While no-hitters are being thrown over home plate, six so far this year to be exact, 68-year-old Major League umpire Joe West broke and established a new record of his own on May 25, 2021, when he umpired his 5,376th regular-season game behind home plate, snapping a tie with Hall of Fame MLB umpire Bill […]
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Dodgers Host Giants and Cardinals for 7-Game Holiday Weekend Homestand
The Dodgers return home to open a seven-game homestand beginning on Thursday evening, May 27, with four games against the San Francisco Giants (May 27-30) and three against the St. Louis Cardinals (May 31-June 2). Tickets remain available at Dodgers.com/Tickets, including in the expanded fully-vaccinated only sections in the Home Run Seats, Right Field Pavilion, […]
(Read More)Dodgers Announce Promotional Schedule Featuring 10 Bobbleheads and Replica World Series Ring
* * * Tickets go on sale Thursday for games beginning June 15, when the team will celebrate “Reopening Day” * * * * In anticipation of California’s reopening and a return to full capacity on June 15 at Dodger Stadium, the Dodgers announced on Wednesday their promotional schedule for the remainder of the […]
(Read More)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 […]
(Read More)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 […]
(Read More)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. […]
(Read More)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 […]
(Read More)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 […]
(Read More)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 […]
(Read More)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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