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Here’s the deal. Between Friday, June 6 and Thursday, June 19, the NL West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers will play 16 games, with a scheduled off day on Thursday, June 12. Of those 16 games, seven will be against the NL West second-place San Diego Padres – the first three at Petco Park June 9-11, […]
What’s Missing?
The Dodgers are tenuously holding on to first place in the National League’s Western Division, they are loaded with talent – four players are legit candidates for the Hall of Fame. But, there are too many games where fans watch uninspired Dodgers baseball. Foolish errors of omission and commission, hitters flailing away at pitches as […]
Muncy Reaches Milestone
Hitting 200 home runs is a highly respected and significant accomplishment over the course of a Major League career, which, of course, means hitting 201 is even better. During Saturday’s 18-2 pounding of the AL East first-place New York Yankees by the NL West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in front of a Dodger Stadium crowd […]
Hollywood Stuff
It was as if they had read it from a Hollywood script – and it was epic. With one out and on the third pitch that New York Yankees right fielder and future Hall of Famer Aaron Judge saw from struggling Dodgers right-hander Tony Gonsolin (an 89.7-MPH slider right down Broadway, no pun intended), the […]
Dodgers Make Head-Scratching Move
To say that the Dodgers bullpen is a mess would be a gross understatement. As we all painfully witnessed in Wednesday’s ugly loss to the AL Central second-place Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field, 30-year-old Dodgers left-hander Tanner Scott not only blew the save of what should have been future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw‘s first […]
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Watching James Outman
May 13th, 2025 at 7:00 am 
by Jesse Pearce Baseball is not an easy game to play, especially pitching and hitting. At the Major League level, the necessary skills and mental approach are incredibly difficult and only the best of the best can consistently play the game at elite levels. Nevertheless, there are certain fundamentals that are the same whether the game is played on a […]
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Freeman-3 D-backs-1
May 12th, 2025 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka The final score of Sunday’s game at Chase Field reads Dodgers 10, D-backs 1, but it could very well read Freddie Freeman 3, D-backs 1. The 35-year-old Villa Park, CA native and future first-ballot Hall of Famer went a remarkable 4-for-4 on Sunday, with two runs scored and three RBIs. “I wish I had a real […]
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Good – Not Good
May 11th, 2025 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka The Good and Not Good from Saturday’s game between the Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field: The Good: The Not Good: “I mean, they’re all really good hitters and like to put the ball in play. They don’t punch a lot,” May told reporters postgame. As noted, the Dodgers slipped into second place in […]
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What. A. Game.
May 10th, 2025 at 7:30 am by Ron Cervenka In the grand scheme of things, Friday’s game between the NL West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers and the NL West fifth-place Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field was basically a meaningless game. However, in that same grand scheme of things, you will have a very difficult time convincing anyone of its meaninglessness. Also, if you missed […]
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Something Ain’t Right
May 9th, 2025 at 7:30 am by Ron Cervenka Although there has been no official word from the team (yet), it appeared from his very first pitch on Thursday evening that something wasn’t quite right with 26-year-old Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who the Dodgers signed to an enormous international free agent contract back on December 27, 2023 to the tune of 12 years at […]
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Dodgers Lose Another Winnable Game
May 7th, 2025 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka In what seems like a growing trend, the Dodgers lost another should-have-won game on Tuesday, this one a 10th-inning 5-4 loss to the NL East last place Miami Marlins at LoanDepot Park in Miami. As he has now done in his last several relief appearances, 38-year-old (that’s not a typo) Dodgers right-hander Luis García turned […]
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Living Up To The Hype
May 6th, 2025 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka It is a quote (cliché) attributed to NFL Hall of Fame coach Vince Lombardi that we’ve all heard dozens of times in our respective lives: “Act like you’ve been here before” Dodgers rookie sensation Hyeseong Kim acted like he’d “…been here before” when he made his major league debut with Dodgers against the Miami Marlins […]
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Time to Hang It Up?
May 5th, 2025 at 8:00 am by Jesse Pearce There comes a time in every baseball player’s life to hang up their bat, glove, and cleats. For some, it comes early when they struggle in Little League and decide to pursue other interests. For others, the time comes at higher levels of the sport – travel ball, high school, college, or the professional minor […]
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It’s (Not) Gonna Be May
May 5th, 2025 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka It’s Baaaack, and it happens every year right about now – the meme from the 1995 pop boy band NSYNC, in which lead vocalist Justin Timberlake insists that he said “It’s gonna be me,” not “It’s gonna be May” – this despite it sounding very much like the latter. Unfortunately for 27-year-old Dodgers right-hander Dustin […]
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