Archive for 2024

Different Day – Same Story

Friday’s 9-6 Dodgers loss to the National League Central last place Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park ranks right up there as among the ugliest of the season for Dodgers manager Dave Roberts‘ team. I mean, the game was tied 5-5 with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the fifth […]

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Unacceptable

Despite losing consecutive games to their division rival Arizona Diamondbacks, the Dodgers maintained their respectable and acceptable 7.0-game lead over the NL West second place San Diego Padres, an 8.0-game lead over the tied-for-third-place San Francisco Giants and Dbacks, and a 15.0-game lead over the NL West last place Colorado Rockies. But what isn’t respectable […]

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Dodgers Offensive Woes Continue

On Tuesday evening, the NL West first place Dodgers lost to the NL West third place Arizona Diamondbacks by a score of 7-3 in a game in which they managed only six hits in front of a less-than-pleased Dodger Stadium crowd of 46,180. “We couldn’t get to (Diamondbacks starting right-hander Brandon) Pfaadt early and ended […]

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A Game of Inches

It became very apparent very quickly that Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler was dialed in during his team’s 4-0 shutout win over the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium on Saturday evening. In only his third Major League start since June 10, 2022, the 29-year-old Lexington, KY native and Dodgers first round draft pick in 2015 out […]

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Dodgers Made The Right Choice

When 27-year-old Dodgers outfielder James Outman was good, he was oh so good. So good, in fact, that a good many Dodgers fans were a bit concerned that when 34-year-old Dodgers outfielder Jason Heyward was due to return to action following his 40-game stint on the injured list for lower back tightness, that it would […]

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It Was Inevitable

Meaning no disrespect whatsoever to 27-year-old Dodgers outfielder James Outman, it was never a matter of if but when. The when came around 4 PM on Friday afternoon, when the Dodgers posted this on social media: There is no disputing that the extremely popular Redwood City, CA native and Dodgers seventh-round draft pick in 2018 […]

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Dodgers Farmhand Has ‘Historic Cheese’

Remember his name, Dodgers fans – it’s Reynaldo Yean. He is a 20-year-old right-handed relief pitcher from Sabana Grande de Boya in the Dominican Republic who signed a Minor League free agent contract with the Dodgers on July 5, 2021. Why so, you ask? I’ll give you 104 reasons, as in a 104-mph fastball. On […]

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Thank You Padres

Thanking the Padres for taking two of the three games from the Dodgers last weekend (May 11-13) may be a bit snarky, but within the sarcasm is a subtle, but important reminder. In any given series of games (best of three, best of five, best of seven) a team can rise up and defeat a […]

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Dodgers ‘Just Didn’t Threaten’

Following his team’s ugly 4-0 loss to the San Diego Padres in front of another sold out Petco Park crowd of 43,881 (a good many of whom were Dodgers fans) during which his team managed only four hits (three singles and one double) and only one walk (Andy Pages in the top of the fifth […]

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More Teo Magic

Thirty-one-year-old Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernández has struck out 51 times in his 155 at-bats thus far this season, most on the team. Thirty-one-year-old Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernández has also homered 11 times thus far this season, tied with international superstar Shohei Ohtani for most on the team. He has also driven in 33 runs, most […]

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