The Dodgers need four wins to advance to the 2021 MLB World Series, so the starting pitcher for Game-1 of the National League Championship Series was future Hall of Fame right-hander Max Scherzer, right? Nope. Nor was it one of the team’s young studs Walker Buehler or Julio Urias – all three of whom are […]

During his off-day Zoom media session on Friday afternoon, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts made it clear who his starting pitcher for Game-1 of the 2021 National League Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park would be. Clear as mud. “The guys are actually at the ballpark right now while we’re getting ready for […]

The Dodgers will open the best-of-seven 2021 National League Championship Series on Saturday at Truist Park against the Atlanta Braves, a rematch of the 2020 NLCS. Saturday’s Game-1 starts at 5:07 p.m. PT, followed by Game-2 Sunday (4:37 p.m. PT) in Atlanta before the series shifts to Dodger Stadium for Games-3 – 5 Tuesday, Wednesday, […]

Baseball fans – especially Dodgers fans – all season long have had to endure endless hype and hoopla about how good the San Francisco Giants were … ad nauseam. I mean, you couldn’t turn on a national sports program without hearing how Giants manager Gabe Kapler‘s team was preordained to win it all. Sorry, national […]

One team will win Game-5 of the 2021 National League Division Series on Thursday evening at Oracle Park in San Francisco to advance to the Championship Series to face the Atlanta Braves. The other team’s next official baseball activity will be when pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training in late February 2022, it’s as […]

During his media session prior to Game-4 of the 2021 National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday afternoon, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters that minutes after his team defeated the San Francisco Giants in Game-2 of the series behind the brilliant pitching of 25-year-old left-hander Julio Urías, Game-1 starter (and losing pitcher) […]

San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler summed it up best following his team’s 1-0 win over the Dodgers in Game-3 of the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium on Monday night: “I grew up here (in Hollywood), so I don’t remember a lot of nights at Dodger Stadium where the wind was blowing like […]

As the Dodgers step into Game-3 of the best-of-five National League Division Series against the exceedingly hated San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium on Monday evening, there’s one thing you can be sure of seeing: 41-year-old Albert Pujols covering first base. “Albert’s gonna get the start tomorrow,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters during his […]

If you are a Dodger fan who also happens to be a fan of NASCAR, 37-year-old Dodgers right-hander Max Scherzer undoubtedly put a smile on your face during his off-day press conference on Sunday afternoon at an empty Dodger Stadium. Asked of his history with 34-year-old future Hall of Fame catcher Buster Posey, the future […]

There is still a lot of baseball yet to be played in the 2021 National League Division Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants, but the so-called ‘defining moment’ (or two) of the best-of-five series may have already occurred; both coming in Game-2 at Oracle Park on Saturday night. The first […]