My god Brandon McCarthy is bad. The Dodger’s “experiment” of using the tall veteran right hander as a reliever failed miserably in Friday evening’s 9-3 loss to the Giants in the opening game of the final three game series. McCarthy allowed 6 runs and was unable to retire a single batter
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The Dodgers finally awoke from their post clinch malaise to beat the Padres 9-4 in the series finale on Thursday evening to avoid what would have been an embarrassing sweep. Julio Urias was hooked after just 3 innings but the offense came through with nine runs battering opposing starter Christian Friedrich.
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The Dodgers are on the verge of being swept by the lowly Padres and only rookie phenom Julio Urias stands in the way from keeping the club from suffering such an embarrassment. These final few games may seem meaningless after the club clinched the NL West title, but they are
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The Dodgers dropped to two games behind the Nationals in the fight for home-field advantage in the playoffs after losing last night, with the number of chances to gain ground dwindling. Tonight it was Jose De Leon's chance to bring the Dodgers closer to their final goal of the regular
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The post clinch celebration hangover hit the Dodgers hard yesterday as they suffered a 7-1 loss in the opening game against the Padres. That’s probably to be expected. Other than home field advantage in the NLDS these games are pretty meaningless for them. Of course as I was on my return
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The Dodgers embark on their final road trip of the season after completing one of the most emotional home stands of recent memory. The home stand included the clinching of their fourth consecutive NL West division title and a heartfelt tribute and farewell to Vin Scully. Everyone paid tribute to the legendary announcer
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The Brett Anderson experiment panned out yesterday for the Dodgers thanks to the theatrics of Yasmani Grandal. Another injury riddled pitcher takes the mound tonight in Scott Kazmir as will put his claim on the battle for the Number #4 starter. The Dodgers will be going for their third win
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After an emotional series, the Dodgers sent the fading Giants down south, beaten and limping, to face the Padres. Tonight they welcomed the "meh" Rockies. Could the boys in blue keep up the fire necessary to close out the run to the NL West title? 1st inning A perfect inning for Brett
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The Boys in Blue took the rubber match against the "hated ones" last night to improve their lead to six games in the NL West and decrease their magic number to five. The Dodgers tonight will begin a four game series against the Colorado Rockies. Making his return to the
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Kenta Maeda was shown in last night's telecast sitting in the Dodgers dugout with baseball in hand. It looked like he was working on his pitching technique. He slowly moved his arm forward at the elbow and put a finishing wrist-twist on his simulated pitch. What he didn't know at
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Last nights come from behind 2-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants had a lot of fireworks. It was Clayton Kershaw vs. Madison Bumgarner. It was Yasiel Puig vs. Bumgarner. Ultimately it was Adrian Gonzalez clutch hit in the ninth inning to secure the victory. The Dodgers now have a
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Dodgers vs Giants. Kershaw vs Bumgarner. Puig vs Bumgarner. Lots of bad blood. The NL West title on the line. If you need more hype than that, you're not a baseball fan. 1st inning 1,2,3 inning. Job done for Kersh. 2nd inning Dodgers Yasiel Puig with a double. Yasmani Grandal was plunked on the elbow. Two
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Sometimes life gets in the way of Dodger baseball. This is exactly what happened to me on Sunday afternoon as the Dodgers lost a wild game 10-9 in 12 innings to the Dbacks. I apologize for the lack of recap, rest assured that will be the only time you will
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The Dodger’s talent shined bright as they defeated the Dbacks 6-2 on Saturday night to take a 2-1 lead in the four game series, Rookie Brock Stewart turned in an admirable effort tossing five innings and allowing just two earned runs on five hits and struck out 6 to earn the
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The Dodgers snapped Arizona’s annoying little 4-game winning streak by beating turncoat Zack Greinke and the rest of the Snakes 3-2 to even the series in the second game on Friday evening. The Dodgers were able to make three early runs stand up and staved off a late Dback’s rally to
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You know Greinke went for the money this year and maybe he doesn't regret it with his 210 million dollars. He can't be happy though with the lousy team he inherited. He may be rich with money but is very poor with wins. This is the last time the Dodgers will
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