Adrian Gonzalez has the same amount of home runs as the Rockies and Red Sox. And more than every other team after that
Or the same amount of HR's as the Marlins, Cardinals, Mets, Astros, Cubs, Rangers, Twins, Pirates, Phillies, Braves, Yankees, and Brewers... combined.
The second name on that list evokes memories of my baseball card collecting days. I don't think I've ever seen a picture of Furillo clean shaven.
just a little before my time unfortunately but i remember frenchie, the toy cannon and of course el cañon
^ speaking of the toy cannon funny that he's probably best known for having ferguson cut in front of him in the '74 series still one of the greatest throws i've ever seen
as for the '74 series my dad took me to game two [the only one we won] when marshall picked off washington, it was the loudest roar i had ever heard i miss those old days the smell of cigars vinny's voice resonating and reverberating on transistor radios throughout the stadium
Just an all-around awesome play. Perfect throw. Yeager blocking the plate like a pro. I also love the fan flipping off the A's - never noticed that before.
don't see that happening really pissed me off how he [and the giants] blamed/vilified cousins, when it was his horrific mechanics that caused the injury if he were in a bathhouse i would expect him to be on his knees but a catcher never -- ever -- takes an incoming throw on their knees shameful that he has refused the accept accountability for the incident
It's literally Catching 101. 8-year-olds are taught this. What really burns is that Big-Head sticks up for Buster and is the biggest supporter of pussifying the position. Maybe collisions at the plate are too violent and not a necessity in the game. Maybe the rules should be changed. But both Big-Head and Buster need to man up and admit that Buster getting fucked up was 100% Buster's fault... but I guess getting a gnat to man up and admit to a mistake is asking too much.
I would prefer he does it the last three games of the year myself, and getting a World Series as a result.
Gonzalez Goes In-Depth On Hitting, Credits McGwire by Matthew Moreno | Dodgers Nation — 5 hours ago The Los Angeles Dodgers lost plenty of power during the offseason with Hanley Ramirez bolting for Boston and Matt Kemp getting traded to San Diego. Naturally, it led to the presumption Adrian Gonzalez and Yasiel Puig would need to shoulder the offensive load from the middle of the lineup. While Puig has gotten out of the gate slowly over the first three games of the 2015 season, Gonzalez is a hitter unmatched. The Dodgers’ first baseman became the first player in MLB history with five home runs in his team’s first five games — in large part to the three he hit off Padres flamethrower Andrew Casher Wednesday night. Gonzalez refuted the notion he’s a home run hitter immediately after the game and expanded on his approach at the plate, while also crediting Dodgers hitting coach Mark McGwire in an interview with Petros Papadakis and Matt “Money” Smith on AM 570 LA Sports: "I’m a guy that studies maybe too much video for my own good. I’m a guy that’s always in the video room and I’m always trying to analyze the pitchers. Figure out how they’re going to pitch me with nobody on base, people on first base, people in scoring position, late in game, early in the game and different tendencies. He’s taught me to look at all that, but stick to my strengths. Over the last couple of years I’ve been able to hit the fastball middle-in really good. So whenever there is a pitcher that does tend to make mistakes or like his fastball, for the most part I’m just looking to hit fastballs middle-in and I think that definitely has a lot of influence from Mark.” As for the difficulty in needing to guess on what kind of pitch is coming, Gonzalez largely downplayed the factor speed of a fastball plays: "I mean really once you’ve been doing this a long time, the velocity is just a number. I know people like to look at the number at the end of the fastball and say, ‘oh my God, that was 100 miles an hour or so.’ Most pitchers now throw in the mid-90s, so really it’s a timing issue. If he throws harder, you just get it ready earlier. You get it ready a little bit earlier, you get ready to hit a fastball that’s harder. Usually if they throw harder, their offspeed stuff is harder. Where pitchers will really be able to have more success is when their offspeed stuff and fastball have a bigger differential — at that point I guess you are guessing because you can’t cover 15 mile an hour differences in one swing, but if they throw them within eight miles, the same swing should be able to cover them.” Gonzalez’s slash line of .769/.769/2.077 leads the Majors and so do his five home runs, seven RBIs, 10 hits and seven runs scored. With the Dodgers beginning a three-game series at Chase Field Friday, Gonzalez looks to add to his blistering start at a stadium he’s enjoyed success at. Last season, Gonzalez hit a home run in three straight games against the Diamondbacks in Arizona as part of a four-game home run streak.
Adrian Gonzalez explains success at Chase Field by Tyler Monroy | Dodgers Nation — 3 hours ago Typically, a batter will feel most comfortable in his home stadium considering it’s where they play the bulk of the 162-game season. While Adrian Gonzalez has been a strong hitter at Dodger Stadium, his numbers suggest he thoroughly enjoys Chase Field as well. Last season, Gonzalez batted .481/.545/.963 (13-for-27) with four home runs and 13 RBIs against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the desert. Gonzalez is a career .342/.412/.654 hitter at Chase Field thanks in large part to the success he’s had there over the last two seasons. In a recent interview on AM 570 LA Sports, Gonzalez discussed why he believes he’s continually hit well at Chase Field: "I think it relates to the fact that I’ve had really good success in Milwaukee, as well. I think the batter’s eye, they’re very similar feels. As soon as you get to center field it’s this big green wall and you see the ball really well. It’s obviously a good place to hit, the ball carries, so you throw in all those factors and for me, it makes it a place where I really enjoy hitting.” Gonzalez further explained that the outfield wall does not have any reflection or depth perception issues and because of this, he is able to get a good eye of the ball. While Gonzalez hits well at Chase Field, he seems to be swinging the bat just fine at Dodger Stadium so far this season. Gonzalez has hit a home run in four of his last five at-bats, and has an MLB-best five home runs. Beginning Friday, the Los Angeles Dodgers play the first of nine games at Chase Field this season.
this... this is beast mode A-Gon locked in historic start to season Posted by Tyler Monroy | Dodgers Nation — 20 minutes ago If one were to look at the MLB leaders in all hitting categories through April 18, they would find the same face atop eight of the 16 categories. Adrian Gonzalez of the Los Angeles Dodgers has been on fire through the first week of the season and has a hitting streak that dates back to last season. So far this season, Gonzalez has accumulated 45 total bases, which is 14 more than the second place Nelson Cruz of the Seattle Mariners. Gonzalez leads the league in on-base percentage, slugging percentage and doubles hit, among other categories. Not only does he lead the Majors in eight categories, he sits atop each of them by a significant margin. For example, he’s ahead of Cruz in slugging percentage by .309 points and is the only player over 1.000. Gonzalez’s hitting streak currently sits at 12 games — it began Sept. 27, 2014 — and he has 25 hits in 43 at-bats during that stretch; 22 of those hits are over the first 10 games of the 2015 season, which is a new Dodgers record. Although Gonzalez claims not to be a home run hitter, the first baseman has seven home runs during his hitting streak, five of which came in the first three games of the 2015 season — setting another MLB record. Gonzalez has also reached base safely at least twice in all 10 of the Dodgers games this season, which has him tied with Jackie Robinson’s start in 1952 for second place behind Zack Wheat, who reached base twice in 13 consecutive games in 1923. Gonzalez has attributed his success to keeping a simple approach at the plate not trying to do too much, which is when a batter can run into trouble. He’s batting a blistering .550/.609/1.125 heading into Saturday’s game with the Colorado Rockies.
