It was 99 degrees at first pitch. The Dodgers and Brewers were both decked out in powder blue accented unis, and Kenta Maeda on the bump. 1st inning Brewers They say the hotter weather makes it easier for home run balls to travel. Perhaps so, as Maeda gave up a first inning
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The Dodgers fattened up on Milwaukee pitching on Saturday night with an impressive 10-6 victory to take a 2-1 series lead. The Dodger offense exploded and scored 10 runs on 14 hits as Justin Turner stayed hot slugging another home run and driving in three runs. Joc Pederson (who batted lead-off last
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After a three-game losing streak, including dropping the first game of the series against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Dodgers were asking themselves, can Maeda-san be a stopper san? The answer was yes, in more ways than one. We'll pick things up in the third, with the Dodgers down by one. 3rd inning
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The Dodgers successfully punted away another game on Monday evening in Arizona as they lost 3-2 to Zack Greinke and the Dbacks. The Dodgers once again scored only 2 runs as Andrew Friedman and Farhan Zaidi keep scratching their heads as to how to turn the Dodgers into a contending club. Newsflash
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Tonight brought the rubber match between the Dodgers and Rockies. In game one the Dodgers were one hit, and they won game two on the strength of two hits. Manager Dave Roberts rested Chase Utley and Corey Seager, two of the hottest Dodger bats, and just as Scott predicted, he fielded
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Probably not. In Robert's defense I think it's become a sick addiction for him. He must play the terrible hitters against left handers. I think he may need to attend mendoza line hitter's anonymous. Oscar should really pursue a job as a motivational speaker. Because after he wrote this article about Justin Turner. The
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The Dodgers are home after a 3-4 road trip against the toughest teams in the National League East. They've been struggling to score runs, but the good news is they were facing the lowly Atlanta Braves, who are struggling even more than the Dodgers. 1st inning Braves Quick 1-0 lead. Uh-oh. 2nd inning Braves
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The Dodgers announced on Tuesday evening that left handed starter Alex Wood was placed on the 15-day disabled list with elbow soreness. Apparently he’s flying back to Los Angeles to have his elbow examined. As a result the Dodgers have recalled mega-prospect Julio Urias to take his spot in the
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It’s Chase Utley’s world, and we are all just living in it. The Dodgers evened the series in Gotham after they demolished the Mets in a controversial win on Fox‘s Saturday national broadcast. Chase Utley continued his wonderful terrorization of the New York Mets as he slugged two home runs including
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Now that the Julio Urias mania is over with we can get back to our regularly scheduled losing. The Urias debut was an astounding disappointment, but the kid is alright. It was a tough assignment for him and the Dodgers probably should have had him debut in the more comfortable environment of Dodger
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Kenta Maeda is becoming "one of those" Dodger pitchers. When he pitches, people are starting to wonder which Maeda will show up - the awesome one, or the dreadful one? Now that I think about it, the Dodgers overall, are "one of those" teams. Here's what happened today in the crazy universe
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We are approaching Memorial Day which is the quarter mark of the 2016 season. Memorial Day is always a good time to reevaluate your baseball club and start to consider moves to make that would improve your team. So far through the first quarter of the season, the Dodgers have played
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The Dodgers have decided to activate Mike Bolsinger and go with a six man rotation for the time being. Bolsinger is going to be activated from the disabled list on Wednesday and start against the Angels in Anaheim. The Dodgers have a brutal slog of games over the next several
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The Dodgers and Angels opened their four-game Freeway Series tonight at Chavez Ravine, and just like a pleasant drive on the 5 freeway, it took seemingly forever to arrive at the end. The Dodgers had won 6 of their last 9, and the Angels just swept Seattle, so both teams were
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Is it already time for the freeway series? It seems like the season just started yesterday. I guess time flies when you’re playing mediocre baseball. The Dodgers actually had been playing a little better so things were starting to look up. They had earned a series split against the Mets,
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Game three of LA vs NY promised a great pitching duel between Kenta Maeda and the one they call Thor, Noah Syndergaard. Just put that on the bill, and it's enough to get us interested. Here's how the game played out. Nothing much through the first two, but in the top of
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