One look at the flags in center field at Wrigley Field would tell the players all they needed to know about today's game...wind is blowing out, and so will the baseball. Actual to fruition, this game was a straight-up old-school style slugfest, and at many times it seemed like the
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In the battle of the last two teams to call themselves world champions, the Dodgers came out victorious and won the series after a hard-fought game on Sunday. A low-scoring affair and what some say was a questionable ending to the game, the Dodgers head to Chicago to try and
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LA Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias was arrested for domestic violence. That would be bad enough, but this is not an isolated case. This is, unfortunately, the latest and most public in a line of ugly incidents involving young Dodger players. https://youtu.be/gcYYSAZveds
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The Dodgers face the Rockies this afternoon in Game 163 - a one-game shot at the NL West division crown. I'll be there, and here are three reasons I'm feeling optimistic on my way to the game. https://youtu.be/SvBR8m52kMM
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The Dodgers are two-thirds of the way through a Do or Die road trip, and so far they are...surviving. They salvaged their series against the lowly Reds with a win today, and in doing so, they may have salvaged their season. https://youtu.be/dny7wyZNgBY
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The All or Nothing Dodgers are in a fight for their postseason lives. That makes this upcoming road trip a make or break situation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-4KGmQFBQI
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Mayday, Mayday! Another blown save by a Dodgers closer in their most recent loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. In an already tight National League race, every pitch and every run will determine who advances to the postseason. Two bad pitches in the ninth inning led to the Dodger's demise. Dodgers
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The Dodgers may be winning trade wars on office phones, but they’re losing games on the field. Walker Buehler took the mound on a warm summer night with the hopes the Dodgers’ offense would heat up behind him. Buehler’s fastballs were coming in at 95-97mph, but it wasn’t enough heat to
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After last night's extra innings marathon, things figured to come down to which team drank the most coffee for breakfast. Both teams scored early, so it seems the caffeine was flowing in both clubhouses. The Dodgers scored an unearned run off JAke Arrieta, and Dodgers starter, Walker Buehler, gave up
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An article was published a few days ago about a couple of veterans who are speaking out against the militarization of sports and the commercializing that is coming along with that. The state of perpetual war that we find ourselves in and this exploiting of veterans for profit is a topic
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On a night that brought Adrian Beltre back to Dodgers Stadium for the first time in years, and featured Big Sexy, Bartolo Colon, on the mound for the Texas Rangers, this figured to be a big night. Boy howdy, was it ever. The Dodgers teed off on Colon and the rest
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Well, here we are, one week into the season, and the old familiar Jeckyll and Hyde, Siamese Twin, Convoluted, Confused Dodgers have returned. In this Youtube video, I drop my takes on the first week. Inside we talk about Matt Kemp, the anemic offense, the Dodgers' timid manager, and we
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There's no game today, so let's sit back and enjoy an LADR Youtube video. Today I deal out grades to the Dodgers offense, defense, pitching staff and review KSA beer from Four Point Beer Co. Enjoy, and if you do, please take a moment to like the video. Thanks! https://youtu.be/_wnoNFdhpew
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Common Sense is Uncommon! Sadly... When Andrew Friedman was hired by Stan Kasten and Guggenheim it was his mandate to grow the farm and build a winner from within. Kasten said "Oh, and you have to keep Mattingly for a year." The year before, the front office signed Kemp and Ethier to silly contracts
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I recently got rid of most of my autographed baseball collection, but I kept three: Steve Garvey – Because my son got it for me thinking I would like it; Vin Scully – For obvious reasons, like the greatest announcer of all time; and Clayton Kershaw – Nobody likes him
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My past readers know that I am very frustrated with SportsNet LA, Time Warner Cable (TWC), and the Dodgers failing to end their greed and apathy toward the fiasco that they ironically refer to as Dodgers TV coverage. This column isn't about them potentially denying the majority of the LA basin
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