The Dodgers are back at home after completing a 4-3 road trip. Sure they ended the trip on a down note after being shutout by Milwaukee right hander Zach Davies on Sunday. But a 4-3 road trip with two ninth-inning come from behind wins is nothing to scoff at. The Dodgers are
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There was no comeback for the Dodgers today. There was no thrilling rally or grand slam home run to save them. This was just a quiet effortless shutout. The Dodger bats went cold as they shuffled off to board a plane to Los Angeles with the embarrassment of being shutdown
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I’m walking, yes indeed, I’m walking….And I would walk 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more just to score more runs for the blue and I would walk 500 more…. Ok I’ll stop singing and making up silly lyrics. I’m sure you’re wondering why I am singing. Those stupid
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After another excruciating extra innings game, which the Dodgers won last night on a Cody Bellinger home run, both the Dodgers and the Brewers were hoping for something different under the afternoon sun today. Nobody had any idea what the baseball gods had in store for them today. The game didn't
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26 strikeouts, two monster dongs and 12 innings was all the Dodgers needed to muscle past the Brewers 2-1 on Friday evening during the opening game of the weekend set at Miller Park. The Dodgers were certainly feckless offensively entering tonight’s marathon affair. The Dodgers had scored just one run
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The ballots are in and the Dodgers stand atop the NL as having the top pitcher and rookie for the month of May. The Southpaw Assasin and future ROY helped lead the Dodgers out of the .500 doldrums and to the top of the NL West, and now they are
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Here's a new video covering the Dodgers - Cardinals series, stupid umpiring, and a beer review of German beer - Salzburger Stiegl Gold. https://youtu.be/G8YXKvTq31E
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The Dodgers took the field in an early game today, attempting to take 3 of 4 from the Cardinals. The big blue offense was shut down yesterday by good pitching, so the question was, "Will the bats wake up and score some runs today?" The other big question surrounded Dodgers starter
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The Dodgers began their defense of first place in the National League West today, and pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu began his defense of remaining in the starting rotation after a stint in the Dodgers' bullpen last week. Everything chugged along efficiently for the first half of the game. Ryu was sharp. His
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Tuesday afternoon was moving day for the Dodgers. They packed up their belongings and had a garage sale before relocating to a better place. That would be first place. The Dodgers came from behind surviving another lousy Kenta Maeda start to score four runs in the third and three more
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We’re getting later into the season and the trade deadline fury will be upon us sooner than we think. The pitching market is already starting to develop and as you would have thought the Dodgers will likely be major players in such potential dealing. Don’t get me wrong here, the
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You may not have even noticed it. It was probably just a blip on your radar. Barely a news-worthy event, but the Dodgers traded minor league infielder Darnell Sweeney again. This time they flipped him to the Reds for future considerations to be determined at a later time. I have
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The red-hot Dodgers just completed a sweep of the Cubs, making the current world champs look like world-class chumps. Next on the agenda was a road trip to enemy territory, St. Louis. Here's how game one played out. It was Rich Hill to the mound, trying to recover from a horrendous outing
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So as usual I am unable to wake up most mornings without hearing the news of a new Dodger going to the disabled list. Honestly it’s just a huge slog or merry-go-round of players going on and off the disabled list. The constant roster and lineup shuffling, and the hoards
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Today’s series finale between the Dodgers and Cubs was supposed to be billed as a pitching match-up with Clayton Kershaw countering Jon Lester. Then baseball happened and both aces sucked and the game turned into a slugfest as the Dodgers used their bats instead of their arms mashing four home
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This is clearly not the same Chicago club that won the World Series last year and finished with 103 wins during the 2016 regular season. I don’t know what’s wrong with the Cubs this season but lackluster starting pitching and weak hitting has led them to a mediocre 25-23 start.
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