Filed under: Dodgers, MLB Milestones
As 2010 winds down, players who aren't on a playoff team or one fighting for a playoff spot are already beginning to look ahead to 2011. Matt Kemp's Dodgers were a bit disappointing this season, failing to defend their back-to-back NL West titles and falling out of the playoff race right after the All-Star break. That apparently hasn't stopped Kemp from thinking big, as he told the Los Angeles Times Wednesday that he's aiming for a 40-40 season in 2011.
I'm not one to rain on a man's parade, but if Kemp predicted that he was going to ride out to center field on a unicorn on Opening Day 2011, that would only be slightly more implausible than his actual prediction.
Consider the following facts: Kemp has never hit more than 26 home runs in a season, he plays in a very good pitcher's ballpark, he's never stolen more than 35 bases in a season and in 2010 he stole successfully just 19 times in 34 attempts.
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