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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We’re almost two weeks away from opening day and the Dodger’s top two starting pitchers, Clayton Kershaw and Walker Buehler have yet to throw a single inning in exhibition play. With opening day nearing, it’s looking more and more likely that both hurlers will start the season on the disabled
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As we trudge along towards opening day I’ve noticed that the regulars aren’t getting much playing time. It seems every time I look up at a cactus league game Cameron Perkins or Daniel Castro are hitting. On the mound it’s much of the same with a lot of the regular
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Clayton Kershaw has proven over the years to be one of the best pitchers in the history of Major League Baseball, but this spring training has not been one to remember for the Dodgers ace. Kershaw had announced that he was going to take a step back from throwing for
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The Dodger's exhibition schedule is rolling right along. The calendar has turned to March and we should start seeing the opening day roster taking shape soon. Most of the roster is set with only a couple of exceptions. We know that A.J. Pollock is the new center fielder. Cody Bellinger
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The Bryce Harper melodrama finally came to an end when the superstar outfielder inked a record breaking 13-year 330 million dollar deal (my god baseball badly needs a hard salary cap), with the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday afternoon. The Dodgers and Giants were also reportedly still in the mix but
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It’s almost a foregone conclusion that when Dodgers spring training camp in Glendale Arizona open that at least one or two guys will get hurt, be sore, or not report on time. Baseball imitates life. It’s the chaos theory proven at Camelback Ranch. Murphy’s law my friends. So when reports
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The La Times had an interesting article about the Dodgers spending habits and the luxury tax. After seeing how Andrew Friedman operates over the last four years we can make a judgment on how he runs one of the largest market and richest baseball clubs in the world. The Los Angeles
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I didn’t want to have to do this but upon request from many posters it looks like I will. We will be finally laying out posting guidelines for LADR. For the record I was hoping that everyone could act like adults and police their own posting behaviors. But apparently that
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Dodger spring training is well underway with all of the players already reported and accounted for. All of the Dodgers are present except for outfielder Andrew Toles. The Dodgers recently announced that Toles would not be arriving to Glendale because of some kind of personal matter. Reports indicate that nobody
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With spring training camps opening this week, pitchers and catchers are reporting as the start of the 2019 season gets underway. For the Dodgers we're getting our first glimpse of the 2019 roster. Now that the winter of our discontent has come to an end we can focus on piecing
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The Dodgers spring training starts next week and I have been so busy with other things that I haven’t been giving too much attention. Camps open (pitchers and catchers report) on Tuesday and the first workouts begin on Wednesday. The rest of the players report on the eighteenth. The first
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If you don’t know how Andrew Friedman works by now, then I might not be able to help you. I mean I’ll still try and help you, but you’ll end up feeling lost and frustrated by the results. That’s how the Dodgers offseason has felt thus far, but I digress. The
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The last day of January is a special day for Dodger fans and humanity in general as it is Jackie Robinson’s birthday. He would be turning 100 today if he were still with us. The legendary Dodger hall of famer and civil rights pioneer will be honored throughout the day. There
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If we’re going to be so publicly critical of Andrew Friedman when he makes mistakes, (and he’s made many) then we should be just as publicly positive when he does something well. I think the A.J. Pollock signing was a good acquisition. Surely I would have rather had Bryce Harper,
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