Has anyone else noticed Kenley Jansen isn't exactly the dominant pitcher we thought we were getting when he signed that mega-money contract? He's barely pretty good, and frankly, he worries me when he takes the mound with a slim lead. Bonus: Let's look at the Jackie Robinson Night fan jersey. https://youtu.be/5WcauQpUUJU
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Tuesday night marked the third consecutive night that the Dodgers have gotten a quality start from their starter, which included said starter pitching into the seventh inning or later. As I have decried on this blog for literally years that when your starters go deep into games good things happen.
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Baseball season is now well under way and the LA Dodgers have got off to a good start winning the majority of the games played so far. They had a busy offseason, with a number of trades, signings and departures. The Dodgers also said farewell to their General Manager of
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On Jackie Robinson night the Dodgers seemingly battled themselves. In the series opener against the Reds, the Cincinnati Reds had five ex-Dodgers in the lineup at the same time. Yasiel Puig, Matt Kemp, Scott Schebler, Jose Peraza and Kyle Farmer were all in the lineup against Clayton Kershaw on Monday
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The Dodgers finally snapped their infuriating six-game losing streak on Sunday afternoon with a commanding 7-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in the series finale at Dodger Stadium. Ross Stripling gave the Dodgers exactly what they so desperately needed. He provided them a strong starting pitching performance. Stripling was crisp,
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If you’re complaining about the Dodger hitting right now then I think you probably haven’t been watching the games. For the people that are I would remind them that the offense is the only reason the Dodgers aren’t like 0-15 right now. The Dodgers lost their fifth consecutive game on
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For the third year in a row, the Dodgers have a maddening double-personality. They have two extremes - Sometimes they're the steamroller and sometimes they're the steamrolled. Which are they really? https://youtu.be/VAf4gTsF4LQ
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We were all lulled into a false sense when the Dodgers scored about 100 runs against the Rockies, Giants and Dbacks on the last home stand. That’s because the Rockies, Giants and Dbacks all suck. They really suck, and once the Dodger bats faced a real competitive pitching staff like
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The Dodgers went into Tuesday evening’s game against the Cardinals trying to regroup from their first road loss of the 2019 season. More than anything they needed length from starting pitcher Ross Stripling after Hyun-jin Ryu’s groin injury taxed the pitching staff. The Dodgers didn’t get much from Strip. The
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I've been quiet for a couple of weeks - unfortunately, some personal things got in the way of sports and fun. I've finally got some time, so after one home stand and one travel series, let's break down the Dodgers and give my first report card of the Dodgers for 2019. Enjoy and
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If you don’t have Spectrum and the ability to watch the Dodgers regularly then I feel for you. Because these nationally televised games on ESPN, the ten or so games televised on KTLA and the occasional FOX Saturday broadcasts are the only Dodger games available to the general public. The
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Coming into the 2019 Dodgers season we all expected to get little or no offense from the catcher position. The Dodgers had lost their primary catcher, Yasmani Grandal to free agency after he signed with the Milwaukee Brewers. Austin Barnes was coming off the worst season of his major league
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The Dodgers came into the last series against the San Francisco Giants, who are undoubtedly their biggest rivals, with high hopes after a mixed set of performances in Spring Training – including one win and one loss against the Giants – who were put to bed following an offensive masterclass
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The Dodger bats continued their onslaught on Friday afternoon during their 10-6 win over the Rockies spoiling Colorado’s home opener at Coors Field. The Dodger bats bludgeoned opposing starter Tyler Anderson as the southpaw allowed six earned runs on nine hits over four innings taking the loss. The Dodgers scored
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As The Dodgers prepare to open their first road series of the season at Coors Field in Denver against the Colorado Rockies we remember back to 2018 when Colorado shortstop Trevor Story broke Dodger’s right hander Walker Buehler’s rib with a 108 MPH line drive. It was a vicious hit
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The Dodgers overcame a 3-2 deficit to score twice in the bottom of the seventh knocking off the Giants 5-3 on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. The Dodger bats continued to produce backing another solid outing from Ross Stripling. Even the bullpen managed to not blow it and the Dodgers
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