There are few things in life more disheartening than having to admit our heroes are less than we once believed them to be. If one lives long enough, it happens a little too often, but that frequency does not make it any easier. Athletes probably shouldn't be held as close to
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This game was absolute madness and absolutely maddening, all wrapped up in one. It had everything: Home runs, an insane strike zone, hit batters, wild pitches, blown leads, aces melting down, fans sliding into bases, ridiculous bunt attempts, and then more home runs. It was packed with sports-based agony and
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Time for me to once again don my helmet and flak jacket as I deliver a column that many of you won't like, and some of you may consider blasphemous. With a heavy blue heart, I'm laying much more than partial blame for the Dodgers' losses in Games 2 and
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The Dodgers lost Game 3 of the World Series, but the Astros lost the narrative. Baseball analysts from television studios to bar stools around the country - check that - around the world, were all discussing the racist gesture and slur that Astro Yuli Gurriel casually used to mock Los
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Our newest Youtube World Series video has my take on how Dave Roberts managed his pitching staff in Game Two, a game the Dodgers might have won with a little more of a long view. Theres no beer review today, but no worries, we've got plenty of Astros whine. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/IkS5rro0nzk
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Deep inside I knew the Dodgers weren't going to sweep this World Series. The Astros are too good of a team. A sweep would have been nice, but very unlikely. That doesn't ease the pain one bit. It doesn't salve the burn I feel typing these words and swallowing this
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We've heard it before, countless times, and from Dodger fans just as often as not: "Sure, Clayton Kershaw is good, but he can't hack it in the postseason." There was so much talk along these lines, people started believing in a "Seventh Inning Curse". Good, Dodger Blue loving folks, resisted
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The Dodgers are back in the World Series and LADR is back again on Youtube with a mew video. In it, I make my World Series predictions, ask about the whereabouts of A-Gon, and I review Iconic, a double IPA from Hanger 24 Brewing. Enjoy and don't forget to "Like" our
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No sooner did the Astros finish off the Yankees in the ALCS, then old friend (?) Josh Reddick decided to shoot off his mouth and declare war on the Dodger Blue faithful. You remember Josh Reddick, right? I used to refer to him here as "Ol' Smoke n' Mirrors", because
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They say one of the biggest reasons the Dodgers have advanced to the World Series for the first time in a generation is because this team delivers a different hero every night. That's true, and the boys with the big bats often receive all the accolades. Justin Turner, Cody Bellinger, Yasiel
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Stop the presses! Stop everything! Run outside and shout it to the sky so the boys from Brooklyn up in Blue Heaven can hear you- "THE DODGERS ARE BACK IN THE WORLD SERIES!" Dust off that Fall Classic bunting and place it all around Chavez Ravine. Surround the TV with
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The Dodgers lost by one run tonight. 2nd inning: Curtis Granderson leads off the inning with a strike out. Yasmani Grandal follows that with a ground out. The Dodgers lost the chance to sweep the NLCS by one stinkin' run. 4th inning: Granderson leads off the inning with another strike out. Grandal walks.
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I often drop tidbits about the not-so-secret world of Dodgers Twitter in my articles here at LADR, and I've even devoted Youtube videos to what takes place in Twitter while we're watching our favorite team steamroll their opponents. Twitter is a semi-anonymous way to interact with fellow fans, writers and bloggers, and
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Dodgers starting pitcher Rich Hill was cruising through five innings in last night's second game of the NLCS. He was losing, 1-0, after surrendering a solo home run in the top of the fifth, but he was in command of his pitches, especially his devastating curve ball, and up until
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Last night on Twitter, Keith Olbermann trolled Yasiel Puig after Puig batflipped and showboated after hitting an RBI double. What transpired next was pure Twitter gold. Check out my take and a quick beer review from a local brewer, Three Weavers brewing. It's a Kolsch style ale, which I am really
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Here's a quick video on NLCS eve. My prediction for the series and a quick take on the Twitter War taking place in the Dodgers Social Media Universe. Of course, we also have a beer review from Oskar Blues Brewing, from Colorado. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/uKd9pFCPLVI
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