The TEN: 4/28/2021

(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)

  1. After a 3-1, 10 inning loss to the Cincinnati Reds Monday night the Dodgers had lost four out of five and were tied with the San Francisco Giants for first place in the NL West with a record of 15-8 heading into Tuesday night’s action. 
  2. Ole Miss fired offensive line coach/ running game coordinator Randy Clements just three days after its spring football game. 
  3. Houston Rockets point guard John Wall is expected to be out the rest of the season with a right hamstring strain. 
  4. The Utah Jazz have the best record in the NBA at 44-17. 
  5. Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez scored a hat trick to lead the LA Galaxy to a 3-2 win over the New York Red Bulls last Sunday. Hernandez has scored five goals in the first two games for the Galaxy, 2-0. 
  6. San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said the team likes five quarterbacks with the number three pick in the NFL draft. 
  7. Most Mock drafts have Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence going number one to the Jacksonville Jaguars, BYU quarterback Zach Wilson number two to the New York Jets, and the 49ers taking Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields third. 
  8. The Detroit Tigers have the worst record in baseball at 7-16.
  9. On this day in 1987 the Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Miami quarterback Vinny Testaverde with the first pick in the NFL draft. 
  10. Golfer John Daly turns 55 today. 

3 Comments to "The TEN: 4/28/2021"

  1. Ron Vrooman, AHS stat man's Gravatar Ron Vrooman, AHS stat man
    April 29, 2021 - 12:06 pm | Permalink

    @ Baseball is easy: Oh yeah, Don Stanhouse. He was the closer for the Baltimore Orioles before he came to the Dodgers in 1980.
    Orioles manager Earl Weaver called Stanhouse “Full Pack” because, as Weaver told it, he’d go through an entire pack of cigarettes while watching Stanhouse struggle to get the side out in the ninth inning.
    I think I can safely say that there were three primary reasons why the Dodgers lost to the Houston Astros by one game in the NL West in 1980: Stanhouse, free-agent starting pitcher Dave Goltz (who was also a bust), and a season-ending shoulder injury to slugging right fielder Reggie Smith.
    Dodger fans who are old enough to remember do not have fond memories of Don Stanhouse.

  2. Baseball is easy's Gravatar Baseball is easy
    April 28, 2021 - 10:30 pm | Permalink

    Rams fan

    Kershaw was hitting for a weaker hitting pitcher because Dodgers were out of position players
    Jansen is a crap shoot any time he pitches. Sometimes he is M Rivera and sometimes Don Stanhouse.
    The worst shift was Mookie being in extreme rightcenter on lefthanded hitter J Votto which cost them the next game

  3. RAMS FAN's Gravatar RAMS FAN
    April 28, 2021 - 2:15 pm | Permalink

    #8 If Dave Roberts keeps managing his roster the way he has in the last week, it will soon be the Dodgers with the worst record in baseball. Just a few examples of recent gaffs.
    Clayton Kershaw pinch hitting in the 10 inning. Why?
    Kenly Jenson coming in to pitch in a 3-3 tie. Why? He ALWAYS gives up at least 1 run when he comes in.
    Putting the shift on with runners at 1st & 2nd with 1 out. Routine ground ball didn’t get the double play extending the inning.

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