The Dodgers will open postseason play on Thursday with Game 1 of the National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves at 5:37 p.m. at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers will also play host to Game 2 on Friday at 6:37 p.m. before the best-of-five series shifts to Atlanta for Game 3 on Sunday and Game […]
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Game-163: Dodgers and baseball history
Game 163 in baseball is a rare thing to see, let alone seeing two in one season, but yet it happened anyway. Two division titles still needed to be claimed and the 162-game season just wasn’t enough. The Chicago Cubs were tasked with taking on the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field while the Los Angeles […]
(Read More)One down, eleven to go
Technically, Monday’s Nationally League West Division tiebreaker game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies was considered part of the 2018 regular season, including all statistics and / or any personal accomplishments, and was not considered a playoff game. But for the 47,816 on hand at Dodger Stadium and the hundreds of thousands (or […]
(Read More)Game 163
Just like they wrote it up … sort of. The Dodgers went into AT&T Park for the final series of the 2018 regular season needing a sweep in order to catch and hopefully pass the Colorado Rockies to win their sixth consecutive National League West title. They did their part, but the NL East second place […]
(Read More)The Dodgers playoff picture in a nutshell
Today promises to be an exciting final day of the MLB regular season, with the Dodgers and Rockies entering play locked in a tie atop the NL West. Both teams have already clinched a berth in the postseason, and depending on today’s outcomes (and a possible Tiebreaker on Monday), the Dodgers could be either the […]
(Read More)Musical starters
When the Washington Nationals beat the Colorado Rockies by a score of 12-2 late Saturday evening, it capped off the perfect day for the Dodgers and created the best-case scenario for Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and his team. Not only did it put the Dodgers and Rockies into a dead even tie in the National […]
(Read More)Giants fans are in for a surprise on Saturday – 294 of them
When you hear the term ‘Stadium Takeover,’ one thing and only one thing immediately comes to mind – Pantone 294, the extremely well-organized Dodgers-based fan group that shows up – en masse – and literally takes over an opposing team’s home ballpark … at least in spirit and in noise. In fact, Dodger fans watching away […]
(Read More)Dodgers have finally found this year’s Brandon Morrow
With exactly two games remaining in the 2018 regular season and with the Dodgers postseason role still uncertain, one thing is not – who their 2018 version of Brandon Morrow will be. The verdict is finally in – It will be none other than once oft-criticized right-hander Pedro Báez. You heard right, the 30-year-old Bani, Dominican Republic […]
(Read More)Here. We. Go.
It’s a simple formula, really – win or go home. It’s not a matter of the Dodgers just winning the final series of the 2018 regular season against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park this weekend, it’s a matter of them sweeping the series to get to the 2018 postseason. Oh sure, the Dodgers could win […]
(Read More)Dodgers go from ‘When’ to ‘If’
After the Dodges took two of three from the NL West last place San Diego Padres to wrap up their final home series of the 2018 regular season last Sunday, it left them in first place in the division with a 1.5 game lead over the second place Colorado Rockies and with a Magic Number […]
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