Dodgers rookie right-hander Landon Knack had 23 family and friends members at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday for his main league debut, one in every of three main league debuts for the Dodgers this week.
Knack's father John referred to as the day “surreal” in an interview with Tim Hayes on the Bristol Herald Courier in Virginia.
“After the curler coaster of the minor leagues and his spring coaching this 12 months, I knew he was prepared,” John Knack informed Hayes. “So it was good to have the ability to chill out and benefit from the day.”
Noah Woodward in his e-newsletter of The Advance Scout wrote concerning the debut of Knack, and was impressed along with his change, and consciousness on the mountain.
“It's frequent for younger pitchers to get so self-involved or overwhelmed that they neglect concerning the baserunners. Not Knack,” Woodward wrote. “He checked with Freddie Freeman early and infrequently. He emptied the tank in a single at-bat, utilizing his two pickoffs/free throws.
Danielle Dorsey, the assistant meals editor on the Los Angeles Occasions, on Friday shared a curated listing of locations to eat in and round Dodger Stadium.
Likewise, our pals at Eater Los Angeles put collectively their very own listing of eating places to frequent within the space.
Former pal Corey Seager was profiled by ESPN's Jeff Passan, who stated the previous Dodgers and present Rangers shortstop has MLB's greatest swing.
Included is that this quote about Seager from his former Dodgers teammate Justin Turner, now with the Blue Jays:
“He’s ready. There are various assured individuals, proper? However he believes in his work. I imagine in every little thing he does going to the sport to provide him that psychological freedom the place no state of affairs is just too huge for him. Plenty of that is to have the opportunity discover freedom in your sport – that you just don't take into consideration a state of affairs. You may put together your self in time and let it rip, you are able to do one thing.”
