Manny Machado to the Blue: My Takes
The Dodgers picked up Manny Machado on the cheap. Here's my take on how the new guy will impact the dynamics of the Dodgers' lineup and the bench crew. https://youtu.be/DBdgr2PltBA
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Dodgers, Orioles Finalize and Announce Manny Machado Trade
This reminds me of another trade almost ten years ago for a different Manny only minutes before the trade deadline. This Manny might be just as widely heralded. The Dodgers and Orioles finally finalized and announced the Manny Machado deal this afternoon while I was slaving away at work. The
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The Manny Machado Deal is Awesome But Dodgers Still Have Work To Do
The Manny Machado deal is expected to be finalized in the next day or two. An announcement from the Dodgers and Orioles should break either Wednesday or Thursday as we learn all of the details of the blockbuster trade. Reports are indicating that there will be five players going to
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Don’t Expect The Manny Machado Deal To Be Announced Until After The All-Star Game
Multiple reports are surfacing that the Dodgers are close to acquiring Baltimore Oriole’s all-star shortstop Manny Machado. The 26-year old is representing the Orioles and playing on the American League squad tonight in the 89th annual all-star game at National’s Park in Washington D.C. According to Bob Nightengale, who was first
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Max Muncy (The Funky Muncy) Smashes 29 Total Home Runs But Knocked Out in Home Run Derby Semifinals
Max Muncy may not have made the all-star team but he sure made himself known in the 2018 home run derby at National’s Park in Washington D.C. on Monday night. Muncy who has hit 22 home runs during the regular season was the number three seed in the derby and
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Dodgers Sending Three Players To 89th All-Star Game (Game Info, Rosters)
The 2018 all-star game is set to kick off on Tuesday evening at 4:30 PM PST from National’s Park in Washington D.C. and will be televised on FOX. The midsummer classic will feature 32 all-stars on each league’s roster. Dodger’s manager Dave Roberts is managing the National League team, and
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MLB Cut4 Names Matt Kemp Most Fashionable All-Star
The annual MLB all-star break begins on Monday with the always exciting home run derby. This year’s all-star game is taking place at National’s Park in Washington D.C. scheduled for Tuesday night. There are always a flurry of festivities and hoopla that surrounds the all-star game. It seems the game
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KiKi’s Homer Beats Angels
The Dodgers finished the first half of the season today against the Angels. Deck McGuire faced off against Clayton Kershaw. This was the final game against the Angels for the season. All these games have been very closely contested games and the Dodgers needed to win today to even up
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Dodgers Rally Late, But Bullpen Blows it Again as Angels Tie Freeway Series
This afternoon we saw the Dodgers and Angels duke it out in the second game of the second Freeway Series match-up on Fox Saturday baseball. The pitching match-up pitted former Dodger Andrew Heaney against Alex Wood in a duel of southpaws. Of course Heaney was a Dodger for about ten
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Dodgers Defense Comes Through
The freeway series part 2 on the Dodger's turf took place tonight. The Dodgers took three of four from the Padres and moved into first place in the NL West. Chase Utley announced his retirement at the end of the season. Tonight Walker Buehler returned for the first time since
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Chase Utley Set To Hang up His Cleats At Season’s End
If there ever was a player who gave the Dodgers exactly what they asked for, it’s veteran old man Chase Utley. The Dodgers originally traded for Utley in the second half of the 2015 season. The Dodgers swapped a pair of failed prospects for Utley. At the time the Dodgers
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Still No Home Runs, but Dodgers Find a Way to Beat Padres 3-2
Leading the four-game series against the San Diego Padres three games to one, the Los Angeles Dodgers sent their ace pitcher, Ross Stripling to seal the series win. Chicken Wing showed everyone why he is a 2018 All-Star. Stripling brought his "A" game and went six shutout innings, striking out six,
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Dodgers Rebound To Beat Padres 4-2, Win 50th Game
The Dodgers rebounded nicely after their frustrating 4-1 loss to the Padres on Tuesday night to beat the Friars 4-2 in the third game of the series on Wednesday night. Kenta Maeda turned in another solid performance with his fourth consecutive start with nine strikeouts. The Dodger bats took advantage
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Dodgers Can’t Hit Eric Lauer, Lose Badly to Padres
The Dodgers dropped the second game of the three game set to the Padres on Tuesday night, losing for the third time in their last four games. They’re now back to 1.5 games behind Arizona and continue to meander in the standings. The reason they’re stuck in second place is
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Performa Brand Makes The Perfect Dodger Themed Shaker
The Performa brand Performa shaker isn’t just your normal shaker. It’s a bit more than just your average plastic shake bottle. Not only does it outperform all the other shake bottles, but it comes in Dodger blue as well. Because if you or I are going to use a shaker
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Kershaw, Dodger Bats and Andrew Toles Shine Against Padres
It was a night of comebacks of a sort. Clayton Kershaw returned to the form that's been missing for most of this season, Justin Turner returned to hitting consistency, and long lost Andrew Toles returned to the big club's dugout. (Spoiler) Good ol' Tolesy did not disappoint. The Dodgers opened a
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