The Dodgers got one of the most dominating postseason pitching performances in MLB history from Blake Snell in game 1 of the NLCS, yet they barely hung on to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers by a 2-1 score at American Family Field on Monday evening. Snell was excellent, but the Dodger’s
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When the Dodgers clinched the NLDS victory over the Padres in game 5 last year, the celebration was raucous and loud. This year’s celebration was a bit more tempered, but just as exciting nonetheless. The Dodgers survived 11 grueling innings to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 in game 4 of
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When you have a chance at closing out a series in the postseason, you do it. The Dodgers couldn’t do that on Wednesday, losing to the Phillies 8-2 in game 3 of the NLDS at Dodger Stadium. After the Dodgers took both games in Philadelphia, the Phillies fans were going
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Well I had the recap all typed up when the Dodgers were up 4-1, and it looked like it was going to be an easy win. Then the Phillies started to rally in the bottom of the ninth and the Dodger’s bullpen started to implode. We’ve seen this play out
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The Dodgers began the NLDS knowing full well that they would have to steal one of these two games in Philadelphia to have a good chance at winning this series. Despite falling behind 3-0 early, the Dodgers and starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani rallied to score two in the sixth inning
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There was good, bad, and there was ugly on Wednesday evening in the Dodger’s game 2 of the National League Wild Card series win over the Cincinnati Reds. The Dodgers knocked off the Reds in game 2 at Dodger Stadium 8-4. It wasn’t pretty, but the Dodgers got another strong
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The Dodgers hung on and clinched the National League West division title, finishing the regular season with a 93-69 record. It was somewhat of a frustrating slog with the injuries, slumps and bullpen meltdowns but the Dodgers got it done. The Dodgers enter this postseason in unfamiliar territory. They won
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The Dodgers finally did it. It wasn't easy and the club has had to navigate through so many difficulties this season, but after defeating the Dbacks 8-0 on Thursday afternoon in Arizona, the Dodgers clinched the National League West division title for the 12th time in the last 13 seasons.
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The Dodgers open a three-game interleague series against the AL East leading Toronto Blue Jays tonight at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers are clinging to a two game lead over San Diego in the National League West. After a series loss to the Cardinals it's not a stretch to say that
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Excitement over Clayton Kershaw recording his 3000th strikeout was tempered when only moments before Max Muncy injured his knee on a stolen base attempt by Michael A. Taylor in the top of the sixth inning. He had to be helped off the field and into the dugout. It was a
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One of my favorite Dodgers, third baseman Max Muncy has gotten off to a dreadful start. He's slashing just .178/.282./247 (13 for 73) with no home runs and just four runs batted in across 85 plate appearances while playing in 23 games. It's super early, but the most concerning part
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Despite thousands of hate mail, dozens of death threats, (I joke about the death threats) and thousands of passive aggressive insults from Bluto, LADR has persevered over the years. This is the ninth year since I launched LADR. This is not the first time that the site has been recognized
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I’m operating on little to no sleep, but Dodgers Baseball is back so I don’t care. The Dodgers opened the 2025 season at the Tokyo dome in Japan with a two-game series against the Chicago Cubs. Last season the Dodgers made history by winning the World Series and conquering the
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This is the toughest article I’ve ever had to write, and I deliver it as best as I can. The tin man once said, “now I know I have a heart because it’s breaking”. My heart is broken as well, and I write this with a broken, sad and heavy
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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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