Saturday night’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium was one for the books. Not only did it almost not happen because of significant rain which caused a two hour and 15 minute delay, but at one point, both benches cleared between the division rivals over a pitch […]
(Read More)Archive for April, 2024
Dodgers Lose ‘Dinger Day’
* * * “It’s Dinger Day at Dodger Stadium.” – Dodgers Broadcaster Stephen Nelson * * * * If “Chicks Dig the Long Ball,” there were alot of happy chicks at Dodger Stadium on Friday night, where the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres hit a combined eight of them, four apiece. […]
(Read More)Home, Sweet Home
Being in first place 15 games into the new season is nice, but it is certainly not indicative of how the 2024 regular season will ultimately play out. However, this week’s nine-game home stand with three against the NL West second-place San Diego Padres, three against the NL East fourth-place Washington Nationals, and three against […]
(Read More)The Other Sure Thing
We have long been told that there are only two sure things in life – death and taxes. Make that three. “It seems like every time you look up, he’s on base,” former Dodger great and current Dodgers broadcast Rick Monday said, after future Hall of Famer Mookie Betts singled to right on the second […]
(Read More)It’s Broke
It’s one of the earliest sayings we learned as kids: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” A quick look at Dodgers right-hander Alex Vesia‘s stats 15 games into the 2024 season confirms he is broke. In his last two appearances on April 9 and 10 against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field, the Alpine, CA […]
(Read More)Another Day, Another Multi-Hit Game
I’ll get right to the point: “Shohei has continued to swing a hot bat, and, you know, if he can continue to go to the middle of the field and go back-side, which he did tonight, he’s tough to beat,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of our generation’s Babe Ruth, following his team’s 4-2 win […]
(Read More)The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
There wasn’t much Good and a whole lot of Bad in Sunday’s Ugly 8-1 Dodgers loss to the Chicago Cubs at an absolutely drenched Wrigley Field on Sunday afternoon – a game which should have never even started and was finally suspended with one out in the bottom of the fourth inning. But for as […]
(Read More)Thanks. We Needed That
To say that 25-year-old right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto got off to a bit of a rough start after signing his 12 year/$325 million contract with the Dodgers on December 27, 2023 would be extremely kind. Truth be told, after signing the longest and most lucrative contract in Major League Baseball history (so far), and after his […]
(Read More)Miller Struggles in Homecoming
On Friday, the Dodgers opened their weekend series with the Chicago Cubs on a windy, 45-degree afternoon. The first traditional road trip kicked off with quick traffic on the Dodgers base paths, highlighted by a 2-run single from Teoscar Hernández. Bobby Miller was on the mound for the Dodgers on Friday afternoon, with over 30 […]
(Read More)That’s One
It took nine games and 37 official at-bats, but on Wednesday night in front of a sold out Dodger Stadium crowd of 52,746, highly touted superstar designated hitter Shohei Ohtani finally hit his first home run in a Dodgers uniform, and man did he crush it. “Honestly, very relieved that I was able to hit […]
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