Remember June 11, 2013? That was the night that Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Ian Kennedy threw a 92-MPH fastball high and tight that hit newly arrived Dodgers superstar outfielder Yasiel Puig on the nose. Fortunately it was a glancing blow that caused no injury – but it could have been fatal if it had been a fraction […]

(Article and photos courtesy of the Institute for Baseball Studies) The Institute for Baseball Studies, a humanities-based research center on the campus of Whittier College, has announced the receipt of a major donation of Negro Leagues memorabilia.  The collection, which was donated by Michael Brown, includes 302 baseballs signed by Negro Leagues players (many of whom […]

For the second time in as many days, Dodgers rookie center fielder Joc Pederson wasn’t in the Dodgers starting lineup on Saturday against the Anaheim Angels of Anaheim. Conventional wisdom suggests that Dodgers manager Don Mattingly was simply keeping his All-Star center fielder out of the starting lineup because of pitching match-ups against Angels left-handers Hector Santiago […]

It was the first time it has ever happened in MLB history – the MVP from one league squaring off against the MVP from the other league. On Saturday afternoon, 2014 NL MVP and Cy Young award winner Clayton Kershaw went head-to-head with 2014 AL MVP Mike Trout in front of a sold out Dodger Stadium […]

The Dodgers got some offensive power from a couple of unlikely sources on Friday night as the Dodgers topped the Angels by a score of 5-3. Dodgers second baseman Howie Kendrick, in his first game against his former team, absolutely smoked a Hector Santiago 74-MPH curveball 10 rows deep into the Left Field Pavilion for a […]

With the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline only hours away, there has been constant speculation, rumors, conversations, writings, tweets, text messages and to a much lesser extent, confirmation about moves that have been or are about to be made. As expected, much of the chatter has been about Thursday’s trades between the Dodgers, Braves and Marlins. […]

The Dodgers have put to rest all of the rumors and speculation by announcing that their trades with the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves are now official. The Dodgers have acquired right-handed pitcher Mat Latos, infielder/outfielder Michael Morse and cash considerations from the Miami Marlins in exchange for minor league right-handers Victor Araujo, Jeff Brigham […]

In the top half of the seventh inning of Wednesday night’s interleague game between the Dodgers and the Oakland A’s, Dodgers second baseman Howie Kendrick made a rare error – a huge error. With no outs and runners on first and second, A’s right fielder Josh Reddick hit a hard grounder to Kendrick that had […]

Dodgers center fielder Joc Pederson has had 347 at-bats this season. He has struck out in 122 of them. You don’t have to be a math major to quickly realize that this is more than one-third of them – .351 percent to be exact. Is Dodgers manager Don Mattingly concerned about this? The short answer is yes, a little […]