While it has been generally accepted by all that Cardinals right-hander Joe Kelly did not intentionally hit Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez in the ribs with his 95 MPH fastball in the first inning of Game-1 of the National League Championship Series last Friday night, it’s probably safe to say that the Cardinals weren’t too terribly […]

There is something missing in the Dodgers dugout, something so blatantly obvious that its absence is blinding. What is it, or rather who is it? It’s that guy – a team leader; and I don’t have a clue who that guy is because he is nowhere to be found – not yet, at least. Without exception every […]

Make no mistake about it, the Dodgers hate the Giants and the Giants hate the Dodgers – been that way since 1889 when the New York Giants of the National League beat the Brooklyn Bridegrooms (one of many names used by the Dodgers) of the American Association six games to three in the best of […]

Anyone who has ever had the pleasure to meet and get to know former MLB player and baseball analyst Steve Lyons has indeed experienced a pleasure. Simply put, Lyons is easily one of the nicest and most approachable guys in the baseball analyst business – bar none. Unfortunately, those of us who came to know […]

Losing Game-1 of the NLCS is certainly not the time to panic, not even a little bit – but doing so definitely changes the dynamics of the series drastically. Dodger manager Don Mattingly must now realize that what was once a ‘best-of-seven series’ is now a ‘must-not-lose-three series’ and the very first step towards that […]

It’s hard to find someone who thinks that Dodger manager Don Mattingly’s decision to replace Adrian Gonzalez with pinch runner Dee Gordon in the top of the 8th inning of a tied Game-1 of the NLCS was a smart move. In fact, I couldn’t find anyone who thought it was a smart move. I did, […]

Ask yourself this Dodger fans: As of this morning who is the most important member on the Dodgers National League Championship Series roster? Is it Puig, Kershaw, Greinke, Ramirez, Gonzalez, or new fan favorite Uribear? No. Meet your most important Dodger: J.P. Howell. The ground shook in the twittersphere this morning when the Dodger roster […]

Although there has been no official word out of Dodgers camp that outfielder Andre Ethier will return to the starting lineup in time for tonight’s National League Championship Series opener in St. Louis, there is every indication that he will – this in spite of manager Don Mattingly’s coy attempt at suggesting otherwise. After Wednesday’s […]

There’s blue stuff everywhere. Car flags, signs, license plate frames, wearing apparel, hats. I’m not even in L.A. and I’m seeing some of the stuff surface here where I work at the airport. What I wonder about though is where this stuff was back in June? We saw some of it, but nothing like now. […]

During the top of the 9th inning of Monday night’s exciting NLDS-clinching 4-3 win over the Atlanta Braves at Dodger Stadium, something unusual happened – not unusual in the sense that it happened, but unusual in the sense that it happened in the top of the 9th inning after Dodgers star closer Kenley Jansen had […]