It’s a painfully familiar equation for Dodger fans: LOB + RISP = Loss. During Tuesday’s 3-2 loss to the American League East second place Baltimore Orioles in front of a sold out Dodger Stadium crowd of 52,382, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts‘ team went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position, while leaving seven men on base. […]
(Read More)A Good Day
It’s been a long row to hoe, but if Saturday’s 11-5 Dodgers win over the hated division-rival San Francisco Giants is any indication, it is abundantly clear that 37-year-old Dodgers future first ballot Hall of Fame left-hander Clayton Kershaw is back to his old self. The Dallas, TX native and Dodgers first-round draft pick in […]
Biggest Series of the Season?
The Dodgers will enter this weekend’s three-game series against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium exactly 1.0 games ahead of … the San Francisco Giants. Although the Dodgers will have 90 regular-season games remaining following Sunday’s series finale against The Hated Ones, the significance of this series cannot be understated or ignored. In other […]
Haters Gonna Hate
Following the Dodgers ugly 11-1 loss to the San Diego Padres on Tuesday, @MLB Now posted this on social media (X.com): No seriously, they really did. Although @MLBNow is a reputable social media site, there may be some – perhaps even many – who see this as yet another anti-Dodgers post. The cold hard truth […]
Ouch
Not much to say about this one except ouch. With the loss, the Dodgers now have a precarious half-game lead over the (now) second-place San Francisco Giants, who have won six straight. Ouch. Play ball! * * * * * *
Kershaw to the Rescue – Again
Under the category of: Thanks, we needed that, Dodgers ace and future first-ballot Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw gave his team what Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said was “…clearly his best outing yet,” in the Dodgers 7-3 win over the NL Central second-place St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Sunday. “The command was much […]
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The American League’s Ohtani
August 27th, 2024 at 5:00 pm 
by Ron Cervenka Almost every night, Dodger fans witness something incredible – if not historic – from international superstar Shohei Ohtani. The 30-year-old Oshu, Japan native leads the National League in home runs (41), runs scored (100), SLG (.625), OPS (.994), and Total Bases (312). For good measure, he leads the Dodgers in At-Bats (507), hits (148), triples […]
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Dodgers Release Jason Heyward
August 27th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka On August 20, 2024, 35-year-old 15-year MLB veteran outfielder Jason Heyward hit what many consider to be the single biggest home run of the 2024 season in the Dodgers exciting 6-3 win over the Seattle Mariners, a game-winning 372-foot three-run blast into the visitors right field bullpen in front of a Dodger Stadium crowd of […]
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Pick Your Poison
August 26th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka 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 […]
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Bullpen Denies Kershaw … Again
August 25th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka 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 […]
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‘The Ohtani Game’
August 24th, 2024 at 1:00 pm by Ron Cervenka 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, […]
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Ohtani Goes Where No Man Has Gone Before
August 24th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka 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 […]
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Good News – Bad News
August 23rd, 2024 at 9:45 am by Ron Cervenka 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 […]
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One To Go
August 22nd, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka 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 […]
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It’s Time For MLB To Do Something About CB Bucknor
August 21st, 2024 at 2:00 pm by Ron Cervenka 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 […]
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