Before every major league baseball game across America, the managers from both teams meet at home plate with all of the umpires to exchange lineup cards and to go over the ground rules for each specific ballpark. When finished, the managers return to their respective dugouts for the National Anthem and play begins. At Dodger […]

With the news that Dodgers left-handed pitching prospect Onelki Garcia’s had been called up to the Dodgers earlier today, Dodger manager Don Mattingly said that his role will be one of protection for his bullpen. “We need to make sure we have enough protection for Paco (Rodriguez) and J.P. (Howell),” said Mattingly in his pre-game […]

When the Dodgers signed right-hander Edinson Volquez on August 30, Dodger fans everywhere asked themselves one simple question. Why? Less than a week earlier, the 30-year-old Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic native had been designated for assignment by the San Diego Padres after posting a lackluster 9-10 record with a 6.01 ERA in 27 starts with the Padres. […]

It always seems that when the Dodgers are doing poorly Dodger fans can’t wait for next season’s schedule to come out and when they are doing well (or even great, as they are this season), it seems much less a priority. That being said, when you’ve got a winning team, or even a championship-caliber team, […]

On September 9, 1965, Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax became the only Dodger pitcher in franchise history (Brooklyn and Los Angeles) to throw a perfect game, thus etching his name in baseball history forever and becoming one of only 23 players to toss a perfect game. Last night, September 9, 2013, forty-eight years to […]

When you stop and consider that likely 2013 National League Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw is the only pitcher in all of baseball who could allow two earned runs in seven innings and actually have his ERA go up instead of down, it puts into perspective two very important things: one – Kershaw is […]

ABC News and other news outlets are reporting that Baseball and Softball have been outvoted by Wrestling as the final sport to be included in the 2020 Olympics to be held in Tokyo, Japan. Wrestling, which has been a part of the modern Olympics since 1896 and part of the ancient Games in Olympia, Greece […]

It’s pretty easy to see why Cincinnati Reds prospect Billy Hamilton draws comparison to Herb Washington, especially when each of Hamilton’s four major league appearances thus far (including his MLB debut on September 3) have been solely as a pinch runner. Washington, who was a World Class sprinter and world record holder but who hadn’t played […]

On Saturday the Dodgers lost their third straight games for the first time since June 8-10. That was three months ago and without looking it up, I would be willing to bet that no other team in Major League Baseball this season has gone three months without losing three in a row, so there is […]