UPDATED November 5, 2017 at 2:55 pm PT (See below) * * * * * * * * * * The year was 2004. It was a great year for the Dodgers, who ended up winning the National League West Division over the San Francisco Giants by a mere two games. But for Dodgers […]
(Read More)Archive for November, 2017
The Dodgers other Kenley Jansen
When the Dodgers 2016 season ended with a loss to the eventual World Series champion Chicago Cubs, they were faced with a serious dilemma – either pay All-Star closer Kenley Jansen BIG bucks, or lose him to free agency. Fortunately, they paid him … to the tune of $80 million for five years that will […]
(Read More)The Dodgers’ 2017 under-the-radar hero
There’s a pretty good chance that if you were to poll Dodger fans as to who they consider the hero of the just-concluded 15-game 2017 postseason, of which the Dodgers won 10 of the 15 games they played, the top vote getters would probably include Justin Turner for his dramatic three-run walk-off home run in […]
(Read More)47 pitches cost Dodgers World Series title
The Dodgers made it to game-7 of the 2007 World Series by winning an MLB-best 104 games during the regular season, three games in the National League Division Series, four games in the National League Championship Series and three of the first six games of the World Series. That’s a remarkable 114 wins. But the […]
(Read More)The real winning pitcher of Game-6
The record books will forever show that the winning pitcher of game-6 of the 2017 World Series was Dodgers left-hander Tony Watson. And while the 32-year-old Sioux City, Iowa native most certainly did exactly what he was called upon to do, he made a grand total of six pitches and actually hit the first batter he faced. […]
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