It is an acronym we coined here on ThinkBlueLA.com many years ago: a ‘SHW’ game – Should Have Won. Sunday’s series finale between the Dodgers and the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium was a SHW game. Instead, Dodgers (very) confirmed closer Craig Kimbrel not only blew his third save in his last 13 appearances, […]

The Dodgers kicked off the weekend with a four-game series against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium. They dominated the first three games, with Dodger’s ace Clayton Kershaw scheduled for the series finale on Sunday afternoon. The first-round draft pick in 2006 out of Highland Park High School in University Park, TX, had a […]

Although the Dodgers starting lineup for Sunday’s series finale against the division-rival San Diego Padres has not yet been announced (but very soon will be), we know two things for sure: Dodgers left-hander and future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw will be making his 10th start of the 2022 season; Dodgers outfielder and future Hall […]

  *  *  *  “I don’t think it should surprise anyone anymore. I think he’s just in such a good place mentally, physically.”   *  *  *  *  Pretty high praise of Dodgers right-hander Tony Gonsolin from Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, wouldn’t you say? Then again, for the guy with the best Earned Run Average […]

The National League West first-place Dodgers managed only five hits against the National League West second-place San Diego Padres on Thursday night in front of a sold out Dodger Stadium crowd 53,094. Three of those hits were by popular Dodgers third baseman and unofficial team captain Justin Turner, including two home runs. It was the […]

During Wednesday night’s 8-4 Dodgers win over the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver, soon-to-be (on July 13) 27-year-old Dodgers center fielder Cody Bellinger had what was arguably his best at-bat of the season – and it wasn’t his 431-foot solo home run to center field to lead off the eighth inning to give […]

When Dodgers future Hall of Fame lefthander Clayton Kershaw took the mound at Coors Field in Denver, CO against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night, he did so with an excellent 5-1 record and excellent 2.00 earned run average. When he exited the game after only 4.0 innings pitched, he did so with his team […]

Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman has been named the National League Player of the Week for the just-concluded week of June 20-26, 2022. The announcement came shortly after noon PT on Monday. The 32-year-old Villa Park, CA native and second-round draft pick in 2007 by the Atlanta Braves out of El Modena High School in Orange, […]

It has been uttered thousands of times throughout baseball history … perhaps even millions; even by Dodgers Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda: “Any team can beat any other team on any given day.” On Monday evening, the third worst team in the National League – the (now) 32-42 Colorado Rockies – beat the second […]

For the first time since June 9, Dodgers utility infielder/outfielder Chris Taylor was not in the Dodgers starting lineup for Sunday’s series finale with the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park in Atlanta. …not in the starting lineup. But with his team trailing 1-0 in the top of the seventh inning, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts called […]