There were a lot of good things that happened during the Dodgers marathon doubleheader with the Giants on Saturday at AT&T Park in San Francisco. There were the three doubles that Chase Utley hit in Game-1 to tie a Dodgers franchise record set last season by his double play mate Corey Seager on July 17, 2016. Utley […]

Chase Utley had played in the major leagues for 16 seasons, during which a has a career fielding percentage of .982 as a second baseman, a .994 fielding percentage as a first baseman, and a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage as a third baseman. Now granted, he has played only 51 games at first and only four at […]

There’s an old saying among baseball umpires on every level: “If nobody knows your name, you did a good job.” Everybody in the baseball world knows Joe West’s name. In fact, he’s right up there with the worst umpires of all time; guys named Laz Diaz, Phil Cuzzi, and the immortal Ángel Hernández, who baseball players […]

They are arguably the six most feared words in the English language for every Dodger fan on the planet … six words that immediately spark a flood of emotion and expression that ranges from sarcastically humorous over social media to outright rage that is anything but funny: Yet, for reasons that we will probably never […]

It was a night not unlike May 25, 2008, when a then 20-year-old Clayton Kershaw made his major league debut as a Dodger. It was preceded by the same type of hype, hoopla, and media buzz, although in this case, the young rookie making his first major league start was 23-year-old Walker Buehler, who had […]

Dodger fans who also follow their favorite team’s minor league affiliates are very well aware that opening day for those affiliates occurred roughly one week after opening day for the major league club. Add to that the fact that Mother Nature has played absolute havoc with baseball during the first month – both majors and […]

Amidst a flood of rumors and speculation that Dodgers top pitching prospect Walker Buehler would be called up from Triple-A Oklahoma City to start Monday’s series opener against the Miami Marlins at Dodger Stadium in place of left-hander Rich Hill, who was placed on the 10-day disabled list on April 18 (retroactive to April 15) for […]

There is zero doubt that 30-year-old Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw is destined for Cooperstown … none whatsoever. I mean, he’s already won a National League MVP title, is a three-time Cy Young award winner, a seven-time All-Star, a pitching triple crown winner, a Gold Glove winner, and a former MLB Player of the Year. But […]

It took exactly two pitches into Friday night’s game between the Dodgers and Washington Nationals for Dodger fans – and the entire world – to figure out what the Nationals’ game plan was going to be against Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw – look first-pitch fastball and then crush it. And they did exactly that. In fact, […]