Many years ago, former Dodgers outfielder and longtime San Francisco Giants and current Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker coined the phrase: “Keep it out of slam range.” On Friday night, the Dodgers did not “Keep it out of slam range.” In the top of the eighth inning of the three-game series opener with the division-rival Colorado Rockies at […]

It was as if we just stepped out of Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown’s DeLorean time machine on June 18, 2014 – a day that every Dodger fan remembers well. That was, of course, the day that Dodgers ace and future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw threw his no-hitter against the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium […]

Major League Baseball today announced that Justin Turner has been named the Dodgers 2020 nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award, baseball’s most prestigious individual honor for Major Leaguers. The Roberto Clemente Award is the annual recognition of a Major League player who best represents the game of Baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both […]

Remember when the Dodgers signed future Hall of Famer Mookie Betts to that insane 12-year / $365 million contract extension back on July 22, 2020? At the time, you didn’t have to look very hard or far to find Dodger fans clamoring: “NO ONE is worth that kind of money!” Funny; you don’t seem to […]

Let’s face it, any time that Dodgers outfielder / first baseman Cody Bellinger isn’t in the starting lineup for any reason other than a preannounced scheduled day off, we immediately think the worst. Bellinger wasn’t in Tuesday’s starting lineup and it wasn’t preannounced. Yep, the 25-year-old Scottsdale, AZ native, 2017 NL Rookie of the Year, […]

With their dominating 7-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Sunday evening, the Dodgers won their 11,000th game in franchise history, the second-most in MLB history behind only the Giants (11,165) and tied with the Chicago Cubs. These numbers, of course, include the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York and San Francisco […]

No, this isn’t an obituary for 30-year old, now ex-Dodgers pitcher Ross Stripling; he is very much alive. But he will no longer be wearing Dodger Blue. Minutes before Monday’s August 31 MLB trade deadline, social media lit up with (confirmed) reports that the Bluebell, PA native and Dodgers fifth-round draft pick out of Texas A&M […]