Archive for May, 2021

Think Having Fans in the Stands Doesn’t Matter? – Think Again

Nothing will ever make the anger towards the Houston Astros for their cheating in the 2017 World Series go away – absolutely nothing. But what we witnessed on Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX, in the first non-COVID-19-restricted game in over a year certainly helped, albeit only slightly. When it was first […]

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The Astros Are In For a Surprise

There will be a winner and a loser in Tuesday’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Houston Astros, which, of course, is why they play the game. And though it’s no secret that there is zero love lost between these two franchises due to the sign-stealing scandal that cost the Dodgers a World […]

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Help Is On The Way

The Dodgers have won seven consecutive games and 11 of their last 12, with a combination of strong pitching and an offense that is finally performing to expectations. Yet, to the likely dismay of the other National League teams, they are expected to soon enhance the active roster with the return of several key players. […]

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Have a Game, Julio Urías!

It took about 10 minutes into Sunday’s series finale between the Dodgers and San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park to realize that something special was happening. In the bottom of the first inning after the Dodgers went quickly in the top half, 24-year-old Dodgers left-hander Julio Urías retired the Giants in order … on 10 […]

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Dodgers Place Nelson on IL, Call Up Bickford

The Dodgers have called right-handed pitcher Phil Bickford from Triple-A Oklahoma City and placed right-handed pitcher Jimmy Nelson on the 10-day injured list with right forearm inflammation, retroactive May 21. Bickford, 25, was claimed by the Dodgers on May 3 and has appeared in five games for Triple-A Oklahoma City, posting a 1-0 record with […]

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Albert Pujols – Treasure

When the Dodgers scooped up 21-year MLB veteran first baseman Albert Pujols after he was unceremoniously released by the Angels of Anaheim, there were some, perhaps even many, who thought that normally brilliant Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman had lost his mind. I mean, we’re talking about a guy who, although he has […]

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Cy Bauer 2.0?

If you weren’t a fan of 30-year-old defending National League Cy Young Award winner Dodgers right-hander Trevor Bauer because of his oft-controversial on-field antics, you are really not going to be a fan of him now. Then again, if you are a Dodger fan who absolutely positively hates the San Francisco Giants – and what […]

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Dodger Stadium To Return To Full Capacity on June 15

* * * Tickets go on sale May 27 for games beginning June 15 * * * * In anticipation of California’s reopening and a return to full capacity at Dodger Stadium on June 15, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced on Friday that tickets for full-capacity games for June 15 through the remainder of the […]

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Now the Real Work Begins

Back on Monday, May 17, we posted this article here on ThinkBlueLA: Series With Dbacks Most Important of Season for Dodgers. It was. Not only was it the first four-game sweep of the Diamondbacks by the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium since 2004, it was absolutely essential that they did so. Why, you ask? Because while […]

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Are All the No-Hitters Good For the Game?

Back on June 18, 2014, Dodgers ace and future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw tossed his one and, to date, only no-hitter against the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium and, in fact, came within a Hanley Ramirez error of pitching the second perfect game in Dodgers history, with Hall of Fame left-hander Sandy Koufax having […]

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