There aren’t many ballparks that can keep the Dodgers from hitting home runs. The Oakland Coliseum is one of them. It looks like the Dodgers are playing on the moon in that massive Park. Without the benefit of a home run the Dodgers had to play some small ball as
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The Dodgers squandered a boatload of scoring opportunities on Saturday in their 4-2 loss to the Brewers at Miller Park. On Sunday afternoon it was the Brewers turn to waste early scoring opportunities as the Dodgers crushed the Crew 11-2 in the series finale. Milwaukee loaded the bases in the
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The Dodgers snuck in a win in the first game of the Wrigley Field double-header like they were the cast of Ocean’s Eleven. Down to their last out, Kyle Farmer’s beautiful pinch-hit two-run double in the top of the ninth gave the Dodgers a stunning come from behind win. The nightcap
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The Dodgers prevailed in the bottom of the eleventh with a 3-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night which gave them a two-game sweep of the shortened series. Matt Bush’s wide throw to the plate on the Austin Barnes weak grounder back to the box pulled catcher Carlos
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The Dodgers got some bad news today as Clayton Kershaw went back on the DL with a strain in the lower back. Kershaw will be out for a month. The injury is similar to last year where he missed a month. The Dodgers traveled to Coors at 26-30 and four
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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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The floundering Dodger’s miserable season continued on Sunday afternoon with a pathetically predictable 4-2 loss to the Giants and Dodger killer Ty Blach. The Dodgers now fly into Arizona after losing three out of four in San Francisco and now fall to 12-15 on the season. When the Dodgers are
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The Dodgers entered Sunday afternoon’s series finale against the Giants in desperate need of a win. After Saturday night’s 14-inning loss and another Wilmer Font failure the Dodgers were in danger of finishing with a win-less road trip. The Dodgers were 0-4 on the current trip after the one rain
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The day began with the Dodgers getting their NLCS rings. Also rumors surfaced of a potential Matt Kemp for Ryan Braun trade. Maybe it's an April fools joke. The Dodger's bats needed to wake up. Kenta Maeda came to the rescue for the Dodgers today. The pitching has been great
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The Dodgers returned to Chavez Ravine on Monday evening to play the final two games of the exhibition Freeway series against the Angels and I worry that I’ve completely forgotten how to recap a game. After all it’s been about five months since I’ve done this, but then Rich Hill
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As some of the flu-stricken Dodgers return to camp, the club has begun to play better (They've won four in a row). The Dodger clubhouse was recently hit by a nasty flu bug that knocked out nearly half of the team. The virus spread throughout the roster like a wild
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The Dodgers are preparing to enter the 2018 season with another season of a Yasmani Grandal and Austin Barnes catching tandem. That’s a good thing because both backstops are young talented catchers. If healthy Grandal should see the lion’s share of the playing time with Barnes serving as the backup
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Here’s something interesting to ponder as we head into the long dark cold winter. Andy McCullough of the LATimes is reporting that the Dodgers could be contemplating trading switch-hitting catcher Yasmani Grandal this offseason. I know some of you are not very high on Grandal so this would make sense to a
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The Dodgers lost the World Series to the Astros in seven games for a variety of reasons. You could point to all of them as the culprit for the club’s heartbreaking defeat culminating in their 5-1 loss in game 7 on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. Clayton Kershaw’s pathetic game 5
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The Dodgers forced game 7 of the World Series after a thrilling Halloween 3-1 victory over the Astros in game 6 to tie the series at three games apiece. Tonight we’ll witness the first World Series game 7 at Dodger Stadium in history. Make sure you are here or at
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This was a nail-biting type of game and as Turner connected on the three run shot to win the game. My mind went back to when I was a kid in 1988 remembering how Kirk Gibson rounded the bases on his walk-off 29 years ago. Rich Hill faced Dodgers nemesis
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