There have been 116 World Series in the 151-year history of Major League Baseball history. In Game-3 of the 2020 World Series being played at Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX on Friday night, three Dodgers etched their names into the World Series history books. In what can only be described as one of the […]
(Read More)Archive for October, 2020
Buehler, Barnes, Turner, Etch Names in World Series History Books
Buehler No Stranger to World Series Pressure – And Success
Following Wednesday’s disappointing 6-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in Game-2 of the 2020 World Series, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts announced that he will hand the ball to 26-year-old right-hander Walker Buehler for Game-3 at Globe Life Field in Arlington TX on Friday evening, with the best-of-seven series now tied at a game apiece. […]
(Read More)‘The Mookie Effect’
During a recent Zoom media session, 25-year-old Dodgers outfielder/first baseman Cody Bellinger said that having Mookie Betts on the team raises the level of the entire team, both on and off the field; a rather strong endorsement of the 28-year-old right fielder and future Hall of Famer, who will be in Dodger Blue for the […]
(Read More)Best Betts
During his postgame Zoom media conference following the Dodgers’ 8-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game-1 of the 2020 World Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX on Tuesday night, Dodgers superstar right fielder Mookie Betts was asked which of his accomplishments (with an ‘s’) he was most proud of? This was […]
(Read More)A Wonderful, Wild Ride!
* * * “You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you too.” Dodgers Hall of Fame catcher Roy Campanella – April 12, 1957 * * * * I was reminded of this quote (one of my all-time favorites) as […]
(Read More)Oro Urías
Following the Dodgers crucial 3-1 win over the Atlanta Braves in Game-6 of the 2020 National League Championship Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX on Saturday night to tie the best-of-seven series at three games apiece, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was asked if he had decided who his Game-7 starter – or ‘opener’ […]
(Read More)Don’t Leave Now, Dodger Bats
* * * “Momentum is only as good as tomorrow’s starting pitcher.” Hall of Fame manager Earl Weaver * * * The good news is that the Dodgers won Game-6 of the National League Championship Series over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday at Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX, by a score of […]
(Read More)Dodgers Down But Not Out
* * * “That is the way this game is — you win, you lose, you celebrate and you suffer.” * * * * Sage words from beloved Dodgers Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, who retired in 2016 after calling his fair share of exciting Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers victories, as […]
(Read More)The Mookie and Corey Show
During the first three innings of Game-5 of the 2020 National League Championship Series between the Atlantia Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas on Friday night, it appeared that the Dodgers had given up all hope and had thrown in the towel on the game that would have ended […]
(Read More)Get Mad, Dodgers. Get REALLY REALLY Mad
After getting over the initial shock and embarrassment of having their butts handed to them in Wednesday’s 15-3 loss to the Dodgers in Game-3 of the National League Championship Series, there was only one thing left for the humiliated Atlanta Braves to do – Get mad. Get really really mad. The Atlanta Braves got really […]
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