After nearly a week of speculation and media hype, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts revealed his starting rotation for the 2017 National League Championship Series during his final pre-NLCS media conference on Friday afternoon at Dodger Stadium. “We’re going to go Kershaw, Hill, Darvish, Wood,” said Roberts. Although it had been known all along that Dodgers […]
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No surprises as Roberts reveals NLCS starting rotation
Stars beginning to align for potential epic World Series match-up
No one saw this one coming. By every indication it appeared as though the 2017 World Series would feature teams from Cleveland or Houston or Chicago or Washington or Los Angeles, at least on paper anyway. But as we all know, the game of baseball isn’t played on paper. On Wednesday night, the 91-win New […]
(Read More)Please don’t go
Here’s one for you baseball trivia buffs. What former major league catcher was behind the plate on July 1, 1990 when Yankees right-hander Andy Hawkins pitched a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park … and lost 4–0? Give up? The answer is Bob Geren, the current Dodgers bench coach for manager Dave Roberts. But just like the […]
(Read More)Rest or Rust?
When the Dodgers completed their three-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2017 National League Division Series on Monday night, two thing immediately became crystal clear: 1) Game-1 of the 2017 National League Championship Series will be played on Saturday, October 14 at Dodger Stadium against either the Washington Nationals or the Chicago Cubs. […]
(Read More)Bellinger pulls off the ultimate ‘Just kidding’
After going a dismal 1-for-10 (.100) with six strikeouts through the first two games of the 2017 National League Division Series, Dodgers rookie phenom and likely 2017 National League Rookie of the Year Cody Bellinger pulled off what can only be called the ultimate ‘just kidding’ on Monday night, when he had the game of his young […]
(Read More)Is Cody Bellinger broken?
The Dodgers are 2-0 heading into game-3 of the 2017 National League Division Series and one win away from advancing to the Championship Series. It’s important that you keep this in mind as you read on. Also keep in mind that as a team, the Dodgers are 24-for-73 (.329) at the plate through the first […]
(Read More)Dodgers rookie has veteran at-bat in Game-2 of NLDS
Years from now and regardless of whether or not the Dodgers go on to win the 2017 National League Division Series, Championship Series and World Series, there will be one guy (and thousands of Dodger fans) who will forever remember the bottom of the fourth inning of game-2 of the 2107 NLDS at Dodger Stadium. […]
(Read More)Have a night, Justin Turner
When people think of former Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti, they usually associate him with the blockbuster trade he made with the Boston Red Sox on August 25, 2012 that brought Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford and Nick Punto to the team in exchange for beloved former Dodger James Loney, infield prospect Iván De Jesus Jr., and […]
(Read More)Dodgers announce 2017 NLDS Roster
The Dodgers have announced their 25-man roster for the 2017 National League Division Series, which begins on Friday, October 6, 2017 at 7:31 pm PT. Although there was widespread speculation that utility infielder Tim Locastro would make the team – more so for his baserunning skills than anything else – he did not. Instead, Dodgers […]
(Read More)October Ready – It all comes down to this
It was April 3, 2017, a Monday afternoon in the city of Angels. Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw went into his windup and delivered a 93.8-mph four-seam fastball that San Diego Padres center fielder Manuel Margot took for strike one. And with that, the 2017 season was officially underway. That was exactly 186 days ago. On Friday […]
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