of when everyone thought Dwight Gooden was destined for greatness.
And Vin told how Koufax had said “I would trade all of my yesterdays for his tomorrows.”
No no Sandy, thank goodness you couldn’t.
Shorter time frames
Diamondbacks have never had a player born in the state of Arizona debut on their team, the Rockies have had only one from the state of Colorado.
I’m surprised at the D-Backs, with ASU being such a baseball hotbed, you think they could get one Sun Devil
Lots of those players actually come from Cali, no?
The whole 8-state West Coast public university deal would lead me to believe so, at least.
I feel for trayvon, a home town kid good enough to play in the majors deserves to do that if he worked his wY up in that teams franchise. I hope he has a great career
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Am I the only one watching MLB network right now
And laughing at argument between Harold and Mitch on pitchers using pine tar on the baseball before they throw the ball.
They’re both idiots.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
by iiidown on Aug 4, 2011 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Heh
(though it sounds as if Kemp stayed behind on his own with permission of course, since the team flew to Phoenix last night) :)
matty is always asking for special permission
yeesh!
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
I bet it pisses of mintxcore
that I’m watching Let Me In instead of Let The Right One In
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
let me in is actually pretty darn good
it was between those two and the host, and I’m just not in the mood for reading right now
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
its one of those movies thats been in my queueueue for like 4 years
and I’ve really wanted to watch itt the whole time
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
dooo itttttt. it was my #1 “must see” when i went to the Santa Barbara Film Fest years ago. Incredible on the big screen
Did you see his film "Mother" last year?
Man that is a good film. Like, really good. Brilliant, even.
PS: THere’s a Host sequel in the works!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
they're both very good
I was surprised that the remake was as good as it was.
BUT the Swedish original is superior, imho. (in a lot of people’s ho, actually. ;-) )
But the remake probably seems even better if you didn’t see original. Works pretty well. Chloe Moretz is quite good.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Confused
Just noticed the Jaime Pedroza has been demoted to high A. What’s the deal with that?
Just Ned trying to mess with us
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
I'll watch that sometime
probably
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
This episode featured Dane Cook. And was actually awesome.
by fbihop on Aug 4, 2011 11:36 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
LOL BUT DANE COOK ISN'T FUNNY
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
/sarcasm
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
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