Diamonds For Women

dodgerblue6 · Posted: Fri 6/9/23 7:37 am Post subject:

Elly de la Cruz has also hit his first major league home run, also off the Dodgers, in the Reds' 8-6 win on June 7 at Great American Ballpark.

I probably just didn't feel like posting it at the time. Smile

But congratulations to him.
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forloveofthegame · Joined: 23 Oct 2009 Posts: 7525 Location: San Diego

That kid has gotten a lot of hype and from the little bit I have seen he looks to be an exciting player. I remember the talk about him in Arizona Fall League last year. He has so much speed. He is injecting a lot of life into that Reds team.
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dodgerblue6 · Posted: Fri 6/9/23 11:16 pm Post subject:

Okay, I'm not happy with the game results, but in the Dodgers' 5-4 loss to the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park tonight, Jonny DeLuca recorded his first major league hit...

Congratulations, kid!
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dodgerblue6 · Posted: Sun 6/11/23 3:34 pm Post subject:

Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen recorded his 2000th career hit today. He singled off New York starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco in the first inning of the Bucs' 2-1 win over the Mets at PNC Park today to accomplish the feat.

Congratulations!
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forloveofthegame · Joined: 23 Oct 2009 Posts: 7525 Location: San Diego

Congratulations to Yu! He won his 100th career game on Friday night, as my Padres won 9-6 over the Rockies at Coors Field.
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dodgerblue6 · Posted: Mon 6/12/23 11:04 pm Post subject:

Congratulations to Yu.

And yet another tip of the cap. Tonight at Chase Field, Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto hit for the cycle in Philadelphia's loss to Arizona. He's the 17th catcher in MLB history to do so.
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-Baseball Hall of Fame

sunnyblue · Posted: Fri 6/16/23 5:30 pm Post subject:

DB, I think you missed a very important milestone from last night. Wink

dodgerblue6 · Posted: Fri 6/16/23 6:36 pm Post subject:

D'OH! CT3's 100th career home run--a grand slam!

His first career home run was also a grand slam!

Congratulations, CT3!
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-Baseball Hall of Fame

dodgerblue6 · Posted: Wed 6/21/23 9:56 pm Post subject:

Way behind here.

Shoh-time hit his 150th career home run last weekend. Congratulations!
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-Baseball Hall of Fame

dodgerblue6 · Posted: Fri 6/23/23 7:05 pm Post subject:

OMG! I was just sitting down to watch the Dodgers game and I noticed that Elly de la Cruz has hit for the cycle! He's only been in the majors like, two weeks! Shocked

Congratulations!
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-Baseball Hall of Fame

sunnyblue · Posted: Sat 6/24/23 10:27 am Post subject:

That is a phenomenal accomplishment and what speed he has! Congratulations to Elly.

While we're at it, our young Dodgers righty Emmet Sheehan got his first major league win last night beating Houston, 3-2. Remember his first major league start was last Friday night and he pitched 6 no hit innings. In his first 9 innings of work he only gave up an infield hit. And this win, yesterday, was against the defending world champions team. So let's hear it for Emmet! Nice start to your career.

dodgerblue6 · Posted: Sun 6/25/23 9:06 pm Post subject:

Yes, congratulations to the Sheehan kid!

And now, congratulations to the veteran--Freddie! Freddie! Freddie!--who recorded his 2000th career hit today.
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-Baseball Hall of Fame

sunnyblue · Posted: Mon 6/26/23 7:59 pm Post subject:

Give it up for the Redhead from Orange! Very Happy

sunnyblue · Posted: Tue 6/27/23 8:38 pm Post subject:

And now, J.D. hit his 300th home run in Coors Field tonight! Dodgers won the game, 5-0. Congratulations to J.D.!

dodgerblue6 · Posted: Wed 6/28/23 10:48 am Post subject:

Yep, congratulations. Nice to see several milestones from Dodgers players this season.
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dodgerblue6 · Posted: Wed 6/28/23 9:35 pm Post subject:

Whoa--Domingo Germán just pitched the first perfect game in Major League Baseball since 2012! The Yankees RHP dominated the Athletics in Oakland, as did the offense backing him up; New York won, 11-0.

From MLB.com:

forloveofthegame · Joined: 23 Oct 2009 Posts: 7525 Location: San Diego

Remember when there were several no hitters in the first half a couple of years ago? This perfect game was the first no hitter this year and we are almost at the halfway point. I was watching the game since my Padres had played in the Eastern time zone. It just shows you that nothing is predictable in baseball.
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dodgerblue6 · Posted: Fri 6/30/23 3:25 pm Post subject:

I didn't realize that was the first one this year, probably because there have been a few cycles already this season. Those used to be more rare, too.
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-Baseball Hall of Fame

dodgerblue6 · Posted: Tue 7/4/23 1:16 pm Post subject:

Congratulations to Doc! The Dodgers skipper, now in his eighth season of managing the team, notched his 700th career win with last night's 5-2 win over the Pirates at Dodger Stadium. Not so cool that the Dodgers' official home page doesn't even mention that, though. Sad

However, I loved reading his comments from dodgerblue.com:

forloveofthegame · Joined: 23 Oct 2009 Posts: 7525 Location: San Diego

Congratulations to Doc.
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dodgerblue6 · Posted: Wed 7/5/23 6:53 pm Post subject:

Dodgers outfielder Johnny DeLuca hit his first major league home run in last night's loss to the Pirates at Dodger Stadium.

Congratulations!
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-Baseball Hall of Fame

sunnyblue · Posted: Sat 7/8/23 3:45 pm Post subject:

Tigers have thrown a combined no hitter over the Blue Jays at Comerica Park. Congratulations.

forloveofthegame · Joined: 23 Oct 2009 Posts: 7525 Location: San Diego

Young Padres shortstop Matthew Batten hit his first Major League home run in the Padres' win over the Mets at Petco Park yesterday. It was a 2-run dinger in the 2nd inning off David Peterson and it turned out to be the difference my Padres needed to win the game. Congratulations to Matthew. Link from Fox Sports
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dodgerblue6 · Posted: Mon 7/10/23 8:53 pm Post subject:

Just gotta catch up on a few more milestones pre-All Star break:
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forloveofthegame · Joined: 23 Oct 2009 Posts: 7525 Location: San Diego

Manny hit his 300th career home run yesterday at Citizens Bank Park but our team lost anyway Sad

Congratulations to Manny.
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dodgerblue6 · Posted: Wed 7/19/23 10:38 pm Post subject:

Christian Encarnacion-Strand notched his first major league hit and home run in one swing. Congratulations!
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forloveofthegame · Joined: 23 Oct 2009 Posts: 7525 Location: San Diego

The X-Man got his 1500th career hit last week in Toronto. Congratulations.
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dodgerblue6 · Posted: Wed 7/26/23 11:23 am Post subject:

The Braves turned an unlikely triple play last night.
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-Baseball Hall of Fame

sunnyblue · Posted: Mon 7/31/23 3:07 pm Post subject:

Not sure if it was his last start for the Mets but JV got his 250th career win yesterday - 5-2 over the Nationals at Citifield. Congratulations. Here's the link.

dodgerblue6 · Posted: Wed 8/2/23 8:40 am Post subject:

Congratulations to Framber Valdez, who threw a no-hitter for the Asterisks* yesterday.
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