April 21, 1957 Pirates/Dodgers at Ebbets Field - The Dodgers brought a 3-0 season record into the first game of an Easter Sunday doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates. This game, recorded by Pat, was the first Dodger loss of 1957. When the season ended, there would be sixty-nine others to add to it. Brooklyn won eighty-four games in 1957, so the Bums had a good year. Don Newcombe was hit hard and often in this 6-3 loss to the Pirates. In the third inning, Newcombe gave up back-to-back-to-back solo homeruns to Frank Thomas, Paul Smith and Dick Groat. Newcombe was removed with one out in the third, after giving up four earned runs and seven hits. Rene Valdes pitched effectively in relief, going 3 2/3 scoreless innings before being replaced by pinch-hitter Sandy Amoros. The final Pirate runs were scored on a two-run homerun by Bob Skinner off of Sandy Koufax. Brooklyn was held to two hits by the pitching of Vern Law, Bob Purkey and Roy Face. The Dodger runs were scored in the ninth on a three-run homerun by Carl Furillo. The only other Dodger hit was a fifth inning single by Gil Hodges - link
Manny Acta - If the Indians finish six games under .500 for their new skipper, Manny Acta will be 100 games under .500 for his career. Given how many players the Indians dealt away in recent years, I like his odds to pull that off. - hbt
I got a sweet email from the "Ruckle Nation"...
Hello Mack, from all of the Ruckle gang across the country, we wanted to thank you for supporting Jake the past several years. He's back healthy and outside of his injury plagued seasons, he knows he can compete.Our world is a better place having people like you in it Mack. We thank you again for believing in Jake and we wish you great health and success each day.
This is why I do what I do...
Astros manager Brad Mills said that Matt Lindstrom will be the team's closer on Opening Day. Including a one-inning appearance against the Phillies on Tuesday, Lindstrom has 8 2/3 scoreless innings under his belt this spring. Brandon Lyon, who was signed to a questionable three-year, $15 million contract last December, is set to begin the season as his set-up man. - link
Six months after being fired from ESPN for treating the workplace like a farm system for his sexual desires, Steve Phillips has gotten a new job. WFAN host Mike Francesa announced Monday that the former Mets GM will be talking baseball with him weekly on the “Mike’d Up: Francesa on the FAN” show. - Lisa Swan
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