Everyone knows that Jackie Robinson was the first African-American in modern Major League Baseball – we’ve heard about it our entire lives, we learned about it in school, we’ve read countless articles and books about it and we’ve even seen a recent (and excellent) motion picture by Academy Award-winning writer/director Brian Helgeland titled 42 about it. (If you haven’t […]

If there were any doubts as to who the Dodgers number four starter should be for the upcoming postseason, there certainly shouldn’t be any longer. For the fourth time in as many starts right-hander Dan Haren not only gave the Dodgers six innings or more, but he won three of the four with a no-decision […]

If you arrive early at Dodger Stadium early on any given day during baseball season you will notice both teams taking batting practice (except on day games following a night game). As with every MLB team, the home team always take BP first followed by the visiting team. Another thing that you will notice is […]

Prior to Monday night’s game against the Padres, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said that Carlos Frias, who was called up to the Dodgers on August 4 and who has been a starting pitcher throughout his entire eight-year minor league career, would not be getting another start in the 17 remaining games this season. Why? “As […]

When Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw did not come out to pitch the ninth inning of last night’s game there were undoubtedly many Dodger fans who were upset that the young left-hander was denied a shot at collecting what would have been an MLB-leading seventh complete game this season – especially when Kershaw had thrown only […]

As crazy as it sounds, there are already some Dodger fans who have thrown in the towel on 22-year-old top Dodgers prospect Joc Pederson after only one week in the big leagues which, of course, is ludicrous. Pederson, who was called up to the Show on September 1, has had all of 17 plate appearance […]