Sandy Koufax Latest To Praise Urias Dodgers Nation — 2 hours ago Los Angeles Dodgers legend Sandy Koufax has long been around greatness, not just including himself. From playing alongside Don Drysdale in the 1960s, to watching Don Sutton, Fernando Valenzuela and Clayton Kershaw dominate in Dodger blue, Koufax has seen about as many dominant pitchers as anyone in baseball. When the 79-year-old southpaw arrived at the Camelback Ranch Thursday to watch the Dodgers’ first full-squad workout, he was impressed by a fellow southpaw looking to carve out a legacy of his own. According to Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times, Koufax spoke highly of Dodgers left-handed prospect Julio Urias after watching Urias pitch for the first time: “He’s very impressive,” Koufax said. “This is the first time I’ve seen him throw. It’s a long way from the driving range to the golf course. It’s a long way from side sessions to the game. He has all the requisites. We just have to see what happens. Physically, he’s very impressive.” Koufax, a three-time Cy Young Award winner who now serves as a special advisor for the Dodgers, came away saying some of the same things said by A.J. Ellis. But for an icon like Koufax to have such glowing praise for an 18-year-old pitcher who will likely spend at least one more season in the Minor Leagues, it says a lot. Urias has impressed many in the organization since last March, when he received a surprise call-up to Camelback Ranch near the end of last year’s Spring Training. New Dodgers General Manager Farhan Zaidi recently called Urias “the total package” after watching him pitch for the first time.
alright since you guys went all homo on the seager thread might as well do the same here only difference there are three ratings here; one before, and two afters... as is... after successful eye surgery... after somewhat less-successful eye surgery... lol the last picture looks like my gardener wow, racist [i guess] @chrisdodgers @VRP @doyerfan @Bluezoo @DodgerLove
just showed the gardener the picture funny, he was more upset about me calling him a gardener [instead of a landscaper] than he was about the pic perspective lol
Urias Dominates Live Batting Practice by Matthew Moreno | Dodgers Nation — 20 minutes ago Nearly some three years after the Los Angeles Dodgers paid a visit to Mexico, the scouting trip has all the makings of becoming one of the more successful hauls in the club’s history. By now it’s known Yasiel Puig was the purpose of the trip and Julio Urias became an added bonus. Coming off a strong season with High-A Rancho Cucamonga and at the tender age of 18 years old, Urias is in his first big league camp with the Dodgers. He’s reiterated his goal of reaching the Majors in 2015, though manager Don Mattingly continues to indicate it isn’t a likely scenario for fear of placing too much pressure on the young left-hander. That’s not to suggest Urias isn’t already under a microscope as he’s drawn countless comparisons to Fernando Valenzuela. Urias’ legend grew after he completed his first bullpen session of the spring to rave reviews from A.J. Ellis. Seattle Mariners ace Felix Hernandez is on record as saying he’ll be watching Urias this spring, and Sandy Koufax recently spoke highly of the young lefty. Urias’ talent was again on display took the mound for live batting practice Sunday to face O’Koyea Dickson, Alex Guerrero, Chris Heisey and Joc Pederson. Urias got off to a quick start, needing just three pitches to strike out Joc Pederson and three more to retire Alex Guerrero, according to Eric Stephen of True Blue LA: Eric Stephen @truebluela Follow Julio Urias struck out Joc Pederson on three pitches in his first batter face in live BP 10:45 AM - 1 Mar 2015 Eric Stephen @truebluela Follow ...then Alex Guerrero on three pitches 10:46 AM - 1 Mar 2015 Video of Pederson’s first at-bat against Urias is provided below, via J.P. Hoornstra of the LA Daily News: [LINK TO PAGE] Hoornstra also captured video of Urias’ second inning of work: [LINK TO PAGE] Courtesy of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Twitter account is this inside look at the Urias-Pederson matchup: [LINK TO PAGE] Understandably, the batting practice session drew quite the crowd, according to Bill Plunkett of the OC Register: Bill Plunkett @billplunkettocr Follow Lined up watching Julio Urias throw to hitters -- Mark McGwire, Sandy Koufax, Rick Honeycutt, GM Farhan Zaidi 10:50 AM - 1 Mar 2015 While O’Koyea Dickson fared better than Guerrero and Pederson, he was nonetheless impressed by Urias: Eric Stephen @truebluela Follow O'Koyea Dickson walked against Julio Urias then walked out of the box shaking his head. "Jesus, he's got some good stuff." 10:52 AM - 1 Mar 2015 As was the case with Clayton Kershaw on Saturday, Urias’ session concluded after roughly 40 pitches: Bill Plunkett @billplunkettocr Follow 1 grounder, 1 pop up, some foul balls -- not a lot of contact v Julio Urias in about 40 pitches. #Dodgers 11:08 AM - 1 Mar 2015 Amid the belief by some that he’s currently ready to pitch at the Major-League level, Urias’ impressive performance on Sunday is sure to add more fuel to the fire. Should he navigate a successful Cactus League schedule, the Dodgers may be inclined to giving the possibility more thought, if they haven’t already.
He could have pitched in the MLB last year. 92-95 T96 with two plus off-speed pitches from the left side plays anywhere. It's just a matter of need and building innings at this point. I don't think the front office is scared of calling him up too early anymore
And of course it's a new front office with a new way of thinking. At some point maybe they give him a little of the Carlos Martinez treatment..some Show level bullpen action to season him a bit. If he's really ready he could have a hell of an impact on the pen and they could keep his innings down at the same time.
Definitely...perspective. You use those back in the day, "politically incorrect" terms, you get a reaction of some sort. I called a woman bartender once from my end of the bar a "barmaid" and she went off on me. Forget it...fuming. That didn't used to be an insult; never meant it as such. Just a term of address. Used to be "oriental" described a person from a geographic world area...call an Asian that, and it's Kung Fu stars coming at ya' head. I demand to be called a "Caucasian American of European decent". Or I'll kill you. Nothing personal.
Dictionary.com still agrees with you on barmaid. People are just hypersensitive about everything now-a-days (including titles). It is on par with stewardess (which I don't see a problem with because if it is a male, I can call him a steward). I used to fill race in as European American, since that resembles how everybody else gets to do it (Asian American, African American, etc). But now I just go by non-specified, no categorizing me bitches! Hell, you can even do that for sex, now.
so true bkitches want to be called administrative assistants instead of secretaries because it's [somehow] degrading yet when "secretaries day" comes around, those same bkitches expect praise/acknowledgement/compensation/gifts hypocrite much? the term negro is supposedly offensive to african americans fine but if it's so offensive, why haven't they changed the name of the american negro college fund? you hit it on the head with hypersensitivity seems like there's a group of asshats out there just waiting to jump down people's throats when something is worded "insensitively" again, focus and perspective
Absolutely it sucks when you address someone with no ill intent and get reprimanded for it - but I will call a bartender whatever they want to be called (barmaster, king of the bar, etc...) because a happy bartender makes better drinks. Overall I don't mind political correctness. People have the prerogative to be called what they want, and it's not a burden on me to use terminology people like.
I get the desire to be gender neutral when describing occupations. I'm ok with a job being called the same thing no matter who does it, but flight attendant is annoying. Women can be called bartenders. What can we just call the male flight attendants stewardesses and be done with it?
