In general, patience is not a virtue of most Dodgers fans. Actually, we are an impatient group of fanatics — possibly spoiled over the last decade by exceptional teams, All Star quality players, and a payroll in the upper echelon of MLB. We have grown accustomed to teams and players performing at the pinnacle of […]

It has been said that if you are around the game of baseball long enough, you will see everything there is to see in our National Pastime. In Wednesday night’s exciting come-from-behind 10-5 Dodgers win over the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park, there was another ‘everything’ that many – if not most – baseball […]

In the popular 1942 Disney animated classic Bambi, the star’s furry little friend Thumper uttered what are still among the greatest words ever spoken – cartoon or otherwise: “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all.”   There is “nothing at all” nice to say about Tuesday’s ugly 5-0 Dodgers loss to […]

To say that 32-year-old Dodgers (now) everyday third baseman Max Muncy has gotten off to a slow start to the 2023 season would be an understatement. It would also be very kind. The painful truth is that heading into Monday night’s contest against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park (formerly Pacific Bell Park, formerly SBC Park, […]

  *  *  *  Mama said there’ll be days like thisThere’ll be days like this, mama said(Mama said, mama said)Mama said there’ll be days like thisThere’ll be days like this, my mama said(Mama said, mama said) (The Shirelles – 1961)   *  *  *  * In the case of Los Angeles Dodgers, ‘There’ll be series like […]

Another day, another home run by 25-year-old Dodgers outfielder James Outman, his third of the season tying him with Jason Heyward, Will Smith, and Trayce Thompson for the team lead, and second in his last two games. His latest round-tripper (at least as of this moment) came with two outs in the top of the […]

Extrapolating data after seven games into the 2023 MLB regular season is a meaningless exercise, but… The Dodgers have won five of their first seven games, but to date have only played the lowly Arizona Diamondbacks (winning three of five played) and Colorado Rockies (swept the two game series). Starting pitching has been dominant. The respective ERAs […]

In his season debut this past Saturday, Dodgers left-handed ace and future Hall of famer Clayton Kershaw allowed only one run on four hits with nine strikeouts and no walks in his 6.0 innings of work. That lone run was a second-inning solo home run by Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Christian Walker in the Dodgers […]

If you haven’t figured out by now that there is something incredibly special about 25-year-old Dodgers outfielder James Outman, you probably never will. In the simplest of terms, the Redwood City, CA native and Dodgers seventh-round draft pick in 2018 out of Cal State Sacramento is a once-in-a-generation-type elite player who could very well one day […]

It was an all-too-familiar foe for Dodgers manager Dave Roberts‘ team on an absolutely glorious Spring day at Dodger Stadium on Sunday afternoon. That familiar foe is RISP – leaving runners in scoring position. Something that the Dodgers have become quite prolific at in recent years. In Sunday’s lackluster 2-1 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks, […]