Here’s what Dodgers manager Dave Roberts had to say (Verbatim) following his team’s ugly 11-1 loss to the AL West second place Athletics in front of a Dodger Stadium crowd of 45,161 on Tuesday night, their first game back home following a ten-game/three-city road trip that took them through Atlanta (2-1), Miami (2-1), and Arizona […]

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Baseball is not an easy game to play, especially pitching and hitting. At the Major League level, the necessary skills and mental approach are incredibly difficult and only the best of the best can consistently play the game at elite levels. Nevertheless, there are certain fundamentals that are the same whether the game is played on a […]

The final score of Sunday’s game at Chase Field reads Dodgers 10, D-backs 1, but it could very well read Freddie Freeman 3, D-backs 1. The 35-year-old Villa Park, CA native and future first-ballot Hall of Famer went a remarkable 4-for-4 on Sunday, with two runs scored and three RBIs. “I wish I had a real […]

The Good and Not Good from Saturday’s game between the Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field: The Good: The Not Good: “I mean, they’re all really good hitters and like to put the ball in play. They don’t punch a lot,” May told reporters postgame. As noted, the Dodgers slipped into second place in […]

In the grand scheme of things, Friday’s game between the NL West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers and the NL West fifth-place Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field was basically a meaningless game. However, in that same grand scheme of things, you will have a very difficult time convincing anyone of its meaninglessness. Also, if you missed […]

Although there has been no official word from the team (yet), it appeared from his very first pitch on Thursday evening that something wasn’t quite right with 26-year-old Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who the Dodgers signed to an enormous international free agent contract back on December 27, 2023 to the tune of 12 years at […]

In what seems like a growing trend, the Dodgers lost another should-have-won game on Tuesday, this one a 10th-inning 5-4 loss to the NL East last place Miami Marlins at LoanDepot Park in Miami. As he has now done in his last several relief appearances, 38-year-old (that’s not a typo) Dodgers right-hander Luis García turned […]

It is a quote (cliché) attributed to NFL Hall of Fame coach Vince Lombardi that we’ve all heard dozens of times in our respective lives: “Act like you’ve been here before” Dodgers rookie sensation Hyeseong Kim acted like he’d “…been here before” when he made his major league debut with Dodgers against the Miami Marlins […]

There comes a time in every baseball player’s life to hang up their bat, glove, and cleats. For some, it comes early when they struggle in Little League and decide to pursue other interests. For others, the time comes at higher levels of the sport – travel ball, high school, college, or the professional minor […]