Sometimes one run is all you need and it was all the Dodgers needed on Tuesday night to defeat the White Sox 1-0 to record their tenth consecutive win. Clayton Kershaw tossed seven shutout innings to extend his winning streak to eleven consecutive decisions. The Dodgers have now won 30
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Fireworks, barbeques, hamburgers and Dodger baseball for the win. There’s nothing more patriotic than a Dodger win on Independence Day. So the Dodgers obliged America by defeating the Dbacks 4-3 to take a commanding 3.5 game lead in the NL West. The Dodgers barely hung on after taking a 4-0
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The Dodgers have the best record in the National League. They just recently won ten consecutive games and have won 17 of their last 19 games. Great pitching and powerful hitting are huge reasons why the Dodgers have surged to the top of the National League west standings. Let’s not
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The Dodgers were blanked last night by former Dodger Ricky Nolasco and it was quite embarrassing for all involved. So the Dodgers had to pick themselves up by the boot straps and start a new winning streak against another former Dodger hurler. It would be more difficult tonight with three
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The Dodgers completed their second series sweep in a row by finishing off the drowning Mets and sending them off to meet their next masters. The boys in blue now rule the NL West with a game and a half lead, with the second place Rockies coming to town for
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Maybe you noticed Enrique Hernandez, the Banana Kid, making a fashion statement with the home whites at Dodger Stadium. Kike rocked the tight pants last night, and he ripped a solo home run against the Reds in last night's game. Will the home run pants be back tonight? Or were they
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Last year the Dodgers were the worst team in baseball against left handed pitching. So management decided to sit almost every one of their regulars when a southpaw was on the mound. The lineups they put out on those days consisted of most of their bench players and backups. Utility
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The Dodgers dropped the series opener to the Washington Nationals on Monday evening by a 4-2 score. Southpaw veteran Gio Gonzalez shutdown the Dodger’s makeshift lineup and the Dodgers lose a half game in the standings to the idle Rockies. The boys in blue are now 35-24 one game behind
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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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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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The Dodgers knocked off the Cardinals in the opening game of their three game series on Tuesday night and it only took 13 innings and four hours to do it. The Dodgers got fantastic pitching from Kershaw and the Dodger bullpen, a timely hit from Forsythe and a little help
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There are three things you can count on in this life, death, taxes, and the Dodgers losing in San Francisco. The Dodgers rolled over again dropping the second game of the series to their hated rivals by a 2-1 score on Tuesday evening. They’ve now lost 5 out of 8
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Don’t look now but the Dodgers are red hot. They’ve won 13 of their last 17 games including Saturday night’s 4-0 win over Colorado to take a 2-1 series lead and move within a half game of the Rockies for first place in the National league West. Speaking of red
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Monday night’s Pirates/Dodgers match-up was kismit in the making. Before the game I wrote this article because we weren’t sure if scheduled starter Brandon McCarthy was going to be able to start after we discovered that he suffered a dislocated non-pitching shoulder injury over training in the weight room. McCarthy was originally
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It was a west coast style run scoring party at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night which led to the Dodger’s 13-5 pummeling of the Giants to even their three game series at one game each. The Dodgers were originally down 4-0 after the second inning after Alex Wood exploded. In
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The Los Angeles Dodgers befuddle me. I don't mean I disagree with some of their decisions. I'm not talking about the minutia of pitch counts or whether or not a strategic bunt is necessary at a particular time. I mean they make decisions that absolutely defy logic, common sense and
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