For those old enough to remember, it was an exciting time for LA sports fans. The original Los Angeles Rams (you know what I mean) had a front line of Merlin Olsen, Rosey Grier, Deacon Jones, and Lamar Lundy, who were affectionately called the ‘Fearsome Foursome’ for their extremely fierce and aggressive play in the […]
(Read More)Archive for 2023
Have A Night James Outman
As we have all come to learn, in the game of baseball: ‘When you’re hot you’re hot, and when you’re not you’re not.’ For the first half of the 2023 MLB season, 26-year-old Dodgers utility outfielder James Outman couldn’t have been any colder. Prior to the All-Star break, the extremely popular Redwood City, CA native and […]
(Read More)Freeman In Great Company
It was a risky move for sure, but it is future Hall of Famer Freddie Freeman we’re talking about here. And if we have learned anything about the 34-year-old in Villa Park, CA native and second round draft pick in 2007 by the Atlanta Braves from El Modena High School in Orange, CA, it’s that everything Freeman […]
(Read More)Looks Like No Dodger Blue For Mike Trout
Although it was more wishful thinking than anything else, it appears that superstar outfielder Mike Trout won’t be dawning a Dodgers uniform next season … or ever. On Monday evening it was being widely reported on social media that the extremely popular 32-year-old Vineland, NJ native and Anaheim Angels of Anaheim’s first round draft pick in […]
(Read More)J.D. Martinez Named NL Player of the Week
Good things happen to good people! Play Ball! * * * * * *
(Read More)The ‘Other’ Game-Winning Play
It was all laughs and high-fives in the Dodgers clubhouse following Chris Taylor‘s dramatic bottom-of-the-10th-inning single to right to score placed pinch-runner Amed Rosario from second base for their exciting 3-2 walk-off win over the San Francisco Giants in their final home game of the 2023 regular season at Dodger Stadium on Sunday evening. There […]
(Read More)Greatness Surpasses Greatness
On July 27, 1969, (then) 33-year-old Dodgers future Hall of Fame right-hander Don Drysdale won his 209th game to become the (then) winningest pitcher in Dodgers franchise history at 209-166, doing so in his 16 seasons and 518 games with the Dodgers. This was 19 years before (now) 35-year-old Dodgers ace and future Hall of […]
(Read More)Local Boy Makes Good
Thirty-four-year-old Villa Park, CA native Freddie Freeman became the third player in MLB history (joining Chuck Klein in 1932 and Alfonso Soriano in 2002) and the only first baseman in MLB’s 154-year history with 200 hits, 50 doubles, 25 home runs, and 20 stolen bases in a single season. “I’ve always had sights set on it,” […]
(Read More)Baseballs and Benchmarks
* * * “In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened.” Vin Scully * * * * Before Spring Training started, many doubted that the Dodgers would be in the running for the postseason, let alone clinching the NL West division for a 10th time in 11 seasons. While […]
(Read More)Emmet Sheehan is The Real Deal
When 23-year-old Dodgers right-hander Emmet Sheehan made his major league debut at Dodger Stadium back on June 16, 2023, it was against the San Francisco Giants. And though the Dodgers would eventually lose that game by a score of 7-5, it was not because of Sheehan’s stellar 6.0 innings of work, during which he allowed […]
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