Are you desperate for baseball? I know I am. Now we can actually watch live professional baseball although without spectators in the stands. ESPN has reached agreement with the KBO and Korean media group Eclat to begin televising live games. The KBO is opening their season tomorrow and ESPN has
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It scared everyone when the news reported that Vin Scully had fallen in his home and had to be hospitalized. Thankfully he was ok and was released from the hospital, returning to his home to rest and recover. Mr. Scully released a statement, thanking the first responders and assuring everyone
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With a global Pandemic on our hands and a crumbling economy things are as bad as they can get right now. But you know what would make things a hell of a lot worse? Something bad happening to Vin Scully. We don't need anything like that happening right now. The
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I'm really missing missing Dodger Baseball right now and I know you are too. There's nothing we can do but wait until the shelter at home orders are lifted, the Coronavirus Pandemic is over and it's safe to resume playing baseball. We don't know when or if that will happen.
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That's the question MLBTR asks in their latest Dodger related article. If there is baseball this year, it could be Pederson's last with the Dodgers. I've always liked Joc Pederson. He ascended quickly through the minors, making his big league debut back in 2014. At the time he was a
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With Dodger baseball on indefinite hiatus, it’s tough to find topics to write about. There are no games going on so what’s a writer to do? Most sites are doing simulations, or looking back on past games and remembering old players. There was recently an article published outlining and grading
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The entire sports world has been held hostage by the Coronavirus. Every sport is on hold until further notice. Some may not come back this year, while others are preparing to play shortened or abbreviated seasons. We still don’t know when or if sports, including baseball will return in 2020.
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I was 11 years old and baseball-obsessed when the Dodgers won the 1981 World Series. The late 70's had been difficult: we made the Big Dance in 1977 and 1978, but lost to the Yankees both times. Particularly excruciating was Game 6 in '77, when Reggie Jackson hit three home
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The Jim Rome show is back over here. Dodger's manager Dave Roberts stopped by to discuss preparing for the upcoming 2020 season. If there is a season, how long would the players need to be ready? Would an extra two weeks be enough time for pitchers to build arm strength?
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2020 was supposed to be a big year for the Dodgers. The huge blockbuster deal that brought Mookie Betts and David Price to Los Angeles heightened anticipation for the upcoming Dodger season. The Dodgers were looking awfully good during spring training. 2020 was probably going to be a great year
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In a simple world we would probably play a half season. With the Coronavirus spreading around the country like wild fire, all sports including baseball have been put on indefinite hold. It seems so trivial talking about baseball during a time like this. We do need to talk about it
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I wanted to break from normal protocol over here and talk about something non-Dodger Baseball related. Obviously there is no Dodger Baseball or any baseball for the foreseeable future. All sports, baseball, NBA, NFL, NHL, MLS are all suspended indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic. Some things are bigger than
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With Baseball shutdown and the entire country on lockdown because of the Coronavirus pandemic, there is not much to do or write about. Recently former Dodger great Mike Piazza visited the Jim Rome show. The interview touches on a lot of topics that are relevant to what is going on
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Major League Baseball has announced that spring training has been cancelled and the start of the regular season has been postponed due to the Coronavirus epidemic. All remaining spring training/exhibition games are cancelled as of today. The regular season will be delayed by at least two weeks to possibly a
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The Dodgers have essentially announced their starting rotation for the 2020 season. Barring any unforeseen injuries (knock on wood) the rotation should be Clayton Kershaw, Walker Buehler, David Price, with Julio Urias and Alex Wood rounds out the backend of the rotation. Dave Roberts has already announced that Clayton Kershaw
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The all-star game is going to be held at Dodger Stadium this summer for the first time since 1980. For the record this is just the second time ever that the midsummer classic is hosted at Chavez Ravine. Back in 1980, the Dodgers unveiled the brand new state of the
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