The Yasiel Puig rumors are back on the grapevine again. This time the Dodgers are considering trading the Cuban outfielder before the August 1 non-waiver trade deadline. I think I’m more open to the Dodgers trading him this year more than in seasons past. Let’s discuss why. Puig has played in
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It's the All-Star break. While others argue over whether this is truly the halfway point of the season, let's take a quick look at the Top 5 Moments from the Dodgers' wild, wacky, and sometimes winning, first half of the season. 1 The Opening Weekend pounding of the San Diego Padres. Just
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The day before the all-star game is normally filled with hoopla and festivities. One of the annual festivities is the home run derby. There has been a Dodger in the home run derby for three consecutive seasons, but to this point no Dodger has ever won one. Although Joc Pederson
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The Dodgers (50-40) recorded their 50th win of the season with a 4-3 win on Saturday afternoon over the Padres. The winning run scored on a botched double play take-out slide from Justin Turner. The play was reviewed but ultimately the call stood. Brandon McCarthy pitched well only allowing 3
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I don't mean to sound like a broken record here, but the Dodgers seriously need some innings from somebody to take the burden off of a tired but excellent bullpen. It's unfair to put these kind of innings on the bullpen and it could result in some injuries. The last
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Friday night marked a significant achievement in Yasmani Grandal’s career. The Dodger’s switch-hitting catcher collected five hits and slugged three home runs to lead the Dodgers to a 10-6 win over the Padres. The win snapped the Dodger’s three game losing streak. Not surprisingly Scott Kazmir was unable to give the
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The Dodgers are going to be exhausted, and understandable so. The boys in blue suffered a tough loss on Wednesday afternoon in their insane 14-inning marathon loss to the Orioles. It was a crazy game that saw Scott Kazmir pinch-hit, Chase Utley collected 6 hits, and Chris Hatcher ended the game
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Let's hope Bud Norris is feeling nostalgic because he's facing off against his former teammates this afternoon. How will he fare against his old club? A hanging curveball to Manny Machado, and Baltimore ace Chris Tillman halted the Dodgers home winning streak at ten in Tuesday night's 4-1 loss. Kenta Maeda
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The Dodgers kept their winning streak alive on Independence Day with two come from behind rallies against the Orioles. The final rally saw them come from behind to overcome a 5-2 deficit and defeat the Baltimore club by a 7-5 score. It was Corey Seager’s triple that keyed the go-ahead run and
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There is nothing more patriotic than a Dodgers win on Independence Day. The Dodgers made all Americans proud on Monday night with a 7-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles to celebrate the fourth of July in grand fashion. The win gives the Dodgers ten consecutive victories at home. The Dodgers
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The moment we’ve scoffed about for weeks has now finally arrived. The pitching reinforcements are here. McCarthy is coming!!! McCarthy is coming!!!! Paul Revere shouted as he rode his horse through the Dodger stadium club level parking lot. I may have to actually stop making fun of McCarthy’s 48 million dollar
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The Dodgers have now won eight consecutive home contests after defeating the Rockies by a 6-1 score on Saturday night. The Dodgers are now a season high 9 games above .500 and 5 games behind the Giants in the NL West. This comes as a huge surprise considering the club is now
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The Dodgers officially placed Clayton Kershaw and Joc Pederson on the 15-day disabled list on Friday afternoon. The opening game of the home stand was the first day of A.K. also known as life after Kershaw. It’s tough and makes me want to break furniture but the Dodgers were able
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Maybe we can close our eyes and pretend Bud Norris is Kershaw? We would really have to use our imaginations for that. Oh Boy. The Dodgers finally return home tonight to start a ten game home stand which will close out the first half and take them up to the all-star
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The Dodgers punted away another game on Wednesday with a 7-0 loss to the Brewers in the second game of the series at Miller Park. Brock Stewart wasn’t as bad as you would think, but still got pummeled for five runs on eight hits over 5 frames. However he did whiff 7
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The Dodgers presented us tonight with another debut of yet another young phenom. This time it was The Blue Meteor™, Brock Stewart, breaking through the baseball stratosphere and onto a major league mound less than 100 days from his first start in Class-A Rancho Cucamonga. Julio Urias had a near-disastrous debut
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