During his seven seasons as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Dave Roberts has made some very good decisions. He has also made some very bad decisions. In the bottom of the seventh inning of Saturday night’s win-or-go-home fourth game of the 2022 National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres at a very […]

Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman summed it up best following his team’s 2-1 loss to the San Diego Padres in Game-3 of the 2022 National League Division Series at Petco Park on Friday night: “They’re pitching good right now and we’re not hitting, so we gotta hit tomorrow. That’s going to be my same answer […]

Back in April, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts not only believed that the Dodgers would make it to the 2022 World Series but he boldly predicted on national radio that they would win the 2022 World Series. Then again, what else is a Major League manager supposed to say, right? “I liked it. It’s not something […]

Through the first two games of the 2022 National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres the Dodgers have scored a total of eight runs. That’s the good news. The bad news is that Dave Roberts‘ team has yet to score even one run off of the Bob Melvin‘s bullpen in 9.1 innings – […]

We heard it early and we heard it often from Dodgers manager Dave Roberts throughout the 2022 regular season: “Craig Kimbrel is our closer.” Craig Kimbrel is no longer our closer. The Dodgers official closer is now ‘By Committee,’ and they were great in Game-1 of the 2022 National League Division Series against the San […]

What was arguably one of the best-kept Dodgers secrets in recent memory was finally revealed on Monday afternoon when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts confirmed what a good many Dodgers fans already suspected – that 26-year-old left-hander Julio Urías would be the Dodgers starting pitcher for Game-1 of the 2022 National League Division Series against the […]

Let’s be brutally honest here. When the Dodgers traded extremely popular right-hander Ross Stripling to the Toronto Blue Jays on August 31, 2020 for two ‘PTBNL’ (player(s) to be named later – which ended up being 22-year-old Minor League right-hander Kendall Williams and 26-year-old Minor League utility infielder/outfielder Ryan Noda) – it absolutely broke the hearts […]

During the 2022 regular season, the Dodgers posted a dominating 15-4 record against the San Diego Padres, including taking six of the final nine games against them in September. That’s the good news. The not-so-good news is that those same Padres absolutely smoked the New York Mets on Sunday evening in Game-3 of the 2022 National […]

  *  *  *  We’re so sorry, Uncle Albert.We’re so sorry if we caused you any pain.We’re so sorry, Uncle Albert.But there’s no one left at homeAnd I believe I’m gonna rain. Paul McCartney and Wings – 1971   *  *  *  *  It may not have been at the top of Dodgers fans’ lists […]

It doesn’t happen often, but every now and then a player says something during an interview that makes you smile … and nod in agreement. Such a quote happened on Friday afternoon prior to the Dodgers first NLDS workout and subsequent intersquad game at Dodger Stadium. As popular Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman was suiting […]