The Dodgers released their preliminary 2019 regular season schedule on Wednesday morning, with the season opener scheduled for Thursday, March 28, against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium. The marquee match-ups include home games against the Giants, Angels, Cubs and Yankees, with the team playing at home for nearly every summer holiday next season. The Dodgers will welcome […]
(Read More)Archive for August, 2018
Wishing and spitting
There is a saying that is as old as time itself: ‘Wish in one hand and spit in the other, and see which one fills up first’. Ok, I substituted the word spit from something else, but you get the point. That point is that just because you want (wish) for something, doesn’t necessarily mean […]
(Read More)Jansen’s return didn’t go as planned
After having lost nearly every game in which Dodgers All-Star closer Kenley Jansen was on the 10-day disabled list for an irregular heartbeat (most during the opposing team’s final at-bat), Dodger fans were ecstatic to learn that their beloved California Love right-hander had been medically cleared to come off the DL at the 10-day minimum. […]
(Read More)Rosscup leaves more Dodgers history in Seattle
When Dodgers right-hander Dylan Floro was charged with a balk in the bottom of the 10th inning in Saturday night’s 3-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field, it was only the 22nd time in the 149-year history of Major League Baseball that a walk off balk had occurred, thus making it even rarer than […]
(Read More)Muncy bat drop causes Sports Illustrated to lose their mind
Within minutes of Dodgers first baseman Max Muncy hitting his game-tying solo home run in the top of the ninth inning of Saturday night’s exciting game between the Dodgers and Seattle Mariners at Safeco Park, Sports Illustrated, perhaps the world’s most well-known sports publication, posted on Twitter asking if the increasingly popular bat drop after […]
(Read More)Dodgers finally find their bats
This past June, the Dodgers set a new franchise record when they slugged 55 home runs during the month, including a seven home run game on June 24 against the New York Mets at Citi Field. They haven’t come close to hitting that many in a single game since. …until Friday night. In what has been […]
(Read More)Meet Dodgers new (temporary) closer … Pedro Baez
Pigs have flown. Beleaguered Dodgers right-hander reliever Pedro Baez not only collected his fourth win of the season on Wednesday night to snap the Dodgers five-game losing streak with the Dodgers 4-3 walk-off win over the San Francisco Giants in the bottom of the 12th inning, he did so in a manner reminiscent of the […]
(Read More)Bullpen taking the heat for Dodgers real problem
There are three guarantees in life: Death, Taxes, Chris Taylor striking out. …or Austin Barnes, or Matt Kemp, or Max Muncy, or even Yasiel Puig; and to a lesser extent Cody Bellinger, Joc Pederson and Yasmani Grandal. Taylor, last season’s superhero, has struck out 142 times thus far this season – most in the National League […]
(Read More)One we’ll always remember
It’s happens often – a group of friends get together and start telling stories about some of their greatest baseball memories. And then the inevitably happens, the ‘Remember the time’ stories begin about their worst baseball memories. Monday night’s devastating 5-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants in front of 45,229 at Dodger Stadium officially qualifies as […]
(Read More)Dodgers Manager Mike Scioscia?
You hear it every time a team struggles, especially at this time of year – “Fire (insert MLB manager’s name here)!” We heard it with Bill Russell. We heard it with Glenn Hoffman. We heard it with Davey Johnson. We heard it with Jim Tracy. We heard it with Grady Little (a lot). Heck, we […]
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