The moment Dodger fans have been anticipating for the last week finally arrived. Yu Darvish made his Dodger debut on Friday evening against the Mets at Citi Field. Darvish’s debut featured a marquee pitching match-up between Darvish and New York ace Jacob deGrom. Darvish dazzled tossing seven scoreless frames and
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Logan Forsythe was a big part of the Dodgers' plans to chase down a pennant, and ultimately, a World Series Championship when they traded away pitching prospect Jose De Leon to Tampa Bay. The Dodgers were counting on Forsythe to fill several immediate needs: an everyday second baseman, a leadoff hitter,
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The only team to give the Alex Wood and the Dodgers a run for their money recently has been the Atlanta Braves. In tonight's rubber match of the three game series, Alex Wood (12-1) took the mound against the only team to beat him this season, and he led the
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On a night when the Dodgers were considering life without Kershaw, the offensive side of the squad stepped up and reminded everyone in the majors their big blue offensive line up is long, varied, and powerful enough to overcome a below-stellar performance from their remaining pitchers. Hyun-Jin Ryu tried real hard,
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While most Dodger fans have enjoyed the rise of potential Rookie of the Year Cody Bellinger and the resurgence of Yasiel Puig and Corey Seager, Chris Taylor has quietly established himself as one of the top clutch performers on the team. Taylor isn't exactly a newbie. He was drafted by Seatlle
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If this keeps up, the Dodgers are going to start receiving a bulk discount on brooms. The Dodgers steamrolled the White Sox tonight, making this their fourth series sweep in a row, with two sweeps before and two after the All-Star break. The Dodgers almost always win when they score first,
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At some point the Dodgers will lose and it will suck. Until then the Dodgers can’t lose even when they try to lose. For example before Sunday afternoon’s 3-2 win over the Marlins, the Dodgers wrote in two automatic outs in the bottom of their lazy getaway day lineup. Kike
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The trade deadline is just a couple of weeks away and we’re well on our way to hearing way too many rumors about who the Dodgers might be interested in picking up to bolster their roster for the stretch drive and the playoffs. One of the most interesting rumors is
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It's time for me to recap five of my favorite moments from the first half of the season. Let's see if any match up with yours. Here we go, in no particular order. April 25 Dodgers vs Giants The day Cody Bellinger got called up. At this early point in the season the
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It's really happening. Go ahead and let yourself believe - just like the hopeless optimists believe every season - this could be the year. The Dodgers are putting together something special, and it feels wonderful. Tonight the Dodgers sent the resurrected one, Rich Hill, to the mound with orders to complete
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About three weeks ago I wrote an article declaring I would start Alex Wood over Clayton Kershaw in a game for all the marbles. Although Kershaw has improved his standing with me, namely by stopping his trend of giving up way too many homers, Mr. Wood has done nothing that
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The Dodgers feasted on new-comer Dillon Overton of the Padres making his major league debut. Rich Hill also feasted the Padres hitters as the Dodgers breezed to 8-0 win and continued their attack on the MLB as more home-runs commenced. Maybe the Dodgers were upset that Dave Roberts was suspended
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After sweeping the Cincinatti Reds, the boys returned to Chavez Ravine and the hopes of another possible sweep over the hapless New York Mets. Well, as Vin Scully loved to remind us, the Dodgers never do anything easy, and while tonight's 10-6 score looks impressive in print, it was by
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That photo of a ball streaking through the air and headed far, far away is what Dodger pitchers and outfielders stared at all game long in today's abysmal 12-5 loss to the Cleveland Indians. Rich Hill went to the mound today, and he was awful. His curveballs weren't working, everything was
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In the first game of the post-Puig-double -bird era, the Dodgers offense got started early against the Indians by manufacturing their first run of the day in the second inning. Yasmani Grandal walked, advanced on a Chris Taylor double, and he was knocked in by Joc Pederson. Then the Dodgers pulled off
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Corey Seager scorched a clutch two out double down the left field line with two outs in the bottom of the 9th to score the winning run in a 5-4 victory. The hit came with runners on and was just out of reach of the diving Scooter Gennett of the
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