It was bound to happen sooner or later, and it did in the bottom of the ninth inning of Saturday afternoon’s game between the Dodgers and Giants at a fan-less Dodger Stadium. …almost fan-less. As most Dodger fans or anyone else who has watched any of the (thus far) three games at MLB’s third-oldest ballpark […]

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts recently warned fans that there would be rough periods of play during the early part of the 2020 season. With an abbreviated Summer Camp and only three exhibition games, there were simply not enough competitive game situations for the players to be major-league ready by opening day. Doc nailed it. In […]

It was one of those things that immediately made you say “Oh [expletive]!” It happened with no outs in the bottom of the fifth inning of the Dodgers eventual 9-1 rout of the San Francisco Giants at a fan-less Dodger Stadium on Friday night when a generously-listed 6′-1″ / 195-pound Chris Taylor had a violent […]

I’ve been to several Opening Day games over the years, and they are always wonderful. Everyone is in a good mood and full of optimism. The Dodgers have been pretty good in Opening Day games of late, and that optimism has carried throughout the season. In some cities, that good mood only lasts until the […]

It was – hands down – the worst television broadcast of a Dodgers Opening Day ever. So bad, in fact, that the first at-bat of the single-most-important – (and only) game in nearly a year was completely missed because ESPN didn’t come back from commercial break until after Dodgers right-hander Dustin May had already made […]

Just moments before Dodger manager Dave Roberts was scheduled to begin his 3:00 p.m. Zoom press conference, Twitter exploded with news that 32-year-old Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw had been scratched from his Opening Day start at Dodger Stadium due to back stiffness he suffered while working out in the weight room on Tuesday. “It was […]

The Dodgers have announced their Opening Day 30-man roster for the 2020 COVID-19-shortened 60-game regular season, which begins tonight at 7:08 p.m. (PT) against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium. Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman made the announcement. Here is the Dodgers 2020 Opening Day 30-man roster by position: Pitchers (16): Scott […]

It hasn’t even been 24 hours since the Dodgers announced that they had signed superstar outfielder Mookie Betts to an incredible 12-year / $365 million contract extension that will run through the 2032 season. Yet since that announcement, much has already been said, written, tweeted, Facebooked, Instagrammed, texted (etc.) about the single largest transaction in […]

It was being widely report early Wednesday morning that the Dodgers are nearing a multi-million-dollar contract extension with four-time All-Star, four-time Gold Glover, three-time Silver Slugger, 2018 AL MVP, 2018 MLB Player of the Year, 2018 Wilson Overall Defensive Player of the Year and 2018 World Series champion Mookie Betts. Although there has been no official […]

I will be the first to admit that I was wrong that a COVID-19-shortened season would actually happen. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts might be the second. “You don’t have to look too far back to think that this day was ever going to happen,” Roberts told reporters, following Tuesday night’s pre-season exhibition game against the […]