This evening, the Indians begin a three-game series with their foes from the 1920 World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers. Of course, they were still in Brooklyn at that point; owner Walter O’Malley didn’t move the team west until 1958. In fact, that reminds me of a good joke I’ve heard from fans of the Brooklyn Dodgers. In front of you sits Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Walter O’Malley. You have a gun with two bullets, what do you do? The answer? You shoot Walter O’Malley twice. As you can imagine, Brooklyn fans were a wee bit upset about the move.
Before I get back to the present, I should add that this series also pairs up the first two teams to integrate the major leagues. Jackie Robinson, on April 15, 1947 and Larry Doby, on July 5, 1947. It’s interesting that there are several historical connections between the Indians and the Dodgers, especially considering the different leagues and after 1958, the distance between the two.
Corey Kluber takes the mound this evening against Dan Haren, as the Indians hope to bounce back offensively after being shut out with just one hit yesterday against Felix Hernandez.
Lineups:
Indians:
Michael Bourn, CF
Asdrubal Cabrera, SS
Michael Brantley, LF
Carlos Santana, 1B
Jason Kipnis, 2B
Lonnie Chisenhall, 3B
Yan Gomes, C
David Murphy, RF
Corey Kluber, P
Dodgers:
Dee Gordon, 2B
Yasiel Puig, RF
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Matt Kemp, LF
Andre Ethier, CF
Juan Uribe, 3B
A. J. Ellis, C
Miguel Rojas, SS
Dan Haren, P
Fun fact: As of right now (end of the 6th), the Indians haven’t scored for 18 straight innings.
If you think about it, in the past 15 innings they have as many hits as they do errors.
DAN HAREN. we can’t get a hit off dan haren?!?
this is a new low. 2 hits over 2 games.