LA Dodger Report: State of the Dodgers
News, update and commentary on the State of the Dodgers, May 8, 2019 https://youtu.be/qqLWq4GbBgc
Read MoreNews, update and commentary on the State of the Dodgers, May 8, 2019 https://youtu.be/qqLWq4GbBgc
Read MoreJust as the Padres and their fans were getting excited on Friday night the Dodgers rallied in the late innings to erase a 3-0 deficit to crush San Diego's spirits and comeback for a 4-3 win. Such a shame....NOT! The Dodgers had a bad time in San Francisco dropping two
Read MoreThe Dodger’s run of quality starts continued on Thursday night during their 3-1 victory over the Brewers in Milwaukee. This time youngster Julio Urias turned in a dominant performance as the southpaw phenom tossed six shutout frames and struck out nine as the Dodgers won their fifth consecutive game. Urias
Read MoreTuesday night marked the third consecutive night that the Dodgers have gotten a quality start from their starter, which included said starter pitching into the seventh inning or later. As I have decried on this blog for literally years that when your starters go deep into games good things happen.
Read MoreWe were all lulled into a false sense when the Dodgers scored about 100 runs against the Rockies, Giants and Dbacks on the last home stand. That’s because the Rockies, Giants and Dbacks all suck. They really suck, and once the Dodger bats faced a real competitive pitching staff like
Read MoreThe Dodgers went into Tuesday evening’s game against the Cardinals trying to regroup from their first road loss of the 2019 season. More than anything they needed length from starting pitcher Ross Stripling after Hyun-jin Ryu’s groin injury taxed the pitching staff. The Dodgers didn’t get much from Strip. The
Read MoreIf you don’t have Spectrum and the ability to watch the Dodgers regularly then I feel for you. Because these nationally televised games on ESPN, the ten or so games televised on KTLA and the occasional FOX Saturday broadcasts are the only Dodger games available to the general public. The
Read MoreThe Dodger bats continued their onslaught on Friday afternoon during their 10-6 win over the Rockies spoiling Colorado’s home opener at Coors Field. The Dodger bats bludgeoned opposing starter Tyler Anderson as the southpaw allowed six earned runs on nine hits over four innings taking the loss. The Dodgers scored
Read MoreThe Dodgers just love to do things the hard way. But what they don’t understand is that there is an easier way of doing things. The Dodgers could have built a better bullpen in the offseason that didn’t have several reclamation projects and journeymen clogging up the works. The Dodgers
Read MoreNow that all the ceremonial glee from the opening day slugfest is over, the season can really begin. The Dodgers and Dbacks continue their four game series on Friday evening at Dodger Stadium. Robbie Ray will take the mound for Arizona while the Dodgers will give the ball to right
Read MoreAs Joe Davis put it, the Dodger’s 2019 is off to a roaring start. The Dodgers set a major league record by blasting 8 home runs in their 12-5 opening day bludgeoning of the Arizona Dbacks at Dodger Stadium on Thursday afternoon. The game couldn’t have gone any better as
Read MoreThe Dodger's exhibition schedule is rolling right along. The calendar has turned to March and we should start seeing the opening day roster taking shape soon. Most of the roster is set with only a couple of exceptions. We know that A.J. Pollock is the new center fielder. Cody Bellinger
Read MoreOne of the Dodgers biggest needs coming into the winter is of course second base. The Dodgers started the 2018 season with Logan Forsythe tabbed to be their everyday man at the keystone. Unfortunately Logan was terrible and the Dodgers eventually traded him to the Twins for Brian Dozier who
Read MoreMax Muncy wasn't always a Dodger. He once wore Oakland gold and green, until they dumped him during Spring Training in 2017. The wolf pup was unemployed, but fate stepped in. The Dodgers saw something in Muncy, and they signed him to play for their AAA club in Oklahoma City, where
Read MoreThe Dodgers entered Game 3 of the World Series in a near must-win situation, attempting to avoid falling behind 3-0 in the best of seven. It was Walker Buehler, who was asked to save LA’s season in Game 7 of the NLCS, and counted on again Friday night to keep
Read MoreThere was no rest for the Dodgers and Brewers in game 5 of the NLCS on Wednesday afternoon at Dodger Stadium. After playing 13 innings and over 5 hours the two clubs were at it again with an early 2:05 PM PST mid day start time. Much like game 5
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