Archive for May, 2018

Dodgers reinstate Puig from DL – place Cingrani on it

The Dodgers have reinstated outfielder Yasiel Puig from the 10-day disabled list (left hip contusion) and recalled left-handed reliever Scott Alexander and right-handed pitcher Brock Stewart from Triple-A Oklahoma City. To create room on the active roster, the Dodgers placed left-handed reliever Tony Cingrani on the 10-day DL (left shoulder inflammation) and optioned right-hander Yimi […]

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A Blast from the Past – $1 Dodger Dogs

In keeping with their 60 years in Los Angeles anniversary theme, the Dodgers have announced that they will be offering their famous Dodger Dogs for a rollback price of one dollar each for the game against the Colorado Rockies on Monday, May 21 at 7:10 pm. Is this a big deal? If you’re old enough to […]

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Dodgers’ valiant effort wasted

When you lose eight of your last 13 games, it starts becoming easy to point fingers at those responsible for each individual loss. At face value, that individual during Tuesday night’s painful 12-inning / 8-5 loss to the NL West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks was Dodgers right-hander Yimi Garcia, who threw a 96-MPH cookie to Dbacks pinch-hitter Daniel Descalso that was […]

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Dodgers finally have their set-up man

When the Dodgers elected not to re-sign veteran right-hander Brandon Morrow following the 2017 season, they did so knowing full well that they were letting one of – if not the – best set-up men in the game go. All the 33-year-old Santa Rosa, California native and 2006 first-round draft pick out of UC Berkeley […]

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Buehler’s role with Dodgers just got real

With Dodgers left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu sidelined until at least the All-Star break with a groin tear, and with Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw now out for (presumably) four to six weeks with left bicep tendonitis, the role of 23-year-old Dodgers top pitching prospect Walker Buehler just got real. In fact, after his six no-hit innings on Friday […]

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Crisis averted – No surgery for Kershaw

It was short, sweet and to the point, yet it was the one tweet that every Dodger fan on the planet needed and has been impatiently waiting for: The tweet came exactly nine excruciating hours after those same Dodgers released this statement – verbatim – to the media: LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers today […]

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Dodgers place Kershaw on DL

 The Dodgers have placed left-handed pitcher Clayton Kershaw on the 10-day disabled list with left bicep tendonitis and recalled right-handed pitcher Brock Stewart from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Kershaw, 30, has made seven starts this season going 1-4 with a 2.86 ERA (14 ER/44.0 IP) and has held hitters to a .234 average, while striking out […]

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Could Rich Hill become LA’s Matt Harvey?

As most baseball fans know, things got ugly this past week in New York when the Mets unceremoniously cut ties with their one-time superstar right-hander Matt Harvey after both sides aired out their dirty laundry publicly in today’s social-media-driven breaking news world. At the heart of the matter was the fact that the 29-year-old New London, […]

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Proclamations and No-Hitters

Since it’s premiere back on May 25, 1977, the date May 4th has been considered ‘Star Wars Day’ because of the popular quote from the movie “May the Force be with you.” Somewhere along the way and with a slight twist of words, the phrase “May the Fourth be with you” was born; hence that ‘Star […]

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The floor is yours, Walker Buehler

I will be the very first to admit that I am ridiculously biased when it comes to 23-year-old Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler, but with good cause. I was blessed to have personally witnessed the Lexington, Kentucky native and Dodgers 2015 first-round draft pick out of Vanderbilt University during his five games with the Dodgers Advance Single-A affiliate […]

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