A lot has been discussed about lineup creation. While it is somewhat important, it’s not as vital as you might think it is. What’s most important is putting your best hitters in the lineup and more specifically making sure your top three hitters get as many at-bats as possible with
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The Dodgers returned to the familiar confines of Southern California on Sunday evening to open the annual three game Freeway Series against the Angels. The first game was in the unfriendly confines of Anaheim Stadium and the Dodgers have lost 14 of their last 15 exhibition games in Disney according
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Every year Daniel Shoptaw, our good friend from Cardsconclave, also known as C70 does a series called playing pepper. In this series he talks to bloggers/writers of all 30 MLB clubs. He asks a number of questions about the Dodgers and we answer him as best we can. He’s actually
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For today’s positional Preview we head over to first base. The 2017 season marked the end of the Adrian Gonzalez era in Los Angeles as the long time Dodger was traded to Atlanta in a salary dump after the postseason. Tall left handed slugger Cody Bellinger effectively pushed Gonzo out
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It’s March already! And while many people are focused on setting up office pools for March Madness, baseball fans are already thinking about their potential fantasy rosters and are refreshing themselves on all of the latest off-season moves that have been made as we roll into Spring Training. After all,
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In just a few hours Dodger baseball will return to action. At 12:00 noon Pacific Standard Time the exhibition season will kick off against the White Sox at Camelback Ranch in Glendale Arizona as we prepare for another exciting season of Dodger baseball. In the Cactus League opener the Dodgers
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We’ve been looking back on the incredible career of recently traded veteran Adrian Gonzalez. With 2017 ending and a new year beginning it’s a good time to take a look back at some of the most memorable moments of the Dodger’s 2017 season. It sure was an exciting year for Dodger
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In a move that has surprised absolutely nobody, Dodger’s first baseman Cody Bellinger has been named the National League Rookie of the year. This is the second consecutive rookie of the year award for the Dodgers with Corey Seager winning last year. Bellinger broke the NL rookie home run record
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Adrian Gonzalez was once a fixture in the Dodger’s lineup. The last remnant from the 2012 blockbuster trade with the Boston Red Sox had never spent time on the disabled list in his entire career before the 2017 season. Gonzalez was an iron man never appearing in less than 156
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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 story I didn't want to write. For the past five seasons the Dodgers have been in the playoffs. Actually 7 years of the past 10 years they gave gotten deep in the playoffs. This was the first time they got to the World Series. This team showed a lot
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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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There has never been a Dodger game played on Halloween eve in the history of Dodger baseball. This is actually only the fifth MLB game ever played on Halloween and the first since 2010. However the Dodgers gave us the ultimate treat without any tricks thanks to a two-run sixth
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The Dodgers return home for game 6 of the World Series on Halloween night after an exhausting and disappointing three games in Houston. Somehow they were able to win one out of the three games but the insanity of their 13-12 game 5 loss nearly killed them. The Dodgers limped
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This game was absolute madness and absolutely maddening, all wrapped up in one. It had everything: Home runs, an insane strike zone, hit batters, wild pitches, blown leads, aces melting down, fans sliding into bases, ridiculous bunt attempts, and then more home runs. It was packed with sports-based agony and
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One of the age old questions in baseball is whether momentum is a real thing or not. The sabermetricians will tell you that it does not exist. They’ll laugh at you and call you an idiot for even suggesting it. They’ll argue that momentum goes in the same make believe
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