Dodgers: Appreciating Andre Ethier and his clutch gene

In honor of Joc Pederson’s big night on September 4, I remember the last Dodgers hitter to use that bat model with that much success; Andre Ethier himself.

Ethier loaned Pederson a bat back when the Dodgers visited Arizona, Ethier’s childhood state, and Joc has demonstrated some of Ethier’s powerful clutch abilities in the games since, including JocPop’s historic six at-bat stretch of five home runs and a double that stretched across Tuesday and Wednesday. It started working in AZ, and it hasn’t stopped working since. Here’s what Joc told MLB.com about the bat:

Pederson said former Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier visited the team Saturday, and the outfielder used one of the bats that Ethier…