On June 5, 2012, the Dodgers selected (now) 30-year-old right-hander Ross Stripling in the 5th round of the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Texas A&M. The Bluebell, PA native immediate became a huge fan-favorite and was extremely popular with his teammates and coaches. And then came August 31, 2020 – a very sad day for Dodger […]

Let’s make this short, and oh so sweet.   *  *  *   July 4, 2019 San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado is being heckled by a Dodgers fan during a game at Dodger Stadium. Machado shoots off his mouth, saying; “I’ll bet you my contract, we’ll [Padres] win the World Series before you guys […]

No, Tony Gonsolin has not changed his name; it remains Anthony D. Gonsolin. But after being selected by Baseball America (BA) as their Major League Baseball rookie of the year (ROY) for the 2020 regular season, it is likely that his teammates have good-naturedly nicknamed Roy. And, today he is World Champion, ROY Gonsolin. What […]

Thanks to COVID-19, the Dodgers may have celebrated their first World Series Championship win since 1988 in the bubble in Arlington, TX, at Globe Life Field, but anyone near Dodger Stadium would have thought the Fall Classic was being played at their home field in Chavez Ravine. Fans congregated in the parking lot of Dodger […]

There is a saying as old as time itself: “It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.” Two batters into Game-6 of the 2020 World Series between the Dodgers and the Tampa Bay Rays at Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX, and needing only one more win to become the champions of baseball, Dodgers […]

The date was October 15, 1988. It was a Saturday in the city of Angels. A then spry 61-year old Tommy Lasorda sent nine young men out onto the field of a then 26-year-old Dodger Stadium for Game-1 of the 1988 World Series. There isn’t a baseball fan in the world worth their salt who […]

When Dodgers manager Dave Roberts exited the visitor’s dugout at Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX, to remove Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw from Game-5 of the 2020 World Series with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning on Sunday night, he did so to a loud chorus of boos from the 11,437 in […]

It is the thick of the World Series and fans that do not have a vested interest want exciting baseball, while fans with a team in the race are anxiously praying for a win. Dodgers fans are no exception with a 32-year drought since their last World Series victory. It would be an understatement to […]

During his daily pre-game Zoom media session on Saturday afternoon, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was asked a very direct question; one that was forefront on the minds of every Dodger fan on the planet, and one that has clearly been avoided by members of the media for a rather obvious reason – it was a […]

October 24, 2020, will be recorded in Dodgers’ history as one of the most embarrassing games played by a team in any World Series. With the opportunity to take a commanding three-games-to-one lead over the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2020 Fall Classic, the team managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. How […]