Judging by the Twittersphere following Tuesday night’s 4-3 Dodgers loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field, Dodger fans were very unhappy with their beloved team, especially with Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. Why so, you ask? Simply put, the Dodgers flat out gave away a game that they absolutely positively should have won, and in doing […]
(Read More)Archive for 2018
Joe West got one right
It’s a toss-up. On any given night the worst umpire in the MLB is either Ángel Hernández or Joe West – period. Oh sure, there are a handful of other so-called professional umpires who occasionally make egregious errors on calls that often change the outcome of a game, but Ángel Hernández and Joe West are, […]
(Read More)The Kenley Factor
It’s no secret that Dodgers All-Star closer Kenley Jansen has had a rough season in 2018. But after a slow start and a very serious health concern, it appears that the soon-to-be 31-year-old (on September 30) Willemstad, Curacao native and three-time All-Star is back to the same Kenley Jansen that we all know and love … and just […]
(Read More)Julio Urías – As advertised
It would be criminal not to acknowledge how great Dodgers left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu was during Sunday’s 14-0 rout of the National League West last place San Diego Padres in front of 50,250 at Dodger Stadium, the final Dodgers home game of the 2018 regular season. All the 31-year-old Incheon, South Korea native did was allow no runs […]
(Read More)Grandal breaks Dodgers single-season home run record … again
During the Dodgers historic 2017 season during which they won a Los Angeles franchise record 104 games, they also established a new franchise record when they hit a combined 221 home runs. They did so by shattering the previous record of 211 home runs in a season (set by the 2000 team) when Dodgers catcher Yasmani […]
(Read More)Padres ‘nothing to lose’ mentality could ruin Dodgers playoff hopes
The great Bob Dylan said it best in his 1965 Music Hall of Fame hit song Like a Rolling Stone: “When you’ve got nothing, you’ve got nothing to lose.” The San Diego Padres have nothing to lose. The Los Angeles Dodgers have everything to lose – including a possible franchise record-setting sixth consecutive division title. As […]
(Read More)Newcombe, Garvey, Valenzuela named inaugural ‘Legends of Dodger Baseball’
The Dodgers have announced that Don Newcombe, Steve Garvey and Fernando Valenzuela will make up the inaugural class of the Legends of Dodger Baseball, and will have their careers celebrated during official induction ceremonies next season. Starting in 2019, the team will induct Dodger greats into the Legends of Dodger Baseball in recognition of their impact on the […]
(Read More)Not all Dodger fans took Thursday off
As the Dodgers and their fans were enjoying a rare and much-needed off day on Thursday, a group of (approximately) 250 Dodger fans – including a couple who had flown in from South Dakota – did so by (wait for it…) talking Dodgers baseball. Gathered in the community room of historic South Pasadena Public Library, […]
(Read More)The Dodgers other run
For the 50,141 who were fortunate enough to be at Wednesday night’s game-three series finale between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium, they will forever be able to brag to their friends that they were there – in person – the night that Matt Kemp hit his monster 425-foot home run […]
(Read More)Colletti, Langill to hold book signing and discussion at South Pasadena Library
The South Pasadena Library will be hosting ‘Ned Colletti Author Night’ on Thursday evening, September 20 at 6 pm. The former Dodgers general manager and current Senior Adviser to Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, and Emmy-award winning analyst for SportsNet LA will be discussing his book, ‘The Big Chair’, and will be joined by noted Dodgers historian Mark […]
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