Walkoff win!
It’s not every day you see a manager pull a double switch which involves pulling the guy who hit a two-run home run earlier in the game and putting a relief pitcher in his spot. That’s what Don...
View ArticleOpening Day 2015
Padres at Dodgers, 1:10pm PT, Dodger Stadium Here it is at last, the first day of the new season, with the changes the new management made over the winter soon to be on display. Will Jimmy Rollins play...
View ArticleGame 35, 2015
Rockies at Dodgers, 7:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA Clayton Kershaw goes for victory number 100 for the fifth time. His last time out he was roughed up (or nibbled to death) by the Rockies for five runs in 5 1/3...
View ArticleGame 54, 2015
Cardinals at Dodgers, 7:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA It’s a pitching rematch of last Saturday’s game featuring the Cards’ Michael Wacha versus the Dodgers’ Carlos Frias. Frias won the first game 5-1, going seven...
View ArticleWinter meetings
Update: The Chapman trade is on hold until MLB finishes a domestic violence investigation of an incident involving Chapman and his girlfriend in October. It’s not pretty, although the police filed no...
View ArticleGame 68, 2016
Brewers at Dodgers, 7:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA, FSWI The Brewers open up a four-game series with the Dodgers tonight, sending righthander Junior Guerra (3-1, 3.31 ERA) out to face the Dodgers’ Scott Kazmir...
View ArticleNow the offseason has officially begun
And it starts with the announcement that nine Dodgers are officially free agents. Justin Turner and Kenley Jansen top the list, followed by by starting pitchers Rich Hill and Brett Anderson, relievers...
View ArticlePlayer movements so far this offseason
No word on the Jansen/Turner resigning efforts yet. If you think you may have missed something the Dodgers have done already this offseason, here’s a handy list.
View ArticleFreeway Series begins
The Dodgers and Angels put on their annual Freeway Series three-game show to end spring training for both teams starting Friday night. Opening Day is Monday, April 3 against the Padres at Dodger...
View ArticleGame 82, 2017
Dodgers at Padres, 7:10 PM PT, TV: SPNLA, FSSD, MLBN (out-of-market only) Lefty Alex Wood (8-0, 1.86 ERA) pitches for the Dodgers and YALHP Clayton Richard (5-7, 4.42 ERA) takes the hill for the...
View ArticleCould collusion happen again?
Kenley Jansen is wondering that. He suggested that there may even need to be a strike to unlock the free-agent market, which so far this off-season has seen “eight of the top 10 free agents from MLB...
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Spring Training begins this week
To get into the mood, Houston Mitchell of the Times is listing the results of a readers’ poll which asked “Who are the 10 Greatest Dodgers of All Time?” I received 8,382 ballots from newsletter readers...
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Game 17, 2018
Dodgers at Padres, 7:10 PM PDT, TV: SPNLA, FSSD The Dodgers try to sweep their first series of the year behind RHP Kenta Maeda (1-1, 2.08 ERA). He’ll be opposed by RHP Luis Perdomo (1-1, 4.91 ERA),...
View ArticleGame 117, 2018
Dodgers at Rockies, 5:40 PM PDT, TV: SPNLA, ATTSportsNet-RM The Dodgers send RHP Kenta Maeda (7-7, 3.73 ERA) to the mile-high mound at Coors Field tonight to face the Rockies’ Jon Gray (9-7, 4.73 ERA)....
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Game 141, 2018
Dodgers at Rockies, 5:40 PM PDT, TV: SPNLA, ATT SportsNet RM LHP Clayton Kershaw (6-5,2.40 ERA) pitches for the second-place Dodgers tonight and Jon Gray (11-7, 4.70 ERA) goes for the first-place...
View ArticleGame 144, 2018
Dodgers at Reds, 3:40 PM PDT, TV: SPNLA, FS-O Lefty Alex Wood (8-6, 3.37 ERA) pitches for the Dodgers at Great American Ball Park today. He and Rich Hill’s starts were flipped because Dave Roberts felt...
View ArticleGather ’round the stove, y’all
We go into the offseason earlier than we hoped and without the ultimate prize, so who’s coming back to ensure we get back to the Series for the third consecutive year? …the Dodgers retain their...
View ArticleGame 40, 2019
Nationals at Dodgers, 7:10 PM PDT, TV: MASN, SPNLA LHP Patrick Corbin (2-1, 3.71 ERA) makes his first start against the Dodgers as a member of the Nats. As a Diamondback last season he was 1-0 with a...
View ArticleGame 46, 2019
Dodgers at Reds, 4:10 PM PDT, TV: FS-O, SPNLA LHP Rich Hill (0-1, 4.20 ERA) was pushed back from the Padres’ series in order to face the lefty-dominant Reds for this reason: lefties are hitting .445...
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Game 64, 2019
Dodgers at Giants, 7:15 PM PDT, TV: NBC Bay Area, SPNLA LHP Clayton Kershaw (5-0, 3.20 ERA) goes to the mound for the Dodgers against the Giants’ LHP Drew Pomeranz (1-6, 8.08 ERA). Kershaw has gone at...
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