Last night Julio Urias, the youngest starting pitcher since a gallon of gas cost a nickel, took the mound at Citi Field, and he was nearly handed his head by the New York Mets. They say the kid is destined for greatness, but great he was not. He gave up three
Read More
It was Game One of a weekend series in the Big Apple, and there was plenty on the plate. It was the first chance for Citi Field fans to see Chase Utley since the bitter NLCS of last season, and of course, the debut of the teen-aged phenom, Julio Urias. Oh
Read More
The start of Julio Urias mania will begin tonight in New York’s Citi Field against the Mets, and what a place for it to begin. We all knew Urias would be called up at some point soon. The anticipation for this event is unlike any other we have seen since
Read More
Everyone is brimming with excitement over the Dodgers finally calling up super pitching prospect 19-year old Julio Urias. The left handed wonder kid is expected to do all kinds of wonderful things for the Dodgers including make up over five games in the standings in one night. He’ll also solve
Read More
Well folks, you asked for it - nay, you pleaded for it, begged for it, and demanded it. The day for Julio Urias to take the mound for the Dodgers is just around the corner. Urias will start tomorrow, Friday night, against the Mets, in New York City. It may not
Read More
The Dodgers handed the Reds their tenth consecutive loss on Wednesday night defeating them by a 3-1 score and completing a three game sweep. The Reds have now lost nine straight to the Dodgers and the Dodgers have won four in a row themselves. Scott Kazmir pitched the game of
Read More
The Dodgers look for their fourth straight win and a sweep of the Reds tonight in the series finale and final game of the home stand. The Reds have lost nine consecutive games and are looking to avoid becoming the first team in the majors this season to lose ten
Read More
Dodgers-Reds. Game Two of three. The return (again) of Mike Bolsinger vs a pitcher making his ML debut. It was an even money bet. 1st inning Dodgers Singles for Chase Utley Corey Seager Justin Turner hit a blooper that dropped just right. RBI for Turner and score Utley. 1-0 2nd inning Dodgers 1-0 Reds 1,2,3 inning for
Read More
Why is everyone in such a great mood at work today? The answer is Clayton Kershaw of course, of course. The ace pitched his third complete game shutout of the season in the Dodger’s 1-0 win over the Reds during the series opener on Monday evening. The Dodgers have now won two
Read More
Tonight brought the first visit of the Zinzinatti Reds (as the venerable Vin Skully calls them) to Chavez Ravine. The Reds had only won three road games up to this point, and sat 16 games behind the Cubs. How would they fare running into the buzzsaw known as Clayton Kershaw? Kershaw,
Read More
The Dodgers returned home after holding us hostage for the longest game of our lives. Seven hours and seventeen innings later the boys in blue finally emerged victorious by scoring four runs in the top of the seventeenth inning to defeat San Diego. It was Yasiel Puig’s two-run single that
Read More
Kenta Maeda is becoming "one of those" Dodger pitchers. When he pitches, people are starting to wonder which Maeda will show up - the awesome one, or the dreadful one? Now that I think about it, the Dodgers overall, are "one of those" teams. Here's what happened today in the crazy universe
Read More
Dodgers vs Padres. Game Two. The returns of Adrian Gonzalez and Matt Kemp. Exciting stuff. Alex "Who knows which way he'll bend?" Wood on the mound. Exciting in an entirely different way. Cut to the third inning: 3rd inning Padres Alex Wood strikes out the side. It looked like Strudy Wood was on, as
Read More
All of the good feelings from Justin Turner’s two-run eighth inning go-ahead home run were immediately erased when Kenley Jansen chose a horribly bad time to have his first blown save of the season leading to the Dodger’s 7-6 loss to the Padres on Friday evening. The good thoughts were
Read More
We are approaching Memorial Day which is the quarter mark of the 2016 season. Memorial Day is always a good time to reevaluate your baseball club and start to consider moves to make that would improve your team. So far through the first quarter of the season, the Dodgers have played
Read More
The Dodgers opened a weekend series against the San Diego Padres tonight. The big question on everyone's mind wasn't "How will the Dodgers' offense do?" Nope, we were all wondering what ridiculous getup the Padres would try to push-off as a baseball uniform. A: They threw us all for a loop
Read More
