This article is brought to you by All-Star Trading Pins What the hell happened to the Padres? I don’t know but the last time the Dodgers and Padres faced each other both clubs were in the thick of the NL West race. After today’s match the Dodgers are 33 games above
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Justin Turner's two solo home runs, and some fine bullpen work was just enough to lead the Dodgers over the Pirates 2-1 on a dreary Wednesday evening in Pittsburgh. The Pirates are terrible so the Dodgers should beat them easily, but they narrowly escaped with a win. A win is
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Game 4 of the 2020 World Series was a tense back and forth battle between the Dodgers and the Rays. Dodger’s manager Dave Roberts decided to make all the wrong decisions in one game tonight. He pulled Julio Urias too soon after 4.2 innings. He left Pedro Baez in far
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The Dodgers jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the World Series with a 6-2 win over the Rays on Friday night at Globe Life Park in Arlington Texas thanks to the strength of Walker Buehler and some good hitting. Buehler tossed six innings of one-run ball allowing just three
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Facing elimination yet again the Dodgers got a clutch pitching performance from Walker Buehler, home runs from Corey Seager and Justin Turner, some fine bullpen work from Blake Treinen, Pedro Baez and Kenley Jansen and an incredible catch from Mookie Betts to defeat the Braves by a 3-1 score in
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The official scorer may disagree, but I am crediting Dodger’s superstar Cody Bellinger with the save after the NL MVP made an incredible catch in the bottom of the seventh to rob Fernando Tatis Jr. of a home run to preserve the Dodger’s one-run lead. Certainly I am not giving
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The Dodgers were cruising along in the fourth inning with a 3-0 lead over the Milwaukee Brewers in the opening game of their three game wild card playoff series on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. That 3-0 lead felt like a 10-0 lead at the time. That was until Orlando
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I know I haven’t been as active as I normally am over here. I apologize for the lack of stories this season. I’ve been super busy with non-Dodgers related things. As I’ve said before, sometimes life gets in the way of Dodger Baseball. I’ll be back to cover the postseason
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Kenley Jansen is the most fearsome closers in Dodger’s franchise history. He’s been pitching for over a decade now, and has been beloved by Dodger fans since the first time we heard California Love blaring over the Chavez Ravine speakers during his first trot to the mound in the ninth
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So we’re getting 60 games this season. That’s the schedule MLB has decided on since the players and owners were unable to come to an agreement. Every club will play a couple of exhibition games before the season will begin on July 23. The teams will play at their home
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The Dodgers face two big questions coming into the postseason. Here is Question Number One, and of course, it involves Kenley Jansen. https://youtu.be/fQeXwvSaAPM
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The Dodgers came from behind to overcome a 2-1 deficit by scoring one run in the eighth and another in the ninth to defeat the New York Mets 3-2 in the Gotham City rubber game on Sunday Night baseball. Jedd Gyorko’s RBI single broke a 2-2 tie and plated the
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If there is one thing that could prevent the Dodgers from winning the World Series this season, it’s the lackluster relief pitching. The lineup is elite. The starting rotation is strong, and the bench is solid. Even the defense that at times appears sloppy is good enough to win with.
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This year’s trade deadline came and went with the Dodgers doing little to nothing to improve their roster for the postseason stretch. The only moves the Dodgers made was acquiring a utility infielder who is currently on the injured list (Jedd Gyorko) who batted .196 in 62 plate appearances in
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Wednesday’s exciting four-run Dodger come from behind win was certainly enthralling. The Dodgers scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth against New York closer Edwin Diaz to overcome an 8-5 deficit. Tonight’s game wasn’t quite at the same breakneck pace of last night’s slugfest but it was just
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When Dave Roberts hooked Dodger starter Kenta Maeda with two outs in the top of the seventh inning and nobody on base on Wednesday evening against the Padres, I was worried. Don’t tell me you weren’t worried too. I understand that pitchers wins and losses mean nothing but tonight I
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