First the Dodgers Joc the world, and now they shock the world.
Confounding skeptics from coast to baseball coast, the Dodgers made good on their word and successfully delivered an offer to first-round draft choice Zach Lee reportedly at $5.25 million over five years, luring him from Louisiana State, where he had been about to embark on a quarterbacking career. Tony Jackson of ESPNLosAngeles.com has details.
Back in October, I suggested that the divorce might bring about "a time when you buy the kids a nice pony to take their mind off the ugliness." It took a while, but Lee is that pony, at least for the hardcore Dodger fan. It's a remarkable turn of events and expectations.
Confounding skeptics from coast to baseball coast, the Dodgers made good on their word and successfully delivered an offer to first-round draft choice Zach Lee reportedly at $5.25 million over five years, luring him from Louisiana State, where he had been about to embark on a quarterbacking career. Tony Jackson of ESPNLosAngeles.com has details.
Back in October, I suggested that the divorce might bring about "a time when you buy the kids a nice pony to take their mind off the ugliness." It took a while, but Lee is that pony, at least for the hardcore Dodger fan. It's a remarkable turn of events and expectations.
- Here's the Dodger Thoughts writeup on Zach Lee from draft day. Dodger fans have something to celebrate.
- Statement from Louisana State.
ABOUT THIS BLOG
A native of Los Angeles, Jon Weisman has been writing about the Dodgers at Dodger Thoughts since 2002 and thinking deeply about them since the 1970s. He is the author of 100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, published in 2009. Weisman began covering sports professionally in 1985, complemented by adventures in writing for and about the screen that have culminated in his current position as a features editor at Variety. Any downtime he can muster will be happily spent with his wife and three young children.
TEAM LEADERS
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Matt Kemp
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| OTHER LEADERS | ||||||||||||
| HR | M. Kemp | 12 | ||||||||||
| RBI | A. Ethier | 40 | ||||||||||
| R | M. Kemp | 29 | ||||||||||
| OPS | M. Kemp | 1.173 | ||||||||||
| W | C. Capuano | 6 | ||||||||||
| ERA | C. Kershaw | 1.90 | ||||||||||
| SO | C. Kershaw | 51 | ||||||||||
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