It’s no secret that despite leading the National League West by a (somewhat) comfortable 10.5-games over the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks; or that despite the fact that they are currently tied with the Houston Astros for the best record in all of baseball at 48-24, the Dodgers bullpen remains its Achilles Heel and continues […]

Dodger fans are a passionate lot. If you don’t think so, just check social media after an exceptionally exciting Dodgers win. …or an exceptionally painful Dodgers loss. Allow me to begin by asking you a question, rhetorical of course: If a major league hitter goes 20-for-23, that’s pretty good, right? In fact, it would equate […]

It took Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner 34 days to reach a milestone in front of 46,631 at Dodger Stadium on Friday night. It took Dodgers rookie utility infielder Matt Beaty 26 years and 47 days to do the same. During Friday’s 5-3 win over the Chicago Cubs, the 34-year / 203-day-old Turner slugged the […]

For those of us who were blessed to have had Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully as our nightly tutor during radio and / or televised Dodger games, we were often reminded by the great orator that (now) 31-year-old Willemstad, Curacao native and Dodgers three-time All-Star closer Kenley Jansen speaks five different languages: English, Dutch, […]

When Dodgers infielder Max Muncy hit his now legendary ‘Go get it out of the ocean’ home run off of Giants bad boy Madison Bumgarner on June 9, it was his 13th round-tripper of the season and his 10th off a right-hander. He then hit two off of Angels right-hander Felix Pena on June 11 […]

As a surprise to absolutely no one, the Dodgers have placed 25-year-old shortstop Corey Seager on the 10-day injured list (retroactive to June 12) for what is now officially being classified as “…between a Grade 1 and Grade 2” strain of his left hamstring. What perhaps is a bit of a surprise – at least […]

Let’s face it, although there isn’t (wasn’t) a Dodger fan on the planet who didn’t have visions of soon-to-be (on July 13) 24-year-old Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger becoming the first .400 hitter in 78 years, it is (was) more wishful thinking than anything else. Oh sure, it could still happen. But with his batting average […]

Whenever you hear or read the words “surgery,” “pitching shoulder,” and “labrum” in the same sentence about a baseball player, at any level, you know that the news is not good. And for a pitcher, the news is even more devastating. As surgical and rehabilitation procedures have improved over the years, there have been recent […]