The Dodgers did not have a happy flight home after their terrible loss on Sunday in San Diego. However they did score a feel good win over the Braves on Monday night thanks to the fantastic pitching from Walker Buehler and some timely hitting in a 5-3 win in the
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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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The Dodgers were cruising in the sixth inning at Wrigley Field against the Cubs on Wednesday evening. They had a 3-0 lead with two outs in that fateful sixth frame. Walker Buehler was still pitching and while he was nowhere near his dominant self (5.2 IP 3 R 4 H
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The Dodgers finally snapped their infuriating six-game losing streak on Sunday afternoon with a commanding 7-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in the series finale at Dodger Stadium. Ross Stripling gave the Dodgers exactly what they so desperately needed. He provided them a strong starting pitching performance. Stripling was crisp,
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The Dodgers came into the last series against the San Francisco Giants, who are undoubtedly their biggest rivals, with high hopes after a mixed set of performances in Spring Training – including one win and one loss against the Giants – who were put to bed following an offensive masterclass
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The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. That Personifies the Dodgers since Andrew Friedman took over. The Dodgers have two fatal flaws, the terrible middle relief, and lackluster game management. Both are intertwined and once again cost them the game on
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It’s been a long time since I’ve written a recap. Nearly six months to be exact. Let’s see if I still remember how to do this. Ah yes, it’s all coming back to me now. If you live long enough you’ll possibly see something so rare that it reminds you
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I’ve spent a lot of time talking about the Dodger’s catcher situation. They still don’t have one. Austin Barnes is the lone backstop with major league experience on the roster at the moment. While we wait to see what the Dodgers do about that problem, second base is also a
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One of the Dodgers biggest needs coming into the winter is of course second base. The Dodgers started the 2018 season with Logan Forsythe tabbed to be their everyday man at the keystone. Unfortunately Logan was terrible and the Dodgers eventually traded him to the Twins for Brian Dozier who
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Thirty years ago today the 1988 Dodgers clinched the World Series Championship in Oakland. On this day the 2018 Dodgers didn’t channel those little mighty 1988 Dodgers, they channeled the 2018 Dodgers. The boys in blue turned to a tried and true weapon, the home run. The Dodgers slugged two
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There was no rest for the Dodgers and Brewers in game 5 of the NLCS on Wednesday afternoon at Dodger Stadium. After playing 13 innings and over 5 hours the two clubs were at it again with an early 2:05 PM PST mid day start time. Much like game 5
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Thirty years ago the Dodgers were battling the New York Mets for the National League pennant in what was a seven game dogfight. The Dodgers had gone down 2-1 in the series, and entering game four at Shea Stadium, were desperately in need of a win to avoid going down
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On the 30th anniversary of the magical home run by Kirk Gibson in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series that propelled the Los Angeles Dodgers to their last World Series title, they would be looking for the same kind of magic tonight, as the Milwaukee Brewers came to town
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There was a lot that went wrong for the Dodgers in their 6-5 loss in game 1 on Friday night. Clayton Kershaw pitched terribly. Yasmani Grandal had a historically awful game, (two passed balls, catcher’s interference, and missed catch error) and the defense fell apart. Despite all of those disasters
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So after a long layoff since the Dodgers beat the Braves, the Dodgers traveled to frigid Milwaukee to face the Brewers in game 1 in the NLCS. Clayton Kershaw took on Gio Gonzalez. Manny Machado took Gio deep in the 2nd inning and the Dodgers took a 1-0 lead. Gio
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The Dodgers were hoping to ride the red-hot arm of rookie sensation Walker Buehler to a sweep in game three of the NLDS on Sunday night in Atlanta to wrap up their five game playoff series over the Braves. Unfortunately a disastrous five-run second inning highlighted by a grand slam
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