Alex Wood and the Dodgers faced the Atlanta Braves tonight. For the Dodgers, it was their first game of the season east of the Rockies. For Wood, it was his first time to pitch against the team who drafted him. In his first start of the season Wood had a disastrous
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Last Friday was Jackie Robinson Day, and I had the pleasure of attending. It was my first game of the young season. Here's my photo report. The game was a sellout, and there were going to be pregame ceremonies with Rachel Robinson, Jackie's wife. I arrived early because I didn't want
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In the second game of their series against the Giants, the Dodgers brought Scott Kazmir to the party, and the Giants brought their $130 million dollar man, Johnny Cueto. It was a rematch for both pitchers, who dueled last week up in the bay. Neither pitcher did very well in
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The Los Angeles Dodgers have a long tradition of changing the game of baseball - from Jackie Robinson tearing down the biggest wall of all, to Maury Wills creating the stolen base specialist, a new offensive weapon to be feared. As much as I love to ride the Dodgers' brain trust
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The second game of the season at Chavez Ravine saw old friend Rubby De La Rosa on the mound for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Howie Kendrick starting in left field for the Dodgers, Alex Wood looking for redemption, and Dodger fans looking dapper in their new giveaway, Dodger blue and white hoodies. Not
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The battered and depleted Los Angeles Dodgers need some help to bolster an outfield that was once considered top-heavy, with too many players to choose from. Andre Ethier, Alexander Guerrero and Carl Crawford all sit on the disabled list. Scott Van Slyke injured himself during the disastrous weekend series in
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Kenta Maeda, the Dodgers' new Japanese import took the mound at Petco Park in his MLB debut tonight, trying to notch his first win and nail down the sweep over the San Diego Padres. Maeda wore number 18, which is the same number of his ex-Hiroshima Carp teammate and ex-Dodger,
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Just 24 hours after the Dodgers pummeled the San Diego Padres with the biggest Opening Day trouncing in history, Scott Kazmir stepped to the mound in Petco Park, and made his own mark as the second half of the one, two lefty punch at the top of the Dodgers' rotation. The
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As far as big days go, my birthday is pretty special. New Years Eve is exciting, and Christmas is pretty great. But nothing touches that feeling I get when Opening Day finally rolls around. The start of another summer full of ups - and some downs - with my life's team,
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Here's some exciting news for all of you out there who follow and read LADodgerReport: We'll soon be podcasting over the ZCast app and bringing our Dodgers news, opinions and analysis live and direct to your phones, laptops, computers and pads. ZCast is the newest and easiest method of podcasting to come
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When the ninth inning rolls around in a tight game, and the Dodgers need someone to come in, save the game, and nail down the win, who does the Dodger Nation want to see take the mound? Fans from every corner of Chavez Ravine will surely shout, "Kenley Jansen!", in
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Here are a few notes and thoughts from Game One of the Freeway Series between your Los Angeles Dodgers and the Southern California, Orange County, Off the 57 Freeway, Angels of Anaheim. What a joy it was to hear Vin Scully broadcasting the game. I spent quite some time trying to
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It's a free-for-all in the race to be the fifth Dodger starter, and anybody's guess about who's in the lead. Tonight Zach Lee went to the mound against the White Sox with the high hopes that he'll be able to convince skipper Dave Roberts and everyone else he deserves to
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I told myself I wouldn't write another word about the absolute fiasco that is the state of the Dodgers on local television - until it's finally over. Heaven knows, I've written enough about it over the past two seasons. But after reading the condescending and tone-deaf statements that have come
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Just before the Dodgers began today's split-squad games against the Padres and Brewers, the question about who will emerge from Spring Training as the fifth starter became a burning heap of empty jerseys and cleats. The Dodgers optioned Zach Lee back the minors, Brandon Beachy was listed as sitting out for
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Andre Ethier fouled a pitch off his right shin in the fourth inning of today's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. He crumpled to the ground in obvious pain, and was quickly joined at the plate by Dodgers' trainer Neil Rampe and manager Dave Roberts. Ethier finished the at-bat and earned a
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