The Dodgers lost this afternoon's rubber match against the Chicago Cubs 4-0. That means they also lost their first series after winning the previous nine. Looking back over that long stretch its easy to see the bright spots. Unfortunately, looking at their last few games paints a darker picture. One
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The Dodgers were rained out at Wrigley Field last night, so Ernie Banks, the old Cubby, got his wish. Today, they played two. In the first game of the doubleheader, Kenta Maeda took the mound for the boys in blue. Joc Pederson led off the game and started the Dodgers scoring
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I admit that I’ve been a skeptic of Enrique Hernandez over the last couple of years. It would be hard to blame me, especially after his historically pathetic .191 hitting 2016 season. But he’s steadily improved back to his pre-2016 days. Nobody can forget his epic three-home run NLCS performance
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While watching the Dodger game last night, broadcasters Joe Davis and Orel Hershiser got to talking about the latest Dodgers sensation - of course, Max Muncy. This time the discussion wasn't about anything as mundane as WAR stats. Joe and Bulldog were talking about a theme song for Muncy. Orel, exposing
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On a night that brought Adrian Beltre back to Dodgers Stadium for the first time in years, and featured Big Sexy, Bartolo Colon, on the mound for the Texas Rangers, this figured to be a big night. Boy howdy, was it ever. The Dodgers teed off on Colon and the rest
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The suddenly red-hot Dodgers were trying to win their fifth game in a row for the first time this season, but the Pittsburgh Pirates had different ideas. Not only did that Blue-tinted dream balloon burst, but it went down in flames like the ol' Hindenberg. The Dodgers newest pitching call up,
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the Dodgers Nation was energized by the speedy return of Clayton Kershaw from the Disabled List, a rare weekday afternoon start at Chavez Ravine and the chance to win their fourth series in a row. Alas, victory was not be had in this strangest of games, and Kershaw may be
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I've never seen a Dodgers pitching staff bitten by bad luck and injury as this one. Tonight Kenta Maeda joined the club as the latest starter to leave a mound surrounded by trainers, coaches and groans of misery from the dodgers faithful. Unable to complete the second inning, Maeda was lifted
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You know how $1 dollar Dodger Dogs sounds like a good idea at first? You feel happy and good and munch on a whole buncha dogs, because they're only a buck, right? Then, around the 6th inning, you start to lose that hot dog glow, and everything just kinda sits
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It hadda happen sooner or later folks, the Dodgers beat the Marlins today and snapped their losing streak at six games. Led by the fantastic pitching of Kenta Maeda and the red hot bat of the red-haired Justin Turner, the Dodgers were able to avoid using the bullpen until the
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It's clear to anyone paying attention that last year's NL West champs, the Los Angeles Dodgers, are this years NL West chumps. They are swirling in a whirlpool of blown leads, empty bats, lousy pitching arms, and picking up speed. What's not so clear is - who's to blame for this
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In typical roller coaster fashion, the Dodgers put their fans through the ringer tonight - frustrating and delighting them, making bonehead plays and capitalizing on mistakes from the Diamondbacks, and finally ...FINALLY...getting a clutch hit with the bases loaded. Whew! What a marathon. The night began (four hours ago) looking like
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It's too early to tell if the Dodgers have begun to stop their slide into baseball despair, but after taking the second game in a row from the NL West first place Arizona Diamondbacks, they certainly have cause for good cheer. Starting pitcher Alex Wood was a bit shaky, but
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Like they say, when it rains, it pours, and it certainly showered down on the Dodgers nonstop today. As even the man on the moon knows by now, young Dodgers superstar, Corey Seager, had his season cut off at the elbow today, when it was announced he will undergo season-ending
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It might not be time for a general panic about the Dodgers as a team, but boy, oh boy, there are certainly causes for concern that are starting to sprout up from a variety of angles. The day began with an odd afternoon start time (4 pm PST) and the expected
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are now playing .500 ball. While that may not seem like saying much, it's welcome news for the blue faithful who have been hoping against hope the boys would shake off their early season funk and get back in the race before falling too far behind
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