When Dodgers right-hander Chad Billingsley underwent Tommy John surgery in April of 2013, he had hopes of returning to the Dodgers starting rotation around June of this year. But after only one rehab start with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on June 8, Billingsley was shut down for elbow discomfort. The cause was a partially torn flexor tendon […]

The Jackie Robinson West Little League baseball team from Chicago that won the U.S. Little League championship and finished runner-up to South Korea for the Little League World Series title will visit Dodger Stadium on Saturday as guests of the Dodgers. Jackie Robinson West, the first all-black team to reach the  Little League World Series […]

We’ve seen it before. In fact, we saw it on opening day 2013 against these very same Giants. Clayton Kershaw was pitching a shutout, but so too was Giants ace Matt Cain who was relieved by right-hander George Kontos in the bottom of the eighth inning. The Dodgers had managed only four hits off of Cain. Enough, thought […]

If you were a Hollywood screenwriter you couldn’t write a better story. Not only is the Dodgers magic number to clinch their second consecutive NL West title down to one, they will have the best pitcher on the planet going for them on Wednesday night in Clayton Kershaw. It is a match-up that was crafted […]

After amassing 37 runs on 53 hits in a four-game series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, the Dodgers returned home but left their bats in the windy city – and at the absolute worst possible time. The Dodgers entered Monday night’s game with a 4.5-game lead over their hated rivals with a magic […]

The Dodgers have announced that left-handed pitcher Clayton Kershaw was named the winner of the ninth annual Roy Campanella Award, which is given to the Dodger player who best exemplifies the spirit and leadership of the late Hall of Fame catcher. The award, which was voted upon by Dodger uniformed personnel, will be presented to […]

The idea was to save their three best (and healthy) starting pitchers for the upcoming series against the Giants at Dodger Stadium, but what they accomplished may end up saving the Dodgers bacon in the postseason – utilizing the bullpen as a combined number four or number five starter. “It’s going to be interesting, that’s […]

It’s bad enough that the Dodgers will probably have to enter the postseason with only two-thirds of their starting rotation healthy, but the thought of going up against teams like the Cardinals, Nationals, Pirates or even the Giants with their current bullpen is absolutely terrifying. It is unreasonable (if not impossible) to think that Clayton […]

When Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw walked off the mound on Friday afternoon after the fifth inning he was absolutely furious – not at anyone or anything else but with himself. Even though he had struck out nine and had made 106 pitches, he had lasted only five innings – his second shortest outing of the […]

It was impossible to miss. From the day that Yasiel Puig made his major league debut on June 3, 2013 he has always stood off the plate – way off the plate. His thought undoubtedly was that doing so would allow him to square up on pitches inside and pull the ball, and it worked well […]