OK, this may be classified as a ‘senior moment,’ but it seems not that long ago when the only baseball stats I read were those on the backs of Topps baseball cards and those published each week by the baseball bible The Sporting News. Today, one can quickly access Baseball_Reference, MLB Stats, Fangraphs, Baseball Savant, […]

Limited-Edition Kenley Jansen Bobblehead to be Released for 6th Annual Biofreeze – LA Dodgers Foundation Run Presented by UCLA Health The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation has announced that Dodger pitcher Kenley Jansen will be featured on its second limited-edition LADF run bobblehead, given to all runners in the Sixth Annual Biofreeze Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation […]

There are 80 million reasons why 31-year-old Dodgers right-hander Kenley Jansen is and will continue to be the Dodgers closer … even if it kills us. Here they are: Yes, it’s true. Money talks and… well… you know the rest. Simply put, when you (Andrew Friedman and the Dodgers, actually) are paying a guy Mariano […]

After being mercilessly manhandled by their potential World Series opponents – the New York Yankees – this past weekend at Dodger Stadium, and then being thoroughly embarrassed by perennial National League West cellar dwellers – the San Diego Padres – the Dodgers, the real Dodgers, finally showed up for game-2 of their three-game series against […]

Just as they were during the just-concluded three-game interleague series with the American League East-leading New York Yankees at Dodger Stadium this past weekend, the Dodgers bats remain Missing In Action, as the National League West leaders opened a four-game series with the NL West fourth-place San Diego Padres on Monday night at Petco Park. […]

Suffice to say, Dodger fans are less than pleased with what they saw from their beloved team this past weekend against the (likely) American League East champion New York Yankees at Dodger Stadium. Although the Dodgers weren’t swept by the Bronx Bombers, they came within a clutch Justin Turner two-run home run in a very […]

Flashback to the top of the ninth inning of Saturday afternoon’s interleague game between the National League West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers and the American League East first-place New York Yankees at a sold-out Dodger Stadium. The Yankees had one out with runners on first and second, with the Dodgers holding on to a precarious […]

Quick: Who leads the Dodgers in home runs since the All-Star break? Chances are pretty good that you picked Cody Bellinger, or Max Muncy, or perhaps even newcomer Will Smith. If you did, however, you’d be wrong. No, the Dodger with the most home runs since the Mid-Summer Classic on July 9 for the soon-to-be […]

The concept is a good one; great, in fact: Allow major league baseball players to choose their own nicknames and have them embroidered on the back of their respective specially-designed ‘Players Weekend’ jerseys. Not only does it allow our favorite baseball heroes to show off their creative side, but it also puts them in a […]