*  *  *  Limited number of custom caps to be sold at team store   *  *  *  *  The Dodgers have announced that for the first time ever, the entire team will be wearing custom on-field pride caps as the organization celebrates their 9th annual LGBTQ+ Night, presented by Blue Shield of California, at […]

Two things: Yes, this is a Dodgers-based blog site, but this Anaheim (not Los Angeles) Angels of Anaheim story is rather significant; I fully realize that the media has beaten the Mike Trout/Tim Salmon ‘fish‘ thing to death – ad nauseam – but this is rather significant. On Monday night, Angels center fielder Mike Trout, […]

There are only three teams in the National League with worse records than the (now) 12-16 Pittsburgh Pirates: the 9-18 Chicago Cubs, the 10-20 Washington Nationals, and the 6-23 Cincinnati Reds, who, ironically, have won their last three games. But you certainly wouldn’t know this based on the Pirates’ dominating 5-1 win over the team […]

It’s a phrase or expression that gets tossed around way too often – ‘Future Hall of Famer.‘ But if the shoe – or ring – fits, wear it. Although only in his sixth major league season, Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler is a ‘Future Hall of Famer.‘ Too soon for you to take a bite of […]

Unless you were stranded on a desert island this past weekend, you are probably well aware that Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts had one of his best series since being acquired by the Dodgers from the Boston Red Sox on February 20, 2020, (along with 36-year-old left-hander David Price and cash) for popular Dodgers outfielder Alex […]

Game-2 of Saturday’s doubleheader between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs at historic Wrigley Field will forever be remembered as “The Mookie [Betts] Game” … at least one of them. In the simplest of terms, the Dodgers would not have won the game (thereby sweeping the doubleheader) without the 29-year-old Nashville, TN native’s five […]

Many in baseball know that the Dodgers fan base travels well regardless of the ballpark or the distance involved. Such was the case on Saturday morning for the first game of a doubleheader at Chicago’s historic Wrigley Field. The first game of the three-game series against the Cubs was originally scheduled for Friday night, but was […]

There are some, many, in fact, who believe that the first week of May is way too early to scoreboard watch or to be even remotely concerned about the MLB standings. To them, I offer this little tidbit: A loss in April or May carries the exact same weight as a loss in September or […]

Just when you think that you’ve seen just about everything that recently acquired Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman has to offer his new team – the NL West first-place Dodgers – he throws yet another treat to “Freddie” chanting Dodgers fans. In the bottom of the seventh inning of Wednesday night’s 9-1 rout of the […]

  *  *  *  “Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.” – Hall of Fame manager Casey Stengel   *  *  *  *  As expected, the Dodgers are leading Major League Baseball’s National League West Division. That is what baseball experts predicted before spring training for the team that could start a lineup […]