Here’s something interesting to ponder as we head into the long dark cold winter. Andy McCullough of the LATimes is reporting that the Dodgers could be contemplating trading switch-hitting catcher Yasmani Grandal this offseason. I know some of you are not very high on Grandal so this would make sense to a
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Maybe you heard the story: Shortly after the Dodgers won Game 6 of the World Series, forcing a Game 7, former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda had a moment with Dave Roberts, the current skipper, and he gave Roberts something to chew on - Lasorda style. "You haven't done sh*t until you
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The midseason acquisition of all-star right hander Yu Darvish was supposed to put the Dodgers over the top. The Dodgers sent top hitting prospect Willie Calhoun to the Rangers for the Japanese hurler just minutes before the trade deadline. The deal was considered a go-move. It was meant to push
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The Dodgers lost the World Series to the Astros in seven games for a variety of reasons. You could point to all of them as the culprit for the club’s heartbreaking defeat culminating in their 5-1 loss in game 7 on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. Clayton Kershaw’s pathetic game 5
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The story I didn't want to write. For the past five seasons the Dodgers have been in the playoffs. Actually 7 years of the past 10 years they gave gotten deep in the playoffs. This was the first time they got to the World Series. This team showed a lot
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The Dodgers forced game 7 of the World Series after a thrilling Halloween 3-1 victory over the Astros in game 6 to tie the series at three games apiece. Tonight we’ll witness the first World Series game 7 at Dodger Stadium in history. Make sure you are here or at
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In World Series Game 3, Houston Astro Yuri Gurriel hit a home run off Dodgers pitcher, Yu Darvish. Darvish is Japanese, and although that shouldn't matter in a baseball game, Gurriel decided to make a cheap, racist swipe part of his home run celebration. Upon returning to the dugout, Gurriel pulled
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There has never been a Dodger game played on Halloween eve in the history of Dodger baseball. This is actually only the fifth MLB game ever played on Halloween and the first since 2010. However the Dodgers gave us the ultimate treat without any tricks thanks to a two-run sixth
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The Dodgers return home for game 6 of the World Series on Halloween night after an exhausting and disappointing three games in Houston. Somehow they were able to win one out of the three games but the insanity of their 13-12 game 5 loss nearly killed them. The Dodgers limped
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There are few things in life more disheartening than having to admit our heroes are less than we once believed them to be. If one lives long enough, it happens a little too often, but that frequency does not make it any easier. Athletes probably shouldn't be held as close to
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This game was absolute madness and absolutely maddening, all wrapped up in one. It had everything: Home runs, an insane strike zone, hit batters, wild pitches, blown leads, aces melting down, fans sliding into bases, ridiculous bunt attempts, and then more home runs. It was packed with sports-based agony and
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One of the age old questions in baseball is whether momentum is a real thing or not. The sabermetricians will tell you that it does not exist. They’ll laugh at you and call you an idiot for even suggesting it. They’ll argue that momentum goes in the same make believe
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This was the biggest nail biter game of the season. Not to mention this was a must win game to avoid falling behind 3-1. Alex Wood went up against Charlie Morton. The Dodgers need to at least win one game in Houston to send the World Series back to Los
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The Dodgers are in trouble, big trouble. After Yu Darvish allowed four earned runs over 1.2 innings and the Dodgers scored just three runs on four hits in their game 3 loss in Houston on Friday, they now find themselves down 2-1 in the World Series. They played a sloppy game,
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Time for me to once again don my helmet and flak jacket as I deliver a column that many of you won't like, and some of you may consider blasphemous. With a heavy blue heart, I'm laying much more than partial blame for the Dodgers' losses in Games 2 and
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The Dodgers lost Game 3 of the World Series, but the Astros lost the narrative. Baseball analysts from television studios to bar stools around the country - check that - around the world, were all discussing the racist gesture and slur that Astro Yuli Gurriel casually used to mock Los
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