The Dodgers began their World Series title defense with a strange error filled opening day loss to the Rockies at Coors Field on Thursday afternoon. The MLB schedule maker gave the Dodgers a cruel joke with a four-game opening series at Coors Field. That park is a nightmare and I
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It still doesn’t feel real. Not for me. Not for most of Dodger nation. The drought is finally over. The Dodgers broke their 32-year championship drought on Tuesday night in Arlington Texas by defeating the Tampa Bay Rays in game 6 of the 2020 World Series by a score of
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It felt like it would never happen. Something so out of reach perhaps like an act of god. Some of us have waited our entire lives, especially the kids who grew up in the post Kirk Gibson era. When the Dodgers last won the World Series I was about 8
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The Dodgers jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the World Series with a 6-2 win over the Rays on Friday night at Globe Life Park in Arlington Texas thanks to the strength of Walker Buehler and some good hitting. Buehler tossed six innings of one-run ball allowing just three
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The official scorer may disagree, but I am crediting Dodger’s superstar Cody Bellinger with the save after the NL MVP made an incredible catch in the bottom of the seventh to rob Fernando Tatis Jr. of a home run to preserve the Dodger’s one-run lead. Certainly I am not giving
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Sometimes the little things in a baseball game can hurt a club. For the Brewers it was a botched double play in the bottom of the fifth that cost them the game and the series during the Dodger’s 3-0 victory in game two of the National League Wild Card series
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Last week I wrote this article about Austin Barnes and his struggles at the plate. In my defense Barnes had gotten off to a 2 for 25 start and was hitting .091 at the time. For the record Barnes has languished at the plate struggling to hit above the Mendoza
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The Dodgers completed a clean sweep of the Angels on Sunday afternoon with an 8-3 victory over the Halos in Anaheim. The game was particularly noteworthy for the MLB debut of 22-year old catching prospect Keibert Ruiz, who had been called up from the player pool after Will Smith was
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It’s time for real talk here folks. You know how I do this, with brutal honesty and directness. This may not be an article full of sunshine and moonbeams, but sometimes this stuff has to be said. As I have said before if I am not being 100% honest with
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The Dodgers have finally moved on from Austin Barnes. On Thursday afternoon the club announced that they have optioned the right handed hitting backstop to Oklahoma City and recalled top catching prospect Will Smith. Although we will likely see Barnes again when the rosters expand in September, this is likely
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If you looked at the Dodger’s lineup before their game against the Dbacks on Tuesday evening and grimaced then you are probably not alone. When I saw the lineup I did the same. I actually had to slap myself and douse my face with water to ensure I was awake.
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It doesn’t take a scientist or a forensic expert to figure out that three Dodger batters are stinking up the lineup. Three Dodgers are terrible hitters and having them in the lineup at the same time let alone hitting back-to-back-to-back is dooming the Dodgers to certain defeat over the last
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Dodger’s top catching prospect Will Smith made his major league debut last Tuesday and went 2 for 4 with a single, double and he also threw out a runner trying to steal. He also hit a walk-off home run on Saturday night to lift the Dodgers to a very exciting
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Things are going very well for the Dodgers right now. They have one of the best records in baseball (35-18) and have a 7 game lead in the National League west. They just came home after sweeping the Pittsburgh Pirates and seem to be headed for an easy cakewalk to
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The Dodgers have signed catcher Travis d'Arnaud according to reports. The right handed hitting backstop was recently designated for assignment and then released by the New York Mets on Friday. The Dodgers have placed the 31-year old catcher on the active roster. In order to clear room, recently called up
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Just as the Padres and their fans were getting excited on Friday night the Dodgers rallied in the late innings to erase a 3-0 deficit to crush San Diego's spirits and comeback for a 4-3 win. Such a shame....NOT! The Dodgers had a bad time in San Francisco dropping two
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