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Who Ya Gonna Call: Tie-Buster

If there’s something strange in your neighborhood Who ya gonna call – ghostbusters If it’s something weird and it won’t look good Who ya gonna call – ghostbusters “Ghostbusters” – Ray Parker Jr.   *  *  *  *  It wasn’t a ghost but instead a scoreless game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Texas Rangers […]

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Just Say No!

Rumors continue to circulate that the Dodgers are exploring the trade market for a center fielder. Those rumors and suppositions are rooted in the performance of Andy Pages, the team’s de facto center fielder, as he struggles offensively and defensively. While Pages occasionally comes through with a big hit or defensive play, his overall body […]

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It ‘Could’ Happen Today

Don’t want to put the cart in front of the horse (or jinx it), but it could happen today: First pitch is scheduled for 11:35 AM PT from Globe Life Field in Arlington,TX with a pair of right-handed California Tylers on the hill – 31-year-old Glasnow from Newhall for the Dodgers and 30-year-old Mahle from […]

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Fast and Furious

There were 265 pitches thrown in Friday’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, but the game was over after the second pitch of the game. That’s when soon-to-be (on May 9) 30-year-old Dodgers second baseman and leadoff batter Tommy Edman (in place of Shohei Ohtani […]

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Music To Our Ears

By now every Dodger fan on the planet has heard that future first-ballot Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw made his first rehab start with the Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets on Wednesday. If you haven’t, you can leave your Dodger hat at the door on the way out. In his 3.0-inning start, the Dallas, TX native […]

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(Another) One For The Books

It’s not often that you see a guy go 1-for-1 with a walk, a hit, a run scored, and a RBI, in the first inning. Then again, it is international superstar and future first-ballot Hall of Famer Shohei Ohtani that we’re talking about here. This is exactly what the 30-year-old Oshu, Japan native did in the […]

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The New Maytag Man

Those old enough to remember knew him as “The Maytag Man – the Loneliest Man in Town.” His real name was Jesse White and we saw him almost daily/nightly in television commercials from 1967 through 1988 portraying a lonely Maytag repairman who was never called because of the reliability of Maytag’s home appliances. Move over, […]

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Not Getting It Done

In the just completed three-game home series against the Chicago Cubs, a series that drew a combined 158,719 fans to Chavez Ravine, the Dodgers went 4-for-14 (.286) with runners in scoring position. Unfortunately, they also stranded 20 runners on base, which is absolutely unacceptable for a team with the highest payroll in Major League Baseball […]

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Dodgers Set Wrong Kind of Records

This ESPN post on Twitter (X.com) says everything Dodgers fans need to know about their team’s embarrassing 16-0 shutout loss to the Chicago Cubs in front of a sold out Dodger Stadium crowd of 53,887 on Saturday afternoon: Whereas, the Cubs amassed 21 hits (that’s not a typo) that included four home runs, the Dodgers […]

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Yoshi + Tommy = W

It’s almost automatic. When 26-year-old right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto is on the mound for the Dodgers, and when 29-year-old utility infielder/outfielder Tommy Edman is in the Dodgers lineup (which he has been in 14 of the Dodgers 15 games thus far this season), they usually win. It happened again on Friday night in front of a […]

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