Where are they now? Where are the Dodger fans, players, coaches, and even their manager who, when their team lost games in April and May, would blow it off by saying, “It’s still early?” Well, guess what? It is no longer “still early.” And here’s the thing – Every one of those games lost in […]

Suffice to say, 2017 National League Rookie of the Year, 2019 NL MVP, two-time All-Star, Gold Glove, and Silver Slugger winner Cody Bellinger has had an injury-plagued season that he would rather forget. In fact, of the Dodgers 114 games thus far this season, he missed 57 of them due to a fractured left fibula […]

If you didn’t see this one coming, you might want to schedule an appointment with an optometrist. On Wednesday afternoon, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts confirmed during his pregame Zoom media presser what we all pretty much already knew – that 28-year-old Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts was headed to the Injured List for “right hip inflammation.” […]

For those old enough to remember, that was the title of a very popular song by singer, songwriter Albert Hammond in 1972. It is also a big reason why Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley moved the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958, among others. It worked. Facts: Dodger Stadium opened on April 10, 1962. […]

The Dodgers have 50 games remaining in the 2021 MLB regular season, and the bullpen continues to struggle closing out games in which the team has a lead in the eighth or ninth innings. To date, the team has blown 23-save opportunities — third-most in MLB — and lost 22 games. And their record in […]

Without exception, there is a specific point during every Major League Baseball season that you can put your finger on as the defining moment of the season for a team. For the 2020 Dodgers, that defining moment actually occurred even before the COVID-19-shortened season began, when they acquired future Hall of Fame outfielder Mookie Betts […]

  *  *  *  “Speed Never Slumps.”   *  *  *  *  That simple quote often uttered by Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully has proven itself time and again. But while speed may never slump, the lack of speed on a Major League Baseball team has caused many a slump throughout the 152-year history […]

Following Saturday night’s exciting come-from-behind 5-3 win over the Angels of Anaheim at Dodger Stadium, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was asked about the pitching performance of 22-year-old right-hander Brusdar Graterol, who allow no runs and two hits with no walks and two strikeouts in the top of the eighth inning. What makes Graterol’s one-inning relief […]

When the news broke last week that the Dodgers had acquired middle infielder Trea Turner from the Washington Nationals along with future Hall of Fame right-hander Max Scherzer, there was quite a buzz in the City of Angels; and why wouldn’t there be? The 28-year-old Boynton Beach, FL native and first-round draft pick in 2014 by the […]

For those who were suspicious about why Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman has been adding pitchers to his 40-man roster of late, and even more so why Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has been doing a daily tap dance about the return of Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw from the IL for left forearm inflammation, […]