One of the first idioms we learned as kids was: “There’s no use crying over spilled milk,” which, of course, means that there’s no point to being upset over something that has already happened and cannot be changed. But we can sure as hell complain about it. During Saturday night’s ugly 10-inning 4-2 Dodgers loss to […]

  *  *  *  Serendipitous: adjective   *  *  *  *  Flash back to Spring Training 2023:   *  *  *  *  *  In addition, there have been other stints on the Injured List (IL) for a host of Dodgers players. For normal MLB team rosters, losses like these would be large obstacles to reaching […]

No team has ever won every game during a major league season. Heck, even the 116-win 1906 Chicago Cubs lost 36 games, as did the the 116-win 2001 Seattle Mariners, who lost 46 games. In the immortal words of “Nuke” LaLoosh, played by Tim Robbins in the epic baseball movie Bull Durham: “Sometimes you win, […]

Two words: ‘As Advertised’. It was Game-1 of the four-game weekend series between the two best teams in Major League Baseball – the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves – in front of a Dodger Stadium crowd of 47, 623, and it was epic. For many Dodgers fans, the game appeared to be over […]

Fernando Valenzuela, fresh from having his number 34 retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers and throwing out the first pitch at the conclusion of the ceremony to his battery-mate Mike Scioscia, the pair will re-unite once again for a special signing at the Burbank Card Show at the Anaheim Convention Center this Saturday, September 2. […]

The Dodgers just completed a three-game sweep of the (now) National League West third place Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium, outscoring them 23 runs to five over the three games. They now welcome the Atlanta Braves into the Ravine for a crucial four-game series. The Atlanta Braves are not the Arizona Diamondbacks. What the National […]

When Hall of Fame right-hander Don Drysdale pitched for the Dodgers – two years in Brooklyn and 12 years in Los Angeles – he was affectionally nicknamed ‘Big-D,’ not only because of his intimidating 6’-5”/190-pound frame, but also because of his overpowering dominance on the mound. Drysdale finished his brilliant 14-year MLB career (all with […]

Within hours of the Dodgers (formally) announcing that 29-year-old Dodgers right-hander Tony Gonsolin was going under the knife for Tommy John surgery on September 1, 24-year-old Dodgers right-hander Bobby Miller took the mound at Dodger Stadium for his 16th start of the season and of his career. Needless to say, with Gonsolin now on the […]

Late Sunday afternoon it was widely reported on social media that soon-to-be (tomorrow) 31-year-old one-time Dodger and eight-year MLB veteran right-hander Noah Syndergaard had been designated for assignment by the Cleveland Guardians after his dismal 2023 season during which he posted a 1-2 record and a 5.40 ERA in the six games (all starts) with […]

If you had asked any old-school baseball fan on Friday what their thoughts were on the use of robo-umps at baseball’s highest level, the popular answer might have been something to the effect of ‘No freaking way!’ If you had asked any old-school baseball fan on Saturday what their thoughts were on the use of […]