When Dodgers left fielder Carl Crawford rolled his left ankle running down a ball in the corner on May 27, it look bad – real bad. The fact that the 32-year-old Houston, TX native was even able to get to the ball and make the throw back to the infield was in itself a miracle. […]

If you’re a Dodger fan you love him. But if you’re a fan of any other team in baseball you absolutely loathe him – not because he is bad, but because you are jealous that he is not on your favorite team. He is, of course, Yasiel Puig and Tuesday, June 3 marks the one […]

Anyone who has ever watched a Dodgers home game on television has seen Dennis Gilbert. He is arguably the most recognizable man behind home plate since famed Dodgers scout Mike Brito and his signature Panama hat. He sits in what is unarguably the best seat in the house in the front row directly behind home plate […]

If someone were to ask you what baseball’s most impossible record is, what would your answer be? Would it be Barry Bonds’ 762 career home runs? Would it be his 73 home runs in a single season? Would it be Pete Rose’s 4,256 hits? Would it be Ricky Henderson’s 1,406 career stolen bases? All of […]

It is being widely report this morning that hard-throwing Dodgers reliever Chris Withrow has a torn ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in his right elbow and will require Tommy John surgery. During last night’s post-game interview, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly eluded to the fact that Withrow had suffered an injury but would not reveal what it was. […]

One of the rarely talked about things when you are the staff ace on a major league baseball team is that often times your opponent is the staff ace of their team as well. Granted this isn’t always the case but it certainly is most of the time – it’s just the way that pitching rotations are normally […]

Dodger fans waiting patiently for their beloved Dodgers to go on another 42-8 run this season need to come to grips with the realization that such a run will, in all likelihood, never happen again. That historic run, which began almost a year ago, was the first time that a team had done so in 71 […]

Dodger starting pitcher Josh Beckett was named National League Co-Player of the Week for the period ending May 25, along with Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals. This marks the second consecutive week that a Dodger player has earned the honor, following Yasiel Puig’s selection last week. On Sunday, Beckett threw the first no-hitter […]

By now every Dodger (and baseball) fan is well aware that Dodgers right-hander Josh Beckett threw a no-hitter on Sunday afternoon against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Ballpark in the city of brotherly love. It was the first no-hitter of 2014 and the first Dodger no-hitter since Hideo Nomo’s on September 17, 1995 against the […]