Back on June 30 when Clayton Kershaw went on the disabled list with back troubles (disc herniation), many believed his season - and by extension, the Dodgers' season, was effectively over. Apparently, the Dodgers' ace has something to say about that. For years Kerhsaw has carried the Dodgers on his back.
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It's the All-Star break. While others argue over whether this is truly the halfway point of the season, let's take a quick look at the Top 5 Moments from the Dodgers' wild, wacky, and sometimes winning, first half of the season. 1 The Opening Weekend pounding of the San Diego Padres. Just
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It was the last game before the All-Star break, and Kenta Maeda was trying to bounce back from his last outing, which was one of his worst of the year. The Dodgers were up 2 games to 1 in a four-game series against the Padres, and it was a glorious
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The bars in K-Town were probably jumping tonight, with Korean baseball fans celebrating the return of Hyun-Jin Ryu to Chavez Ravine. There has been some worry across the blogs and Twitter over Ryu's decreased pitch speed. Before his shoulder injuries, Ryu was averaging 93 mph on his fastball. He seemed to
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Today's afternoon rubber match between the Dodgers and the Orioles lasted 5 hours, 26 minutes, it broke the record for strike outs in a game at Dodger Stadium, saw career highs for two Dodgers, went so long that I had to miss the final three innings, sent manager Dave Roberts
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As morning broke today, the Dodgers were undefeated on the homestand. They'd been mounting comebacks for wins. Hyun-Jin Ryu was returning and Yasiel Puig had been heating up at the plate. In addition to all of that, we got the good news that rookie Corey Seager is an All-Star. For the
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This afternoon's game brought us the grand return of Brandon McCarthy to Chavez Ravine. In addition to that, the Dodgers were hoping to pull off the victory and sweep the Rockies. Will pick up the action in the second... 2nd inning Dodgers Trayce Thompson went deep to center field for a solo home
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Bud Norris started the homestand off right with a brilliant performance last night. This game brought Scott Kazmir to the mound for the Dodgers. At the beginning of the season, Kazmir was an iffy pitcher, who tended to either be very good or pretty bad. He's thrown considerably better in
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When the door on Clayton Kershaw closed, the window for Bud Norris opened. Let's see what the newest Dodger brought to the table. 2nd inning Rockies Bud Norris gave up a single and hit a batter, but he struck out the side. 3rd inning Rockies Norris with two more K's, making it five strikeouts
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The Dodgers presented us tonight with another debut of yet another young phenom. This time it was The Blue Meteor™, Brock Stewart, breaking through the baseball stratosphere and onto a major league mound less than 100 days from his first start in Class-A Rancho Cucamonga. Julio Urias had a near-disastrous debut
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Julio Urias was on the road against the Brewers tonight. There were rumors this would be his last start. Let's pull up a screen and see how the game turned out. Spoiler Alert: It was a doozy! 1st inning Brewers Dodgers defense straight up handled their business. Julio Urias tried to pick off
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News that sent shudders through Dodgers fans everywhere broke today that Clayton Kershaw - Kid K, the franchise, the greatest pitcher in the game today - is battling issues with a stiff and sore back. According to manager Dave Roberts, the pitcher who has carried the Dodgers on his back for
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The Dodgers had lost the previous three games to the suddenly mighty Pirates. Scott Kazmir - or as I call him, "Ol' Back, Back, Back" - went to the mound, and manager Dave Roberts used his "all righty" lineup in an attempt to avoid the sweep. Your loyal writer wears
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The last time we saw Clayton Kershaw was at Chavez Ravine, and it was 100° afternoon. It wasn't quite a hot LA Sunday, but it was a humid Pittsburgh night. The Dodgers had already dropped the first two games to the Pirates, and were once again looking to number 22
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Tonight the Dodgers opened a four-game series at PNC Park with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nick Tepesch got his first start as a Dodger. SPOILER ALERT: He was terrible! 2nd inning Pirates Tepesch gave up three consecutive hits. Toss in Yasiel Puig missing the cut-off man (again) and you get the Pirates up 2-0. In
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The Dodgers had won five straight, and were going for the sweep with Julio Urias on the mound, and Dusty Baker bobbleheads in everyone's hands. Here's how the game played out. 1st inning Nats After a questionable walk to Jason Werth, Julio Urias struck out two and got one fly out. Dodgers Chase Utley
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