One of the legends of the baseball card collecting and trading community is retiring from trading, and I was lucky enough to be included in his final round of trade packages that he sent out to fellow collectors. Good ol' Wes, my hermano from way down south in Alabama, was a
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The Dodgers have finally climbed over the .500 mark with a 7-3 win over the Atlanta Braves on Friday evening at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers are back in the race and have now won 16 of their last 21 games. The way they are doing it is quite unbelievable. The Dodgers
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the Dodgers Nation was energized by the speedy return of Clayton Kershaw from the Disabled List, a rare weekday afternoon start at Chavez Ravine and the chance to win their fourth series in a row. Alas, victory was not be had in this strangest of games, and Kershaw may be
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The Dodgers actually resembled a real live competitive major league baseball team on Wednesday night as they clobbered the Phillies with a comfortable 8-2 trouncing to take a 2-1 series lead. Ross Stripling was the catalyst in tonight’s victory as he tossed seven innings of one-run ball, turning in another
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I don’t know what’s going on in the National League West, but it’s strange. With the Dodger’s 3-0 victory over the Rockies in Wednesday night’s series finale at Dodger Stadium means that the Dodgers are only 3.5 games back of first place. It might be a little too early to
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After reaching the 40-game mark of the season, the Los Angeles Dodgers have had their worst start to an MLB campaign since 1958 with a 16-26 win/loss record. It may not be rock bottom just yet, but 40 games give a good indication of where a team is heading and, for
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Clayton Kershaw, the (dare I say it?) diminishing Dodgers' ace, has hit the disabled list again, for the third consecutive season. This time it's the 10-day DL, for left biceps tendonitis. The best spin the team could put on this dreaded development was Dodgers manager Dave Roberts declaring they are "cautiously optimistic". "Cautiously
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The listless Dodgers showed little to no fight in the Mexico series finale dropping the final game of the series 3-0 to the San Diego Padres on Sunday afternoon. The makeshift lineup proved fruitless once again as the Dodgers stranded 13 runners and went 0 for 9 with runners in
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The 2018 Dodgers season has been an unmitigated disaster. The trainwreck never left the station, derailing during spring training. All of the passengers departed and the train will not be back until next season. The Dodgers have already lost Corey Seager for the entire season due to Tommy John surgery.
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If there was one guy who could snap the Dodgers out of their early season suck its Clayton Kershaw. If he can’t do it then nobody can. For the record he couldn’t despite allowing just two earned runs on six hits over six frames on Tuesday night as the Dodgers
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The Dodger’s early season suckfest forges on with seemingly no end in sight. So far the Dodgers have been mired in April mediocrity and none of us know when or if they will pull themselves out of it. It’s safe to say that the Dodgers have sucked at many different
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It might not be time for a general panic about the Dodgers as a team, but boy, oh boy, there are certainly causes for concern that are starting to sprout up from a variety of angles. The day began with an odd afternoon start time (4 pm PST) and the expected
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The battle of Goliaths as Max Scherzer took on Clayton Kershaw. You figure runs will be at a premium. The Nationals attacked Kershaw on the first pitch and used to bunt game with their speedsters to get things moving. Trea Turner led the game off with a Double. Bryce Harper
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The Dodgers return home on Friday night and resume play with a pivotal three game series against the Washington Nationals. Due to the fingernail injury to Rich Hill, the Dodgers will move up everyone in the rotation each one day. This means that Clayton Kershaw will get the nod for
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The Dodgers had gotten through spring training with minimal injuries. With the exception of the wrist fracture to Justin Turner, and Tom Koehler’s right shoulder capsule strain, the rest of the club went into opening day with good health. Now the injuries are starting to hit again and I fully
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The Dodgers begin a series tonight against the San Diego Padres that is the most critical and consequential of this young season. In this Youtube video I'll tell you why I believe this is the time for the Dodgers to break out or break their backs in Padres country. Also included
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