On Tuesday evening in the one-and-done 2019 National League Wild Card game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, Brewers closer Josh Hader blew the biggest save of his professional career and abruptly eliminated his team from the 2019 postseason – something that he and his teammates will be thinking about […]

You don’t have to look very hard or far to find a national media type who has already handed the 2019 World Series trophy to the Houston Astros. In fact, there are many. But anyone who has followed our national pastime for more than five minutes – or at least one full season – knows […]

Strength, Conditioning and Baseball coaches, as well as students in the field of Human Health and Performance are invited to learn from the Dodgers award-winning Strength and Conditioning staff at the club’s inaugural Strength and Conditioning Symposium to be held December 14-15 at Dodger Stadium. Registration and travel information, a list of presenters and the […]

In just a few weeks, 30-year old left-handed starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner will become a member of the 2019-20 Major League Baseball free-agent class, and the Dodgers could be interested. I can hear the outcry of Dodger faithful now: “NEVER! No ex-Giants on the Dodgers roster, especially the supremely arrogant, annoying, and antagonistic Bumgarner!” But […]

Dodger fans who were hoping for a rematch of the verbal exchange between San Francisco Giants hotheaded left-hander Madison Bumgarner and (normally) extremely quiet Dodgers utility infielder Max Muncy for his now-famous (or infamous) ‘Go get it out of the ocean’ homerun back on June 9 will have to wait at least until next season, […]

I have a confession to make. When the Dodgers traveled to New York earlier this month for a three-game series with the Mets at Citi Field – a series for which my son and I also traveled to The Big Apple to visit his sister and my daughter and to take in the three games […]

It was around June 1st when we began hearing it. Or was it May 1st? Or April 17th? “The Dodgers are on pace to win 104 games.” Whenever it was, it was definitely early in the 2019 season – very early. On Friday night, September 27, with exactly three games remaining in the 2019 regular […]

The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH), the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) have announced a multi-year partnership focused on bringing issues surrounding mental health out of the shadows and into the public through a multi-faceted awareness campaign. “Sports and the tremendous reach of players and world class […]