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Classy Kemp closing in on history

GameSetMatch — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:35:47 +0000

Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp celebrated a quarter century of life on Wednesday while Dodgers fans are celebrating a rising star who has a good shot of reaching a statistical plateau that has never been reached in the more than 100-year history of the franchise.

Kemp is aiming to become the first Dodgers player to hit .300 with 25 homers, 100 RBIs and 30 steals in one season. Through Wednesday, his 25th birthday, Kemp was hitting .304 with 25 homers, 97 RBIs and 34 steals in 149 games.

Already, he is only the sixth player in Dodgers history to have 20 homers and 30 steals in one season, and the first since Raul Mondesi in 1999.

There will be those who tell you that they knew this is what they’d eventually see from the gifted but raw young athlete drafted in the sixth round of the 2003 First-Year Player Draft out of high school in Oklahoma, where he turned down an offer from the Sooners to play shooting guard and instead opted to focus on baseball.

Click here to read the full article – By Lisa Winston of MLB.com

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Dynamic duo’s strides driving Dodgers

GameSetMatch — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:39:20 +0000

After they lost to Philadelphia in last year’s National League Championship Series, the Dodgers had to know that to make it to the Fall Classic and win a long-awaited ring, they’d need to come of age.

They’ve done it this year, and two huge reasons for it are the budding stars in their outfield.

Their names are Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier, both are having career years for a first-place club that figures to be a major player in the postseason, and both are young, charismatic, very talented and still loaded with untapped potential.

They’re also very different.

Kemp, who turns 25 next week, is a rare specimen of raw power, speed and baseball talent, even though he was recruited by the University of Oklahoma to play basketball as a shooting guard and teammates, scouts, opposing players and fans liken him to a football player.

Click here to read the full article – By Doug Miller of MLB.com

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Kemp emerging as five-tool star

GameSetMatch — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:02:46 +0000

Sparked by a 4-for-5 performance in the Dodgers’ 17-4 win against the Brewers on Tuesday, Matt Kemp began Wednesday’s game tied for fourth in the National League with a .323 batting average.

That stat shouldn’t be a total shocker. Despite Kemp’s youth, he’s been consistently one of the Dodgers’ top hitters for average and has been above .300 since May 30.

But the fact that Kemp is positioning himself for a possible run at the NL batting crown comes as a surprise to manager Joe Torre.

Click here to read the full article – By David Ely of MLB.com

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