The Dodgers have a problem, a huge problem. The Dodgers have a flaw that a few other clubs these days have during in-game management. The Dodgers think too damn much. With the modern baseball philosophies leaning towards short starts, heavy bullpen usage and gigantic analytics departments the Dodgers are no
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It’s hard to put into words how furious I am at how this game ended. So let’s be frank here. The Dodgers punted away a game they should have and could have easily won. I wasn’t surprised though. Anytime the Dodgers play an extra inning game that goes longer than
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The Dodgers squandered a boatload of scoring opportunities on Saturday in their 4-2 loss to the Brewers at Miller Park. On Sunday afternoon it was the Brewers turn to waste early scoring opportunities as the Dodgers crushed the Crew 11-2 in the series finale. Milwaukee loaded the bases in the
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No matter how good the Dodger lineup is now with Manny Machado in the fold and no matter how many runs they score it’s still going to be difficult for the Dodgers to win because of their mediocre bullpen. The Dodgers won on Friday evening handing the Milwaukee Brewers their
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This afternoon we saw the Dodgers and Angels duke it out in the second game of the second Freeway Series match-up on Fox Saturday baseball. The pitching match-up pitted former Dodger Andrew Heaney against Alex Wood in a duel of southpaws. Of course Heaney was a Dodger for about ten
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Things seem to be trending upwards for Clayton Kershaw. The ace lefty made his third start since returning from the disabled list. It looked as if his velocity is ticking up too. Overall he pitched well, and won just his second start of the season as the Dodgers beat the
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Ok so let’s not talk about the Dodgers getting only two hits against rookie Duane Underwood Jr. and having only three hits through the first five innings. They only needed two of them, an Enrique Hernandez solo home run in the second, and another solo shot from Chris Taylor in
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The Dodgers snuck in a win in the first game of the Wrigley Field double-header like they were the cast of Ocean’s Eleven. Down to their last out, Kyle Farmer’s beautiful pinch-hit two-run double in the top of the ninth gave the Dodgers a stunning come from behind win. The nightcap
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I admit that I’ve been a skeptic of Enrique Hernandez over the last couple of years. It would be hard to blame me, especially after his historically pathetic .191 hitting 2016 season. But he’s steadily improved back to his pre-2016 days. Nobody can forget his epic three-home run NLCS performance
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Welp folks Dodger baseball is certainly fun again. Thanks to a huge power surge and some timely pitching. The Dodgers beat Madison Bumgarner and the stupid Giants by a 3-1 score on Saturday night baseball televised on Fox. The pitching matchup pitted southpaws Bumgarner against Alex Wood. The Dodgers and
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The Dodgers welcomed the hated ones to town for a three game set. Derek Holland was on the mound for the Giants against Ross Stripling. Stripling has been dynamite for the Dodgers lately and the Dodgers have reached the .500 mark at home. On the 2nd pitch of the game
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The Dodgers prevailed in the bottom of the eleventh with a 3-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night which gave them a two-game sweep of the shortened series. Matt Bush’s wide throw to the plate on the Austin Barnes weak grounder back to the box pulled catcher Carlos
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Ross Stripling turned in another quality outing and the Dodger bats did their thing as the boys in blue took the rubber game and series from the Atlanta Braves with a 7-2 thumping at Dodger Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The Dodgers have now won 17 of their last 22 and
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The Dodgers did it again. They’ve blown yet another extra-inning game, a game that they could have easily won. Once again this incompetent team snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in another long drawn out ugly loss. Originally it looked like the Dodgers were going to lose 5-4. They
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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 floundering Dodger’s miserable season continued on Sunday afternoon with a pathetically predictable 4-2 loss to the Giants and Dodger killer Ty Blach. The Dodgers now fly into Arizona after losing three out of four in San Francisco and now fall to 12-15 on the season. When the Dodgers are
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