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The Dodgers major league team wasn’t the only team in the organization to deal with bad weather on Thursday. But three of the top four affiliates did get games in.

Kole Calhoun hit a bases-loaded triple in a four-run fourth inning that held up for Triple-A Oklahoma City.

Bases un-loaded thanks to a triple by Kole Calhoun!Dodgers lead, 4-0, in the 4th inning! pic.twitter.com/jF7sGLYAQE

— Oklahoma City Dodgers (@okc_dodgers) June 30, 2023

Since signing a minor league deal with the Dodgers on June 6, the veteran outfielder is hitting .291/.365/.455 with six extra-base hits in 14 games.

Oklahoma City got five scoreless innings from the bullpen to close out a win over the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (Astros). They followed a spot start by Justin Hagenman, which pushed the rest of the rotation back a day. Hagenman, used mostly in relief the last three years, pitched four innings for the third time in June, and allowed two runs.

Alec Gamboa followed by recording eight outs in relief without allowing a run, earning the win for the second time in as many appearances in Triple-A this season.

Hunter Feduccia might feel robbed for not taking player of the day honors after two doubles and two singles for his second game with at least four hits this season. He had the rare 4-0-4-0 line, with no runs scored nor RBI, which seems hard to do in a four-hit game in the Pacific Coast League. Feduccia in 14 games in June is hitting .392/.492/.608.

Nick Frasso was knocked out in the first inning for a second straight start in the Drillers’ road loss to the Amarillo Sod Poodles (D-backs).

Frasso recorded only one out in his 28 pitches, allowing a hit batter, four singles, and double to knock him out of the game. He left trailing 4-1 with two runners on base, and the next batter homered off reliever Antonio Knowles.

Tulsa got production from the bottom of the order to claw back, but trailing 7-1 after the first was too tall of a task for a comeback. But Kody Hoese and Carson Taylor each had two hits, including a two-run home run, and Yusniel Díaz doubled, walked twice, and scored twice.

Ricky Vanasco, acquired from the Rangers on June 1, made his Tulsa debut by allowing a two-run home run in the third, his one inning of work.

Inclement weather wiped out Thursday’s game between Great Lakes and the Lansing Lugnuts (A’s). The two teams will instead play a doubleheader of two seven-inning games on Friday, beginning at 2:35 p.m. PT.

In a bullpen game, the Quakes allowed six runs in the first four innings, digging too deep of a hole in a loss to the Visalia Rawhide (D-backs).

Converted infielder Sauryn Lao continued to impress on the mound, striking out four in 2? scoreless innings of relief.

Kenneth Betancourt doubled, singled, and drove in three for Rancho Cucamonga.

Triple-A: Left-hander Justin Bruihl was recalled by the Dodgers. Starter Michael Grove was optioned.

Double-A: Outfielder Josh Stowers was placed on the injured list, and was replaced by Ismael Alcantara , who was promoted from Great Lakes to Tulsa, for whom he played 10 games last season.

Low-A: Right-hander Reynaldo Yean, a 19-year-old signed out of the Dominican Republic in 2021, was promoted from the Arizona Complex League after striking out 16 of his 28 batters faced in eight scoreless innings. Pitcher David Tiburcio was sent to Arizona.

Charleston’s Commission on History will consider a request Wednesday from a Los Angeles-based art curator to send the statue of John C. Calhoun that formerly stood in Marion Square to the West Coast for a 2022 exhibition at L.A.’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA).

In a June 3 letter, co-curator Hamza Walker detailed the premise of the exhibit, which would bring together a number of “recently decommissioned” statues like Calhoun’s, alongside new works of art commissioned and inspired by the monuments to continue discussions around “reparations, healing, and a greater reckoning with America’s past,” he said.

Walker, who is director of LAXART, a nonprofit visual art space in Los Angeles and is curating the exhibit tentatively called MONUMENTS, said officials in Baltimore have agreed to lend four statues. Discussions are in also progress with leaders at the University of Texas, and requests have also been made in Richmond and Durham. Walker did not respond to an email from the City Paper by publication time.

The collection would be assembled “in order to confront and challenge long-held beliefs about the real people behind these inanimate objects and the ways in which we can build a roadmap forward,” Walker wrote in his letter addressed to Mayor John Tecklenburg.

The exhibition is slated to open at the MOCA in fall 2022, but that date could change due to COVID restrictions. Other details aren’t know at this point.

Private donations through LAXART and other grants would cover the costs of transporting the 6,000-pound, 12-foot-tall bronze statue, Walker wrote. Curators have retained Chicago-based Methods & Materials, Inc. to handle shipping and logistics, he said.

Once the 14-member Commission on History considers the proposal from the curators, its decision will be passed on to City Council, chairman Harlan Greene told the City Paper Tuesday morning.

The statue, originally erected in 1896, was removed by crews in 2020 at the direction of Charleston City Council. Since then, it has sat in storage.

The commission is set to meet via conference call Wednesday at 4 p.m., according to a published agenda. To join the meeting, call 929-205-6099. The meeting ID is 812 7172 2592.

This could very well be Kole Calhoun’s final week with the LA Angels, and that just doesn’t seem right.

For the LA Angels, Kole Calhoun, and the fans, this needs to not be the end of Calhoun’s tenure with the only franchise he’s ever known.

This has been, without a doubt, Calhoun’s best season of his career. His defense has remained elite even as he’s aged, and the swing he began using last season proved beneficial. He became not just a league average hitter, but one of the most consistent hitters on the Angels.

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So for the Angels, keeping Calhoun makes sense because as an organization, you want good players on your team. However, with Mike Trout and Justin Upton already in the outfield, that leaves only one starting spot for Brian Goodwin and top prospect Jo Adell, when he is called up. Throwing Calhoun into that mix only makes things trickier. Brian Goodwin is the ideal bench outfielder considering he can play all three positions, while Calhoun is strictly a corner outfielder.

However, this club can’t just afford to let good players walk away for nothing. I know what every Angels fan is going to say, “Trade Upton!”. And while that may not be the worst idea, it seems extremely unlikely the Angels do that this offseason. Resigning Calhoun at a lower rate than his opt-in makes sense, Billy Eppler can’t afford to lose someone with as much heart and talent as Calhoun.

For Calhoun, why would he want to leave the only team he’s ever known? He’s grown from Mike Trout’s running mate to one of the leaders of the clubhouse in Anaheim. He’s on record talking about how much he loves playing in Anaheim and how badly he’d like to stay.

For the fans, how could we not want to keep watching this guy? We’ve seen him through his entire career grow as a ball player. Every diving catch, home run, or outfield assist followed by a smile was endearing to our hearts, and honestly one of the best non-Mike Trout things this team has had for the past five years.

I know Adell is the newer, shinier toy, but sometimes Ol’ Reliable is still the right option, at least for now. And for all parties involved, Kole Calhoun staying with the Angels sure would be a beautiful thing.

When LA Angels fans think of Mike Trout and his career thus far, it isn’t too long until our minds begin to wonder to his career-long running mate, Kole Calhoun.

And while that may be what we LA Angels faithful first knew Kole Calhoun as, it became obvious over the years he was so much more than that.

When Calhoun first came up as a the potential replacement for Torii Hunter in right field, he was just a young, scrappy outfielder whose bat hadn’t quite caught up to his elite defensive play. A eighth round pick in 2010, Calhoun didn’t have the same kind of name recognition a Mike Trout type player did as a first round pick.

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Nevertheless, Kole won fans over, and quickly at that. His defense alone was reason enough to watch Angels games, and his bat (albeit inconsistent) popped at times. He was the perfect running mate for Trout to start his career.

As the years went on though, Kole became more than just Mike Trout’s sidekick. Halo fans began accepting him for more than that and came to the slow realization that he was a cornerstone for the Angels. His spot in right field was as secure as any spot on the team, and the Angels remained loyal to him for years and years even as his bat went through dry seasons.

A huge reason for that was due to the other aspects of Kole’s game. Obviously his defense, whether it be his cannon of an arm or diving catches, made the team better. It also became obvious over the years that despite playing the game like a kid (as in, having fun), he had matured into one of the leaders of the clubhouse. Kole had grown up from a 24-year old fresh-out-of-college kid to a 31-year old father right before the eyes of Angels fans.

One of the best parts of Calhoun’s Angels career was his comeback in the second half of 2018 and into 2019. His awful batting line in the first few months of 2018 were well-documented, but his comeback was worth all of the frustration those months brought. Upon his return, Calhoun was one of the best hitters in baseball for the remainder of the 2018 season, and his 2019 campaign was vital to any success the Angels found.

While his Angels career came to an end this year, there is simply no other player on the Angels who captured the hearts of Angels fans as collectively as Kole Calhoun, and all of us at Halo Hangout can’t wait to see what he does for his hometown Arizona Diamondbacks for the next two seasons.

LA Angels Kole Cahoun is both quietly and loudly having a strong season, but don’t ask Angel fans about it because most of them will tell you about how “average” and “replaceable” he is.

Many LA Angels fans are calling for him to be trade for prospects and moved on from due to his “average” value to the club, but the truth couldn’t be farther from this sentiment. Kole Calhoun is one of the most important Angels in this roster.

Kole Calhoun currently has a 2.4 WAR on the season, the 3rd highest on the team next to David Fletcher (at 2.6) and Mike Trout (6.7). He is currently hitting .238/.325/.489 in 366 AB’s (career high OPS of .814) and has slugged 23 HRs with 57 RBI’s in that span. His defense has proved to be game saving time and time again and on top of that he is a respected club leader, 2nd to only Mike Trout. Kole Calhoun provides the Angels with a plethora of run scoring opportunities by offering significant power from the middle/bottom of the order. His power numbers more than make up for his middling contact; like an Adam Dunn-lite who strikes out far less, when he actually puts his bat to the ball he makes the most out of it.

He isn’t affectionately named Kole “Calboom” for no reason.

A big part of Angel fans wanting to move Calhoun is the growing presence of minor league star Jo Adell, who may be ready for the bigs by 2020. Kole Calhouns energetic leadership presence, high level of defensive play, and valuable bat not only make him a valuable piece to the Angels, it makes him a valuable trade target as well.

On that point I can’t deny that he could bring in a decent prospect or two in a trade, but what he will get in return may not be as valuable as what he’s doing for the club right now. He may not be a young starting pitcher, but the value he provides as a leader and right fielder is worth far more than any trade target (unless Eppler can work a fleece for him).

Trading Kole Calhoun isn’t the answer, but there is another outfielder on this team who is very much worth entertaining the idea of training.