The office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball PAC donated $5,000 to the political campaign of Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is currently running to be a Mississippi state senator. Baseball fans across the country were immediately upset over this donation to a political candidate who is dropping race-based controversy in
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It arose just days ago in the post-World Series hot takes of Twitter. Today, the biggest Dodgers story around jumped the rumor mills when it was reported by Jon Morosi that the San Francisco Giants are prepared to offer a front-office job to current Dodgers General Manager, Farhan Zaidi. There’s a
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One of the great stories of the Dodger’s 2018 season has been the resurgence of Matt Kemp. The Bison has always held a special place in most of the Dodger fan’s hearts. Kemp has been a homegrown product, graduate of that great 2006 draft class he grew to superstar status
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If you’ve been watching the Dodgers in the playoffs the last 5 years, and Clayton Kershaw’s starts especially, you’re familiar with the script. The “narrative” remains that Kershaw can’t get it done in the postseason despite nearly resurrecting his reputation after a strong showing in the 2016 playoffs until Game
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As everyone knows by now, the Dodgers are headed to a 163rd game to decide the National League West division. After a dismal 16-26 start, the rest of the year they played to a .625 winning percentage at a record of 75-45, which is a pace of 101 wins over
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On Tuesday night the Dbacks played spoiler and dealt the Dodgers a major blow to their playoff hopes by knocking them off in a crushing 4-3 loss that evened up their three game series. The Dodger’s NL West lead is now down to just a half game over Colorado after the
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When the Dodgers returned home from their ten game road trip they were a half game behind the Colorado Rockies in the National League West race. The three game series with the Rockies at Dodger Stadium from Monday through Wednesday appeared daunting. There was no doubt that the three game
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An important 4-game series with the Cardinals closed rather quietly Sunday night in a 5-0 defeat, however, taking 3 out of 4 and pulling even in the wild card race, while gaining a game against the first-place Rockies when they were in San Francisco is a definite win for the
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Just one week after falling behind the Arizona Diamondbacks by 4 ½ games in the National League West, all is right in Dodgerland once again. Kenley Jansen has had three straight scoreless appearances, collecting two saves, and a win. Walker Buehler looks like the ace of the future, or maybe
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One of the most important aspects of a successful baseball team is the ability to win close games. In order to do that you need to get two vital parts. First you need to have solid relief pitching. If your bullpen is leaking runs in the late innings and unable
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As much as Dodger fans would like to be reading about how Kenley Jansen returned this week and saved the bullpen, everyone knows by now that’s not what happened. Jansen lost two games when entering in the 9th inning, each in a tie game, and blew a lead over the
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In the weeks ahead as the season winds down, I’ll be analyzing some of the most critical decisions that Dave Roberts and his staff encounter on the road to the playoffs, and perhaps their sixth consecutive National League West Division title. Each decision will be broken down from an analytical,
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The Dodgers have lost Kenley Jansen for at least a month. Where do they go to find a replacement? Do they use an arm already in the bullpen, or hit the phones looking for a reliever for sale? Should they go right to Kenta Maeda and hope for the best? https://youtu.be/F50m2t3jN_Y
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The Dodgers finally acquired second baseman Brian Dozier from the Twins before Tuesday’s July 31st non-waiver trade deadline. Dozier a player the Dodgers have long coveted made his Dodger debut on Wednesday night playing second base and batting fifth in the Dodger lineup. Dozier who has primarily played second base
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An article was published a few days ago about a couple of veterans who are speaking out against the militarization of sports and the commercializing that is coming along with that. The state of perpetual war that we find ourselves in and this exploiting of veterans for profit is a topic
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Once again, Andrew Toles finds himself out of luck and in the minors. Is it bad mojo, a jinx, the curse of the Friedman, or is he just not destined to fill out his career as a Dodger? Let's take a look at his past and what may be in store
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