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Dodgers 8, Braves 4: Four In A Row
The Dodgers haven’t won four games in a row all season, and their past seven attempts have all been thwarted. Thus, the only logical conclusion was that they were cursed forever. By some miracle though, the Dodgers managed to beat the Braves today, 8-4, making it four in a row and meaning hell has frozen…
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Vin Scully To Return In 2015, Life Still Worth Living
That’s right, it’s a post in the middle of a game. Does it matter? Of course not, because nothing could possibly be more important than this: Vin Scully announced tonight that he’d be returning for the 2015 season, his 66th (!!) in the booth. From the press release: “It is very difficult to say goodbye,”…
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Braves @ Dodgers July 29, 2014: Send A Search Party For Andre Ethier
Braves Dodgers 7:10pm PT Los Angeles, CA CF B.Upton 2B Gordon 2B La Stella CF Puig 1B Freeman SS Gonzalez LF J.Upton 1B Ramirez C Gattis LF Crawford 3B Johnson RF Kemp RF Doumit 3B Uribe SS Simmons C Butera P Harang (R) P Beckett(R) For the first time in 16 days, the Dodgers are back…
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48 Hours Until The Trade Deadline
We’re just under 48 hours until the trade deadline, and the Dodgers are going to get Jon Lester, David Price, Cole Hamels, John Lackey, Jonathan Papelbon, Cliff Lee, Andrew Miller, Koji Uehara, Joaquin Benoit, Ben Zobrist, and Bartolo Colon in exchange for Matt Kemp, Corey Seager, Julio Urias, Joc Pederson, Carl Crawford‘s health insurance bills,…
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Matt Kemp’s Offense Is Not The Problem
There is no player more polarizing on the Dodgers than Matt Kemp. Recently, as Kemp trade rumors have (predictably) started to get louder, there have been a large variety of reactions. There’s one thing that comes up frequently in our comment section, on twitter, and around the internet which I want to address, though. You…
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Dodgers Acquire Darwin Barney, Because Defense
I heard a rumor that the Dodgers might go after Darwin Barney over the weekend, but gave it literally almost no thought whatsoever, because I was on vacation, and screw it, it’s just Darwin Barney. Then David Vassegh mentioned earlier today that the interest might be real, and now, apparently, it is: Barney is reportedly…
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Matt Kemp Is More Valuable In The Dodger Lineup Than Elsewhere
The Dodgers don’t play today. The trade deadline is on Thursday. You’re damned right we’re going to talk about Matt Kemp. More than once, actually, because Brim will be around later today with a math-based look at whether Kemp is still a productive offensive player. (Spoiler alert: he is.) Me, well, I just want to…
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Dodgers 4, Giants 3: Sweep Mode, Activate
On Friday, before the Giants series got started, I wrote up a little preview, and ended on this: That’s not to underestimate the Giants; far from it. They have won two championships since 2010, obviously, and they remain a tough team. I’m just not all that worried about games that happened with different players back…
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Dodgers @ Giants July 27, 2014: Stop Worrying About Jake Peavy
Tonight, the Dodgers will go for a sweep against the Giants behind Hyun-jin Ryu. Facing them is the newest Giant, Jake Peavy. Peavy was acquired for two pitching prospects yesterday morning. After the trade, we’ve heard a lot about his prior success against the Dodgers. He has pitched 167-1/3 innings against them, while posting a 2.21 ERA….
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Erisbel Arruebarrena flashes plus helmet throwing & fight fleeing tools in AAA brawl
Last night, a brawl between the Albuquerque Isotopes (Dodgers AAA) and Reno Aces (Diamondbacks AAA) led to nine players and a manager (Phil Nevin of the Aces) being ejected. In the middle of the mess was Dodgers prospect/signing Erisbel Arruebarrena, and what a gigantic mess it was. But let’s go back to the start of…