Today's afternoon matinee could not have gone much better for the Dodgers. It featured the boys in blue scoring double-digit runs for the second time in one series, excellent pitching, great fielding, and the crowning jewel(s), two massive bombs sent out of the stadium by Yasiel Puig. Yours truly was lucky
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After the Dodgers hammered the Padres on opening day, and handed a win to them last night by benching two of their best offensive weapons, the rubber match was next up on the schedule. Rich Hill took the mound for his 2017 debut. Although he's pitcher number three in the starting
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We’re all left with a sour taste in our mouths after Tuesday night’s 4-0 shutout loss to Clayton Richard and the Padres. It’s unbecoming for the exact same problems from 2016 to resurface in the second game of the season. The Dodgers were unable to get quality innings from their starting
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The apologists should be out in full force on this one. Oh the excuses they will make. They’ll say that it’s early and to be patient. They’ll ask you to tip your cap to Clayton Richard (Clayton Richard!!!) because he pitched a great game. They’ll tell you that the Dodgers
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You know if the Dodgers were somehow able to win the World Series on opening day, they would have seven additional championships by now. Monday afternoon’s win now gives them seven consecutive wins on opening day, and third consecutive opening day win over the Padres. It always helps when you
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Well, we’ve made it. Opening day has arrived. I know I am excited, how about you? The Dodgers are opening the 2017 regular season at home against the San Diego Padres. They’ll play four games before they go on the first road trip of the season to Colorado and Chicago.
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Ahhh the old exhibition nod. Spring wouldn't be complete without one more tie. The Dodgers are finally home, and finished their exhibition portion of their schedule. The boys in blue wrapped up their freeway series against the Angels as they played to a 4-4 tie at Dodger Stadium on Saturday evening.
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Breaking in Surprise, Arizona: Bring on the Cubs! Bring on Team Puerto Rico! Heck, bring on the martians. You name the opponent. Clayton Kershaw is officially ready for anybody or anything facing him in the batter's box. Clayton Kershaw went up against the Texas Rangers today and completely dominated them for six
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Do you remember when Yasiel Puig was THE FACE of the Dodgers? Think way back to when the team used to be available for all of Los Angeles to watch on TV. That's how long ago that was. Today only 60% of L.A. can watch the Dodgers on the tube, and
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The Dodgers slapped the Texas Rangers around Arizona tonight behind the arm of Brandon McCarthy and the bat of Yasiel Puig. Use whatever adjective you like - it won't be big enough to contain all the ways the boys in blue dominated the unlucky Rangers. Here's how it all played out: The
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Our good friends over at numberFire.com have released their projections for the 2017 season. They have projections out for all 30 clubs, including league wide projections as well. Projections are always fun to look at before the season begins. Projections are a good way to gauge how a player or
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Julio Urias , Cody Bellinger and Yasiel Puig all played big roles in today's Dodgers win over the Seattle Mariners. Urias set the tone early with two scoreless innings, two strike outs, no hits and one walk. Sergio Romo took over in the third. He brought with him high Dodger blue socks with
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It’s far too early in the spring to make any type of determination about the 2017 Dodgers yet. So far through 9 exhibition games the Dodgers have a 5-4 record. There are some things we do know, such as Clayton Kershaw will be the opening day starter, and Corey Seager
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The Dodgers opened their 2017 Cactus league exhibition schedule this afternoon with a 5-3 win over the White Sox at Glendale Arizona. Clayton Kershaw pitched a scoreless inning and the Dodgers rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat the pale hose in a meaningless game. I bet you never figured
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Every sportswriter and blogger who has dared to step outside the white lines of the playing field to offer his or her opinion on something not directly related to sports has heard it - "Why are you commenting on (insert subject) - I read this, or watch, or listen to this, for
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The Dodgers have never had a player as mercurial or debatable as Yasiel Puig. The man can make general managers from other teams drool over his highlights, as they imagine what he could do to elevate their team's lineups and television ratings. Then Puig will promptly follow that up with
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