Even though it (presumably) wasn’t intentional, Tampa Bay Rays left-hander Richard Lovelady hitting Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani on his left forearm with a 91.8-MPH sinker to lead off the bottom of the eighth inning on a 2-1 count with the scored tied at 1-1 was not a good idea. It did, however, cause the […]

As he has done many times over his brilliant 17-year future first-ballot Hall of Fame career, 36-year-old Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw exited a game with his team in a position to win. As they have done many times over Kershaw’s brilliant 17-year future first-ballot Hall of Fame career, the Dodgers bullpen blew that opportunity, losing […]

Ask any veteran (old) Dodger fan if they remember ‘The Kirk Gibson Game,’ their answer will either be an emphatic “Yes!” or a quizical (and extremely rare) “Huh?” Prior to Friday night’s exciting bottom-of-the-ninth Dodgers 7-3 walk-off win over the AL East fourth-place Tampa Bay Rays in front of a Dodger Stadium crowd of 45,556, […]

It was never a matter of if, but when. The first part of that when came in the bottom of the fourth inning, when international superstar and future first-ballot Hall of Famer Shohei Ohtani stole his 40th base of the season off of Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Tyler Alexander and catcher Rob Brantly without a […]

For fans of soon-to-be (on August 29) 34-year-old Dodgers utility infielder/outfielder Chris Taylor, Thursday was a good day. For fans of just-turned (on August 9) 35-year-old Dodgers outfielder Jason Heyward, who slugged a game-winning three-run home run just three days ago, not so much. In his thus far 189 plate appearances this season, Taylor is […]

On Monday night, international superstar Shohei Ohtani slugged his National League-leading 39th home run of the season, a 396-foot solo shot to right-center field, to help the NL West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2-1 win over the NL Central second-place St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. On Wednesday night, Ohtani stole his 39th […]

Enough is enough. It’s time for Major League Baseball to do something about 62-year-old (tomorrow) 28-year MLB veteran umpire CB Bucknor, who once again showed why he is among the worst – if not the worst – umpires at baseball’s highest level. Check Bucknor’s rating of his calls during Tuesday’s 6-3 Dodgers win over the Seattle Mariners […]

It was a game of which Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said: “That was, shoot, that was probably the highlight for me of the season thus far.” The “that” was an eighth-inning two-out 372-foot game-winning three-run pinch-hit home run by 35-year-old/ 15year MLB veteran outfielder Jason Heyward into the visitor’s right field bullpen in front of […]

When 25-year-old Dodgers rookie right-hander Gavin Stone retired 24 Seattle Mariners batters over his stellar seven innings of two-hit shutout baseball before receiving any run support, many Dodger fans said – or at least thought – “Oh, great, he’s getting the Kershaw Treatment” – i.e., pitching a career game while his teammates’ bats remain silent. […]

The Dodgers broke the news late Tuesday morning what a good many Dodger fans have been expecting – that what Dodgers manager Dave Roberts initially told reporters was “forearm tightness“ in the right arm of 25-year-old Dodgers rookie right-hander River Ryan will require a full ligament replacement (Tommy John surgery) to repair. This from Dodgers beat writer […]