This weekend, the Los Angeles Dodgers played a three-game series against the division-rival San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Many of the Dodger-faithful made the trek ‘down the I-5‘ to fill the stands and show their support. The Boys in Blue took the series, winning two of the three matchups, with the final game being […]
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Bob Melvin-1 – Dave Roberts-0
Among the rule changes agreed upon in the recent Collective Bargaining Agreement between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association was keeping the so-called ‘Placed Runner Rule,’ which puts a runner on second base when games go into extra innings. And though the rule is considered by many to be a T-Ball / Little […]
(Read More)Keepers and Losers
The 99-day lockout by MLB owners resulted in a significantly reduced 2022 Spring Training period. In the interest of protecting players from injuries during the early part of the season, the league and Players Association agreed to expand active rosters to 28 for the first few weeks of the regular season. However, following the completion […]
(Read More)Betts is Back!
Heading into Friday night’s game between the Dodgers and Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, Dodgers superstar outfielder Mookie Betts was hitting a very un-Mookie-Betts-like .178 (8-for-45), with no home runs, two doubles, three RBI, and12 strikeouts. Was. When the dust finally settled in the Dodgers eventual 6-1 win over the friars, the Nashville, […]
(Read More)The Most Important Series of the Season?
With the Dodgers having played only 12 games into their 162-game 2022 season, it seems a bit ridiculous to call this weekend’s three-game series against the division-rival San Diego Padres at Petco Park the most important series of the season. But the truth of the matter is that it very well could end up being […]
(Read More)Dodgers Suffer (Potential) Huge Blow
Just when it appeared that the Dodgers finally had another potential top-of-the-rotation guy, recently acquired Dodgers left-hander Andrew Heaney has been bitten by the injury bug. Early Wednesday afternoon, the Dodgers posted this on Twitter: “He just had shoulder soreness,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of the 30-year-old Oklahoma City, OK native and first-round draft pick […]
(Read More)Be Afraid, MLB Pitchers – Be Very Afraid
It’s probably safe to say that a good many fans had thrown in the towel on 26-year-old Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger after his dismal Spring Training and even more dismal first few games of the 2022 regular season, and understandably so. But the one guy who did not and the only guy whose opinion mattered, […]
(Read More)J Lo Is Coming to Dodger Stadium!
* * * GLOBAL SUPERSTAR JENNIFER LOPEZ TO HEADLINE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION ANNUAL BLUE DIAMOND GALA ON JUNE 16, 2022 * * * ‘The Party for LA’ Returns to Dodger Stadium for its Sixth Year to Raise Funds and Awareness for LA’s Most Pressing Problems * * * * The annual […]
(Read More)You Can’t Win Them All, But…
There is an old baseball saying that has been around for decades. And even though it was (reportedly) first uttered in 1963, its mantra is as old as the game itself: “Good pitching will always beat good hitting.” But if good pitching always beats good hitting, imagine what it can do to bad hitting. You […]
(Read More)Kershaw Collects 100th Dodger Stadium Win
Monday night at Dodger Stadium was a big day for many reasons. It was the first time the 2020 World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers would play against the 2021 World Series champion Atlanta Braves. This is the same team that beat the Boys in Blue in the NLCS last year to move on to […]
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