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 […]

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. […]

When the announcement came on Wednesday morning that the Dodgers had re-acquired outfielder Trayce Thompson from the Detroit Tigers (for cash considerations), it was met with mixed feelings among Dodgers fans. A good many of those fans recalled the Trayce Thompson who was initially drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the second round in […]

After an un-Gonsolin-like shaky start against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ballpark on Tuesday afternoon, the real Tony Gonsolin showed up … the one with the (then) MLB-best 8-0 record. Make that 9-0. After giving up solo home runs in each of his first two innings against the NL Central last place Reds, the […]

When Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts landed on the injured list with a cracked rib after his June 15th collision with centerfielder Cody Bellinger, it became immediately apparent that Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman would have to do something to find a temporary (two to four-week) replacement for the future Hall of Famer. […]

  *  *  *  “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” Hall of Fame Manager Tommy Lasorda   *  *  *  *  Players and diehard fans alike will acknowledge that baseball is a grind. Even when a player makes it up through the minor league ranks to finally play […]

Sunday was a big day for many reasons at Dodger Stadium this weekend. Not only was it Father’s Day where players got to celebrate with their children on the field before the game, but left-handed pitcher Andrew Heaney was making his first appearance after a lengthy stint on the injured list. The Miami Marlins 2012 […]

When the Dodgers announced their starting lineup for Saturday’s game with the Cleveland Guardians at Dodger Stadium, 29-year-old superstar right fielder Mookie Betts was in it; his first game back since colliding with center fielder Cody Bellinger the Wednesday before. In fact, during his pregame media scrum, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters that the […]

It is a term that (unfortunately) became quite common back in the (very) early days of the original ThinkBlueLA forum – a ‘SHW’ game – ‘Should Have Won.’ On Friday night, the Dodgers lost a ‘SHW’ game to the Cleveland Guardians by a score of 2-1 in 10 innings. It was the fifth time that […]

To coin a phrase used and made popular in television commercials back in the late seventies, “Thanks, I (we) needed that.” With as good as he has been thus far this season, 32-year-old Dodgers left-hander Tyler Anderson taking a no-hitter into the ninth inning against the Angels of Anaheim wasn’t the biggest surprise on Wednesday […]