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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The Dodgers won the World Series on Wednesday night in New York at Yankee Stadium when they defeated the Bronx Bombers 7-6 in game 5 of the World Series. The Dodgers had to overcome a seemingly dominant Gerrit Cole and a 5-0 early deficit, when they took advantage of three
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When the Dodgers were down 5-0 I had resigned myself to accepting that the Dodgers were going to lose. That the series was going back to Dodger Stadium for game 6 and that we would all be pissed off on Halloween. Thankfully the Dodgers had other plans and decided they
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When you have a chance to close out a series you do it. Unfortunately the Dodgers could not do that in game four of the World Series on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. They allowed the Yankees life in a depressing 11—4 drubbing. The game was actually close and winnable
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The Dodgers survived a ninth-inning rally from the Yankees and a Shohei Ohtani Injury scare on Saturday night to win game 2 of the World Series and take a commanding 2-0 lead. The Dodgers flew into New York as the series shifted to Yankee Stadium. Fat Joe did the pre-game
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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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