Archive for November, 2020

Chase Utley – Dodgers Coach?

It is one of those things that has been in the back of my mind since the day he played his final major league game on September 30, 2018, against the San Francisco Giants at (now) Oracle Park (previously AT&T Park, previously SBC Park, Previously Pac Bell Park): “Chase Utley – Dodgers coach” And even […]

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Oh, the Irony

Regardless of your personal and individual opinion on the matter, and make no mistake about it, it is very much a personal and individual thing, when news broke on Friday afternoon that beloved Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner would not be disciplined by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred for clearly violating the strict health and safety […]

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Dodgers in the Market for Starting Pitcher

Needless to say, these are unprecedented times in which the Dodgers prepare to defend their 2020 World Championship. Although the team is one of the wealthiest in the sport, prudent business decisions must be made with the possibility that seats in Dodger Stadium will once again be filled with cardboard cutouts in an abbreviated 2021 […]

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A Reality Check No One Wants to Hear

There is no denying that 2020 has been one of, if not the worst years in our planet’s history. And while hope springs eternal and all that, it’s looking like 2021 is lining up to be 2020 version 2.0. A bit negative and pessimistic, you say? Absolutely; and every reason not to read on. But […]

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Two Down, One to Go for Betts

Dodger outfielder Mookie Betts has been awarded the 2020 National League Louisville Silver Slugger. Betts, 28, earns his third straight Louisville Silver Slugger award, fourth overall, and his first as a Dodger. This is the second straight season a Dodger has received the award, as Betts follows Cody Bellinger, who won the award last season. […]

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Rick Monday’s ‘Vin Scully Moment’

It certainly came as no surprise when Dodger fans learned that Fox Sports and ESPN would be covering the 2020 postseason – including the World Series – instead of Dodgers regional sports network SportsNetLA. And even though there are some who actually enjoy listening to Joe Buck (no, really), he can’t hold a candle to […]

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No More Taillights!

We’ve all seen it a million times … or more. It precedes the greatest sports quote of all time by Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully: “In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened.” It is, of course, the ‘improbable’ home run by nearly crippled Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson off of […]

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Betts Wins Fifth Consecutive Gold Glove

Dodger outfielder Mookie Betts has been named 2020 National League Gold Glove Award winner for right field, winning his first Rawlings Gold Glove in the National League and his fifth straight Rawlings Gold Glove (2016-2020). The 28-year old Nashville native and fifth-round draft pick in 2011 by the Boston Red Sox makes it two consecutive […]

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COVID-19 Does Not Care

The 32-year drought has ended. The Dodgers are the champions of baseball for the eighth time in their 137-year franchise history. Waiting for a World Series win to come to light has finally happened. October 27th, 2020, will forever mark the day that 24-year-old Dodgers left-hander Julio Urias took the mound and wrapped up the […]

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Dodgers 2020 Free Agents

The Dodgers have seven players who qualified for free agency after the final out of the 2020 World Series: Pedro Báez, Kiké Hernández, Jake McGee, Joc Pederson, Blake Treinen, Justin Turner, and Alex Wood. An eighth, Jimmy Nelson, is also a free agent after the team declined their $2 million option for 2021. Who will […]

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