The Dodgers opened their final road trip of the season on Monday night with a three game series in Arizona against the Dbacks. The Snakes are a dead dormant club, officially eliminated from postseason play on Sunday. That doesn’t mean the Dodgers would have anything easy. Nothing comes easy this
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The Dodgers wrapped up their regular season home schedule with a 14-0 whitewashing of the San Diego Padres on Sunday afternoon in their home schedule and series finale. With Colorado and St. Louis both winning their respective games, the Dodger’s lead in the National League west remains 1.5 games with
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The Dodgers have certainly been struggling to score runs since their return from the all-star break. Situational hitting, or hitting with runners in scoring position has been a problem for the Dodgers the entire season. The Dodgers do have something on offense that has been a hidden weapon; pinch-hitting. For whatever
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It’s hard to put into words how furious I am at how this game ended. So let’s be frank here. The Dodgers punted away a game they should have and could have easily won. I wasn’t surprised though. Anytime the Dodgers play an extra inning game that goes longer than
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The Dodgers second leg of their ten game three-city road trip saw them flying into the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia to face the Phillies for a three game series. This is Chase Utley’s old stomping grounds and his final appearance at Citizen’s bank Park before his retirement. Utley did
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No matter how good the Dodger lineup is now with Manny Machado in the fold and no matter how many runs they score it’s still going to be difficult for the Dodgers to win because of their mediocre bullpen. The Dodgers won on Friday evening handing the Milwaukee Brewers their
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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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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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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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The Dodgers bats went silent for the 2nd night in a row against the Rockies Cy Young pitchers. This time German Marquez faced Kenta Maeda. Marquez would go on to dominate the Dodgers and the Dodgers fall below .500 at home. The action for this game didn't start until the
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Boy the Mets can’t do anything right. After losing 8-3 to the Dodgers on Saturday night thanks to a pinch-hit grand slam home run from Matt Kemp, the Mets were trying to avoid being swept and lose their twelfth consecutive game to the Dodgers. If you’re wondering why I’m talking
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Dodger's veteran infielder and baseball father Chase Utley is due to come off the disabled list on Friday evening in time for the Dodgers series opener against the Mets at Citi Field. This seems like perfect timing because Utley has owned the Mets in recent years, especially in Gotham. Utley
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It is official; the Dodgers (16-23) now have the worst bullpen in all of baseball. That stinkpen was on full display on Saturday night in the Dodger’s 5-3 loss to the Reds. That’s the Dodgers third consecutive loss to the Cincinnati club. The Dodgers season is spiraling out of control
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After the Dodgers lost yesterday to the Reds, manager Dave Roberts said the Dodgers losing record at home was unacceptable. He showed angst that a lot of fans feel towards the front office. Former Met ace Matt Harvey recently traded to the Reds was on the mound for the Reds
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I heard a joke the other day. Most of the Dodger hitters were having trouble getting into their homes. Apparently someone put home plates in front of their doors. Hiyo! Hey I’ll be here all week. Seriously though there is some good news and there is some bad news in
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In typical roller coaster fashion, the Dodgers put their fans through the ringer tonight - frustrating and delighting them, making bonehead plays and capitalizing on mistakes from the Diamondbacks, and finally ...FINALLY...getting a clutch hit with the bases loaded. Whew! What a marathon. The night began (four hours ago) looking like
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