Archive for 2022

Tony Gonsolin – The Best in Baseball

Although the Dodgers still have a lot of baseball yet to play in the 2022 MLB regular season (101 games to be exact), right-hander Tony Gonsolin remains the best pitcher in the game and is clearly the early frontrunner for the 2022 National League Cy Young Award. All the Vacaville, CA native and Dodgers ninth-round draft […]

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Dodgers Open Five-Game Interleague Homestand

The Dodgers begin a five-game homestand tomorrow night which kicks off with a two-game set against their crosstown rival, the Los Angeles Angels during the Freeway Series (June 14-15). After an off-day Thursday spent at the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation’s Blue Diamond Gala, the team will face the newly named Cleveland Guardians for three games […]

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Dodgers, Fans Get Much Needed Day Off

Let’s be honest: the just-concluded three-game series between the National League West first-place Dodgers and the National League West third-place San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park wasn’t just brutal for the Dodgers; it was brutal for Dodgers fans as well. Watching the best team in baseball get swept by the not-best team in baseball was […]

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‘That’ Inning

It happens more often than one may realize – something that Dodgers fans are (painfully) far too familiar with – their team misses making the postseason by exactly one game. And heaven forbid, should it happen again in 2022, Dodgers fans won’t have to look very long or very hard to find ‘That’ game. ‘That‘ […]

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Dodgers Activate Kershaw From IL

The Dodgers have activated left-handed pitcher Clayton Kershaw from the injured list and optioned left-handed pitcher Justin Bruihl.  Kershaw, 34, returns from the injured list after missing close to a month with right SI joint inflammation. The left-hander has been sidelined since May 13 and made one rehab start for Single-A Rancho Cucamonga, tossing 4.0 […]

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Buehler Likely Headed To IL (Updated)

Although it may be a bit premature to say for certain, it appears that 27-year-old Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler may be headed for the Injured List. …or worse. The Lexington, KY native and Dodgers first-round draft pick in 2015 out of Vanderbilt University left Friday night’s game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park after […]

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The Dodgers Bullpen Is ____________

Fill in the blank, Dodgers fans. But as Frank Regan (‘Blue Bloods’ TV series) routinely reminds those around the family dinner table – “Keep it civil.” How would you concisely describe the current state of the Dodgers 2022 Bullpen? A mess may be too harsh, but sometimes the truth is messy. Inconsistent seems too soft […]

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Payback at the Plate

On Thursday morning, infielder Max Muncy returned to the Los Angeles Dodger’s roster following a rehab stint in Oklahoma City with the Triple-A affiliate team for left elbow inflammation. In the final matchup of a three-game series with the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, Muncy was […]

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Pay Day

“I wanted to make them pay.” …and he did. That’s what Dodgers second baseman Max Muncy told reporters after the Dodgers exciting come-from-behind win over the AL Central third-place Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field on Thursday afternoon. In a move that will undoubtedly be questioned for years to come and with his team down […]

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Gonsolin Improves Chances As Cy Young Award Frontrunner

There are a couple of things in baseball that are absolutely taboo to talk about. Without question, tops on that list is that you never say “No-Hitter” when one is in progress; this despite the endless claims (ad nauseam) by a handful of ignorant broadcasters who insist that uttering those forbidden words has no bearing […]

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