DODGERS 2017 NEWS/RUMORS/AROUND MLB Thread

i understood it to be heavy trolling on the part of AZ and Zack

 

LOS ANGELES — The Giants left their dugout quickly after Friday’s loss, escaping a celebration on the mound and a fireworks show in the sky. As Dodger Stadium shook with cheers, Bruce Bochy sat in the visiting clubhouse and smiled. He nodded at his laptop, which earlier had been used to pull up highlights of Japanese two-way star Shohei Otani.

“He’s good,” Bochy said, laughing. “I absolutely would play him every day.”

Earlier in the week, when it became known that Bobby Evans and Jeremy Shelley were headed to Japan to scout Otani, Bochy said he couldn’t imagine a player pitching and then moving to the outfield between starts. What changed?

Perhaps it was the tape Bochy saw. Otani throws 100 mph and hits homers with ease. Or perhaps it was the game he watched Friday. The Giants lost for the 94th time, with the big blow coming from a 22-year-old Dodgers star. Cody Bellinger’s blast was the difference in a 4-2 win, and the Giants don’t have a Bellinger, or anything close. Otani, 23, is a long shot for a team that very well could finish with the worst record in baseball. Still, he’s the kind of talent that could help pull the Giants closer in a hurry. He’s the kind of talent they haven’t developed in years, and Bochy certainly sounded a bit wistful as he talked of the power Bellinger has put on display.

“You call up a guy and he does that — that just doesn’t happen,” he said. “It’s a rare deal.”

The ninth inning of the Dodgers’ clincher reinforced that point for the Giants. They got a homer from Pablo Sandoval, but he’s playing only because Christian Arroyo — the Giants’ best prospect bet this year — is hurt. Ryder Jones, their 23-year-old prospect, struck out to end the night, dropping his average to .180.

That set off a celebration for Bellinger and the Dodgers. They have won five straight NL West titles, with three of the last four clinched against the Giants.

“Congrats to them,” Bochy said. “They’ve had a tremendous year across the board, and they’ve played great baseball. They brought some guys up that really did a great job for them. It’s well deserved.”

Bochy said it was not difficult to watch this one. The division has been wrapped up for months, with only a September slide keeping the Dodgers from clinching earlier.

“We knew what we were facing here,” Bochy said.

The Giants have two more against the Dodgers and then six more before a long winter. The Dodgers, on the other hand, will host an NLDS series here at Dodger Stadium. Both Bochy and starter Jeff Samardzija made the same observation, that the Dodgers will have a hard time cutting their deep roster down to 25 postseason players.

That’s a nice problem to have. It’s a foreign one right now for the Giants, who have a serious talent gap and no clear solutions internally. It’s no wonder, then, that Bochy has all of a sudden become so intrigued by a wondrous talent overseas.

 

well they they did choose a spanish/mexican/latino name

soooo racist I know

 

we acquired another asian dude named connor joe?
wtf kind of name is that?

 

a weak .240 AA hitter with decent OBP

hope we didn't pay too much

Oh and you'd recognize Connor as Irish now wouldn't expect?

 

Sure it's not Khan No Joh?

 

• Status: Active
• Full Name: Connor Kok-Wy Joe
• Age: 25 (August 16, 1992)
• Birthplace: San Diego, CA
• Bats/Throws: R/R Ht: 6' 0" Wt: 205
• Draft: Round CBA (2014, PIT)
• School: San Diego

KOK-Wy?

 

Joe is probably one of those phonetic attempts at Joh, or Jo. Sometimes Cho. There is a history of immigrants taking on names that sound and look Western but also keep some part of their original last name, like "Louie" for "Lu" or "Loo".

And Hollywood or course is rife with actors changing their last names to sound less ethic and more "Mid-Western" to say the least.

Connor....cmon, everyone can take on an English given name.

Kok-Wy is probably his traditional given name at birth.

And I know....hee, hee, hee, he said "kok". Huh huh uh huhuhuh.

 

I'm down. The Padres can't have any less fans than they do in SD when we play them. I miss Julio Urias. That kid needs to get back soon.

 

McCullough @McCulloughTimes·12h
Dave Roberts said he would have an issue if a player knelt during National Anthem. He referenced his father, who was a 30-year Marine vet.

Bravo, Dave. Put out all the crap lineups you want. You can do no wrong by me for at least a little bit.

 

FWIW, the original intent behind kneeling during the National Anthem was to show respect for the military.

 

i had just never heard anyone use Joe as a last name
kept trying to find where it said Connor, Joe and he was actually Joe Connor
worked for a guy name Way Hung Lo once and yeah it can be pretty funny
probably the same when other cultures read our names
date a Filipino currently and i introduced her to a Thai girl named Pookie
her eyes got big and she said Pookie?
thats slang for pussy in tagalog
its ok to laugh i think

 

This kneeling thing....it really was an issue fading away like Kaepernick's career until Trump started tweeting and mouthing off.

I'm pretty sure NFL and NBA owners are now saying "Gee thanks. With friends like these...."

That being said, those who are arguing that politics have no part in sports, and I just want to enjoy my Sunday escape, just doesn't know much about the history of sports. From the Roman gladiators, to Jackie Robinson, Kareem, the Munich Olympics, Jim Brown....sports and politics have always mixed together.

Why is the national anthem even played before each game anyway? If you want politics completely out of sports, don't play anyone's national anthem. Most of those people are fumbling with their hotdogs or their 7th beer anyway. Just start playing.

 

So why not just play the team songs if this is a war between two teams.