The Dodgers took on Don Mattingly's Marlins in the third of a four-game series, seeing brooms in their rearview mirrors, and Scott Kazmir took the mound, nursing an on again/off again thumb injury. Manager Dave Roberts shuffled his lineup, placing Enrique Hernandez, Yasiel Puig and Adrian Gonzalez at the top
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Tonight was the first game of a seven-game homestand at Chavez Ravine, and the first time that Don Mattingly would manage against his former team. Ross Stripling was on the mound for the Dodgers, and Wei-Yin Chen for the Miami Marlins. The word from Vinny was, if Chen gets three or
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The Dodgers bullpen opened the 2016 campaign against the Padres and posted an impressive ERA of zero point zero. In fact, the team's entire pitching staff put up an almost unbelievable ERA of 0.00 after crushing the Padres in all three games. Then came the hell that was the series in
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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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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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2015 NLCS. Game Two. Dodgers vs Mets. Chase Utley slides into second base hard - trying to break up a possible double play. Mets' shortstop Ruben Tejada misses the bag with his foot, and spins like a ballerina trying to make an almost impossible throw to beat the runner at
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It was bad news when we learned Dodgers pitcher Brett Anderson was going to be lost for most of the season. Since then, just about every other story coming out of Spring Training has been positive - and those positive notes continued to play out in today's Cactus League game
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The Dodger’s promotion department is at it again with another awesome campaign. This season they are giving away ten retired Dodger pins. The pin set features one retired Dodger’s number on each one. These are pins you can put on your hat, or your shirt, or purses for the ladies. The
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Prospect Ranking season has almost run it's course and that means that rankings are generally set (with the exception of Dodgers Digest and True Blue LA) for the upcoming season so most Dodger fans know who's worth paying attention to this upcoming minor league season. The system has seen some impressive gains
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I have nothing against Austin Barnes. I like him. I don’t think as highly of him as Mark does, but I still consider him a young talented player with a high ceiling. It’s just not the same ceiling as others may think he has. Barnes is a 26-year old right
Read MoreThere were all sorts of nuggets at Dodgers Fan Fest, going to class after taking the Winter off means that tons of players have stories how they're going to improve this upcoming season. (more…)
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A big part of run prevention is the ability to control the opposing team’s running game. Throwing out runners trying to steal and holding runners on is a very important aspect of the game for the pitching staff and catchers. It’s something that doesn’t appear sexy in the box score,
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I guess this is all the news we are going to get until spring training camps break in a few weeks. However the Dodgers have announced their 2016 training staff. Neil Rampe will serve as the new head athletic trainer, and there will be two new assistant athletic trainers. Everyone
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