It is arguably the most frequently asked question around Dodger Stadium these days: Should Dodgers manager Don Mattingly put Jimmy Rollins in the lineup as his everyday shortstop once he is fully recovered from his hand injury or should he continue to use rookie sensation Corey Seager even after Rollins is healthy? Taking it one step further and an […]
(Read More)Archive for September, 2015
It’s not about old-school vs. new-school, it’s about results
Mattingly defends questionable move with questionable answer
There comes a point in every extremely long extra-inning game where it just stops being fun; a point where the radio announcer’s constant attempt at being funny or cute becomes annoying and intolerable and leaves their listeners muttering to themselves wishing that Vin Scully still did television and radio. Add to this an unseasonal tropical storm […]
(Read More)Schebler still not bothered by playing in shadow of others
After yet another monster home run – his third in only his 10th major league game – Dodgers rookie outfielder Scott Schebler was yet again asked if it bothered him to be playing in the shadow of rookie sensation Corey Seager – this time worded as “swimming in Corey’s wake.” And just as he has done […]
(Read More)It’s déjà vu all over again for Corey Seager
As you would expect, when Dodgers top prospect Corey Seager made his major league debut on September 3 at Petco Park in San Diego, he was nervous. But that was 11 days ago and since that day Seager has played in every one of the Dodgers 10 road games. As such, you would think that with […]
(Read More)Farewell, my friend
It was an unusual friendship, one born out of appetite rather than social environment. It began one anxious day back in April 2012 – anxious for me, that is. After having run an interactive fan-based Dodgers forum for several years, my IT guru and good friend Scott Harvey and I decided to expand our forum to include a […]
(Read More)Home, sweet home
After a 7-3 road trip, their most successful of the entire season, the Dodgers return home to Dodger Stadium tonight to begin a 10-game homestand – during which they can conceivably clinch their third consecutive NL West title, albeit with the help of the Reds, Dbacks, Padres and A’s, all of whom will face the Giants over […]
(Read More)Corey Seager making things difficult for Don Mattingly
It’s one of those things we’ve see many times before – a Dodgers manager continually running a guy out there in spite of the fact that he’s struggling when there is someone far better on the bench. We saw it with Andruw Jones, we saw it with Garret Anderson, we saw it with Juan Uribe during […]
(Read More)Quakes follow script in dramatic walk-off win over Mavericks
When you think of what a baseball playoff game should be like, you immediately think of two evenly matched teams fighting it out like a couple of heavyweight prize fighters. That’s exactly what the 3,084 fans at LoanMart Field got on Saturday night in Game-1 of the California League South Division playoffs between the Rancho […]
(Read More)Justin Turner’s slump comes at the worst possible time
By now every Dodger fan on the planet is well aware that Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez is mired in a horrible slump – so bad, in fact, that he is hitting a paltry .152 (5 for 33) since September 1 and has seen his season average drop from .302 on June 28 to .275 heading […]
(Read More)Leave it to a 9-year-old to put things into perspective
It was a wonderful time, just as it was supposed to be – being nine years old. It was a time of innocence, a time of adventure, a time of exploring the vast world – as long as I was home by dinner time – most of it done on my bicycle. It was a time […]
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