If you are an avid fan of Dodgers baseball, and let’s be honest here, you probably wouldn’t be reading this if you were not, you’ve undoubtedly had the privilege to witness some great things. For you oldsters, that might include the Brooklyn Dodgers winning the World Series in 1955, or (as in my case) the […]

“Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.” – Hall of Fame outfielder/first baseman Frank Robinson * * * Baseball is a game steeped in history, and diehard fans are not always great at accepting changes. Case in point, the new pitch clock still has many detractors among the faithful. However, after the past weekend’s […]

Following his team’s painful 3-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Sunday afternoon at Dodger Stadium, Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman said what every Dodgers fan on the planet has been saying (or at least thinking) thus far into the new season:   “I just feel like we haven’t got going. When we pitch, we […]

It is quickly moving from the ever-popular “It’s still early” stage to the “There is some concern” stage – “It” being the Dodgers roster-wide inexplicable and inexcusable lack of offense now 18 days (16 games) into the 2023 season. Just how bad is it? Well… the Dodgers, a team with several of the very best […]

There is no disputing that David Peralta‘s exciting pinch-hit walk-off two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inning in Saturday night’s 2-1 Dodgers win over the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium was, to this point, the biggest hit of the (now) 15-day-old 2023 season. However, it was the ‘other’ biggest hit of the (now) […]

There’s losing, and then there’s losing ugly. Friday night’s 8-2 Dodgers loss to the Chicago Cubs in front of a sold-out Dodger Stadium crowd of 52,298 was as ugly as it gets. Oh sure, you can pin the blame on 26-year-old Dodgers right-hander Andre Jackson, who allowed five runs on six hits (four of which […]

Former Dodger and former Dodgers fan-favorite Cody Bellinger will make his first and much-anticipated return to Dodger Stadium this weekend, as his new team, the Chicago Cubs, are in town for a three-game series against his old team, the Los Angeles Dodgers. As every Dodgers fan knows and as a surprise to absolutely no one, […]

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 […]