I know I haven’t been as active as I normally am over here. I apologize for the lack of stories this season. I’ve been super busy with non-Dodgers related things. As I’ve said before, sometimes life gets in the way of Dodger Baseball. I’ll be back to cover the postseason
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After a frustrating home split against the woeful Giants, the Dodgers embarked on their first road trip of the 2020 season. Guess where they played their first road games? At Minute Maid park against the Houston Trash Cans of course. Luckily with no fans in the stands any trash can
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So we’re getting 60 games this season. That’s the schedule MLB has decided on since the players and owners were unable to come to an agreement. Every club will play a couple of exhibition games before the season will begin on July 23. The teams will play at their home
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The Dodgers kicked off their 2020 cactus league schedule on Saturday night with a 10-4 win over the Giants in Scottsdale. Tony Gonsolin and Dennis Santana opened the game with scoreless frames and there were three home runs hit by sluggers Max Muncy, Enrique Hernandez, and Chris Taylor. You can’t
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As Vin would say, not a bad opening act. The playoffs are finally here and the Dodgers opened their 5-game playoff series against the Nationals on Thursday evening at Dodger Stadium. The boys in blue tabbed Walker Buehler to take the mound while Washington gave the ball to left hander
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We can certainly complain a lot about the Dodger’s inability to win a World Series championship since their last in 1988. Yet I think we can be a bit spoiled. The Dodgers may still be searching for their first championship in over 31 years however they have had a stranglehold
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They’re more than exhausted, they are gassed. You could say they are Exxon mobile gassed. I saw a stat online last night that stated that the Dodgers have not had a starting pitcher pitch into the sixth inning since August 27 at San Diego. That’s a span of nine games.
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The American League routinely beats the National League in the annual midsummer classic. The National League hasn’t won the all-star game since 2012. After the American League once again defeated the Senior Circuit 4-3 when the two leagues met for the 90th all-star game at Progressive Field in Cleveland on
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The Dodgers did not have a happy flight home after their terrible loss on Sunday in San Diego. However they did score a feel good win over the Braves on Monday night thanks to the fantastic pitching from Walker Buehler and some timely hitting in a 5-3 win in the
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The Dodgers were cruising in the sixth inning at Wrigley Field against the Cubs on Wednesday evening. They had a 3-0 lead with two outs in that fateful sixth frame. Walker Buehler was still pitching and while he was nowhere near his dominant self (5.2 IP 3 R 4 H
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For the fourth consecutive game the Dodgers received a quality start from their starting pitcher. This time on Wednesday afternoon’s series and home stand finale against the Cincinnati Reds, it was Walker Buehler who held the Reds to just one run over 6.1 sterling frames. Once again I will continue
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For the third year in a row, the Dodgers have a maddening double-personality. They have two extremes - Sometimes they're the steamroller and sometimes they're the steamrolled. Which are they really? https://youtu.be/VAf4gTsF4LQ
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I've been quiet for a couple of weeks - unfortunately, some personal things got in the way of sports and fun. I've finally got some time, so after one home stand and one travel series, let's break down the Dodgers and give my first report card of the Dodgers for 2019. Enjoy and
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As The Dodgers prepare to open their first road series of the season at Coors Field in Denver against the Colorado Rockies we remember back to 2018 when Colorado shortstop Trevor Story broke Dodger’s right hander Walker Buehler’s rib with a 108 MPH line drive. It was a vicious hit
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Opening Day is mostly ceremonial. You don’t have to win on opening day to win the World Series. It isn’t mandatory, yet it’s something that makes us feel good. It’s nice to get that first win out of the way after the first game of the season. On the flip
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Well March games too, but you get the point. It’s about ten days until opening day and the Dodger’s two best starting pitchers, Clayton Kershaw and Walker Buehler have yet to throw a single inning in Cactus league play. To be fair, Walker Buehler is slated to start on Tuesday
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