Archive for June, 2022

Bellinger’s Best At-Bat of the Year?

During Wednesday night’s 8-4 Dodgers win over the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver, soon-to-be (on July 13) 27-year-old Dodgers center fielder Cody Bellinger had what was arguably his best at-bat of the season – and it wasn’t his 431-foot solo home run to center field to lead off the eighth inning to give […]

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Kershaw’s Un-Kershaw-Like Outing

When Dodgers future Hall of Fame lefthander Clayton Kershaw took the mound at Coors Field in Denver, CO against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night, he did so with an excellent 5-1 record and excellent 2.00 earned run average. When he exited the game after only 4.0 innings pitched, he did so with his team […]

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Freeman Named NL Player of the Week

Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman has been named the National League Player of the Week for the just-concluded week of June 20-26, 2022. The announcement came shortly after noon PT on Monday. The 32-year-old Villa Park, CA native and second-round draft pick in 2007 by the Atlanta Braves out of El Modena High School in Orange, […]

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One of Baseball’s Oldest Sayings Rears It’s Ugly Head … Again

It has been uttered thousands of times throughout baseball history … perhaps even millions; even by Dodgers Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda: “Any team can beat any other team on any given day.” On Monday evening, the third worst team in the National League – the (now) 32-42 Colorado Rockies – beat the second […]

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CT 3-for-3

For the first time since June 9, Dodgers utility infielder/outfielder Chris Taylor was not in the Dodgers starting lineup for Sunday’s series finale with the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park in Atlanta. …not in the starting lineup. But with his team trailing 1-0 in the top of the seventh inning, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts called […]

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Phillies Superstar Bryce Harper Suffers Broken Thumb

The baseball world is holding its collective breath as it waits to learn whether or not Phillies superstar right fielder Bryce Harper is lost for the season after being hit on his left hand with a 97-MPH fastball from San Diego Padres right-hander Blake Snell resulting in a fractured left thumb. The six-time All-Star, two-time […]

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Eighth Annual Dodgers All-Access Event Set For Monday, June 27

  *  *  *  Walker Buehler, Fernando Valenzuela, Jaime Jarrin, Andrew Friedman, Brandon Gomes & Dodger Greats  Headline 8th Annual Dodgers All-Access on Monday, June 27   *  *  *  *  The Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission (LASEC) in partnership with the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) presents the 8th Annual Dodgers All-Access taking […]

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‘And The Hits Just Keep On Coming!’ for Trea Turner

Four games into the Dodgers current nine-game road trip, 28-year-old Dodgers shortstop Trea Turner is 10-for-18 (.556) with one double, one home run, and three runs batted in. During this stretch, he saw his hitting streak end at 13 games; this only one game after his remarkable 26-game hitting streak ended. With his fifth-inning solo […]

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A Hero’s Welcome

It has been widely speculated that current Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman will receive a very warm welcome from Braves fans at Truist Park in Atlanta prior to Friday’s three-game series opener with the Atlanta Braves, as well he should. After all, the 32-year-old Villa Park, CA native and second-round draft pick in 2007 by those […]

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Rx for Anemic Offense

What better remedy for the struggling Dodgers offense than a three-game series against the woeful 2022 Cincinnati Reds, the owner of the worst win-loss record (now 23-46) in the National League. At the start of the season, the Dodgers swept their four-game home series against the Reds by a combined score of 26 to 7. […]

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