I am still amazed at the great opportunities this little blog gives me sometimes. One such opportunity came across my desk. You and I have been friends for a long time, so I think it’s time you saw my beautiful face (Sarcasm) on camera. I recently sat down virtually to
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Pure elation. That’s what I read someone describe Freddie Freeman’s historic walk-off grand slam home run in the bottom of the tenth inning of the Dodger’s 6-3 win in game 1 of the 2024 World Series. There had never been a walk-off grand slam in World Series history, but this
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Pennant fever is sweeping across Southern California. This should have been a joyous night as the Dodgers and Yankees opened the World Series at Dodger Stadium on Friday evening. But the night was tinged with sadness with the passing of Dodger icon Fernando Valenzuela. The Dodgers honored Fernando by wearing
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After the Dodgers lost game 5 of the National League championship series 12-6 to the Mets at Citi Field, there was some doubt in everyone’s minds as the boys in blue returned home to Dodger Stadium to play game 6. Up 3-2 in the series, the Dodgers had no choice
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One more win for the Dodgers and they send Grimace back to McDonalds for the winter. The Dodgers destroyed the Mets again in game 4 of the NLCS on Thursday night at Citi Field. The boys in blue got a dominant pitching performance from starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto. The Dodger bats
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The Dodgers are on a mission this October. I don’t think any team can stop them. The club rebounded nicely after their 7-3 loss in game 2. The Dodgers flew into New York knowing they need to win at least two out of three to send the series back to
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The Dodgers have a new strategy this postseason. Just don’t allow any runs. I can get behind this one. The relaxed and confident Dodgers opened the NLCS against the Mets with a commanding 9-0 whitewashing to win game 1. Before the game we learned that Miguel Rojas and Alex Vesia
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The Dodgers got the monkey off their backs on Friday night, releasing several years of postseason frustration by defeating the immature Padres 2-0 in the winner take all game 5 of the NLDS clinching the series and advancing to the National League Championship series where they will face the Mets
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How’s the gaslamp quarter doing after tonight’s NLDS game 5? It’s probably quiet as a mouse. How’s Los Angeles doing after tonight’s NLDS game 5 between the Dodgers and Padres? Pretty darn good. That’s because the Dodgers silenced the Padres and their trash talking with a 2-0 win at Dodger
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I’m sure you can hear a pin drop in the gaslamp quarter tonight. The Padres and their UPS colored fans packed Petco Park fully expecting to close out the NLDS on Wednesday night. San Diego gave the ball to their ace Dylan Cease, who was pitching on short rest. The
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Before the game we learned that Dodger’s game 3 starting pitcher Walker Buehler was robbed of his watch at the Santa Monica pier. I feel like Dodger fans were robbed of all joy in this depressing loss. Teoscar Hernandez hit an exciting grand slam home run in the top of
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I’ve repeated myself on this blog countless times about the importance of having great starting pitching but the Dodgers don’t seem to understand this. For the third consecutive postseason the Dodgers are trying to win the World Series with extremely poor or non-existent starting pitching. When has that ever happened?
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The Dodgers opened their five game National League division series on Saturday night against the San Diego Padres without franchise ace Clayton Kershaw. The club announced before the game that Kershaw would not pitch again due to his toe injury. The Dodgers may not have Kershaw this postseason but they
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The Dodgers sprayed champagne, took their shirts off and smoked cigars in the clubhouse as they celebrated their eleventh NL West division title in the last 12 years. The boys in blue stormed back from a 2-0 deficit with a five run rally in the bottom of the seventh to
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“Is a sweep coming? Oh there’s a sweep coming and it’s not against Atlanta this week. Last year I called the Dodgers season over around June. So many people told me I was crazy. Or that I was “performing”. My analysis was so simple. “when was the last time any team
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What could bring me out of my writing slumber? Probably a Shohei Ohtani walk-off grand slam home run amidst an historic 40/40 season. You could say that Ohtani is pretty dang good at baseball. Well that’s what happened as the Dodgers used two clutch home runs to down the Rays.
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