The Dodgers certainly had a rough road trip losing four out of five games, but they returned home on a happy note after narrowly defeating the Giants 2-1 on Sunday afternoon to force a series split. After an off day on Monday the Dodgers opened a five game home stand
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The Dodgers are back home and preparing to open a five game home stand beginning on Tuesday night with a two-game interleague set against the Oakland A’s. Not only do we have some great baseball at Dodger Stadium this week, but we also have some great food making a debut
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The Dodgers entered Sunday afternoon’s series finale against the Giants in desperate need of a win. After Saturday night’s 14-inning loss and another Wilmer Font failure the Dodgers were in danger of finishing with a win-less road trip. The Dodgers were 0-4 on the current trip after the one rain
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The Dodgers were supposed to play a three game series in San Francisco starting on Friday night. Mother Nature had different ideas with the opening game being rained out yesterday evening. The Dodgers will make up the game as part of a double-header on April 28 because they come back
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The Dodger’s early season suckfest continues as the boys in blue dropped their third straight game in Arizona, losing on Wednesday afternoon by a 3-0 score. How long this stinkfest will go on for is anybody’s guess, but the Dodgers looked fatigued and apathetic as they were swept at Chase
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Dodger’s manager Dave Roberts is a great manager; actually he’s one of the best in baseball. But even the best have bad games or make poor calls from time to time. Nobody is exempt from making mistakes, and nobody is perfect. The thing is it is ok to point out
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It looks like my prognostication that the Dodgers would never score again was wrong. In my defense it looked like that was certainly the case. I mean the way they were hitting it was very possible that the boys in blue would not score a single run for 162 games. Then
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When you think of the absolute worst possible way to start a season the Dodgers looked you square in the eyes and pointed a finger in your face while saying watch this. Welcome to the 2018 Los Angeles Dodgers baseball season. The Dodgers haven’t scored a run after playing the
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A lot has been discussed about lineup creation. While it is somewhat important, it’s not as vital as you might think it is. What’s most important is putting your best hitters in the lineup and more specifically making sure your top three hitters get as many at-bats as possible with
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Just in time for Easter too. There’s nothing more irritating than losing to the Giants. But losing to the Giants on opening day 1-0 is possibly one of the most aggravating ways to lose to the Giants. That’s exactly what the Dodgers did on Thursday afternoon on Opening Day at
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Clayton Kershaw is outstanding on opening day. He never loses. Let’s hope I don’t jinx him this time around because when you give the ball to him on opening day it’s one of the safest bets you can ever make. As a matter of fact, Kershaw is one of the
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On the eve of opening day the Dodgers are busy finalizing their 25-man roster. We already know that Andrew Toles was unfortunately optioned to Oklahoma City and Joc Pederson will be making the roster. The rest of the roster we can probably take an educated guess at. Most of the same
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Dodgers exhibition season ended a little earlier than expected on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium. With the Dodgers leading 4-3 in the bottom of the fifth inning, after a sewage pipe burst right outside the Dodgers dugout sending water onto the field and into the expensive box seats. The spillage
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The battle for the left field job just got a little clearer. The Dodgers have announced that they have designated outfielder Trayce Thompson for assignment. His 40-man roster spot will be given to triple-A right hander Cory Mazzoni who was claimed off of waiver from the Chicago Cubs. The move
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