The Dodgers beat the Giants by a score of 3-1 at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night in the first game of a brief two-game series – the first game of what will be 19 games during the 2022 regular season. And though the game was a typical down-to-the-wire game in one of the greatest rivalries […]

A little over a week ago, we ran an article here on ThinkBlueLA.com entitled ‘The Most Important Series of the Season?‘ At the time, that three-game series against the division-rival San Diego Padres was indeed the most important series of the new 2022 season for the Dodgers, if for no other reason than it would […]

  *  *  *  “No matter how good you are, you’re going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you’re going to win one-third of your games. It’s the other third that makes the difference.” Hall of Fame Manager Tommy Lasorda   *  *  *  *  The Boys in Blue […]

As Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully once said of future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw: “He’s done it.” The “it,” of course, was Kershaw’s No-Hitter at Dodger Stadium on June 18, 2014. If Scully were still broadcasting, the “it” on Saturday night at a sold-out Dodger Stadium would have been for the 34-year-old Dallas, […]

If you tuned in late for (or arrived late at) Friday night’s series and homestand opener between the Dodgers and the Detroit Tigers at Dodger Stadium, you probably missed the game-winning hit and game-winning run in the 2:43-long contest. In the bottom of the first inning, the Dodgers’ fourth batter of the night, 37-year-old Dodgers […]

The Dodgers return home for their second slate of home games on Friday evening, starting with a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers (April 29 – May 1). Following an off-day Monday, the Dodgers will welcome the San Francisco Giants for a two-game set (May 3-4), coinciding with the second Taco Tuesday of the season, […]

It is a scene from the classic 1987 hit comedy movie ‘Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.’ Comedians John Candy and Steve Martin are driving down the highway when the occupants of a car on the other side of the center divider repeatedly yells at them, “You’re going the wrong way!” The pair shrug off the warning, […]

Hitting into five double plays rarely ends well, but committing a throwing error on an absolute routine ground ball never ends well. Dodgers de facto second baseman Gavin Lux committed a throwing error on an absolute routine ground ball that even Gold Glove first baseman Freddie Freeman couldn’t get to, turning a 3-1 Dodgers lead […]

Prior to his fourth start of the season against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Monday night, 27-year-old Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler had been having an un-Buehler-like 2022 season. Had. Oh, sure, the Lexington, KY native, and Dodgers first-round draft pick in 2015 out of Vanderbilt was 2-1 heading into Monday night’s contest, but […]