The inaugural “Players Weekend” (Aug. 25-27) allows players to wear a nickname, phrase or whatever their heart desires (within reason, obviously) during the last weekend in August. Several Dodgers are …
Read More »Important: Yu Darvish cartoon from ESPN Deportes Sunday night is certainly a thing
Lost in the shuffle of the Dodgers winning 8-0 on Sunday night against the Mets was an … odd … feature on ESPN Deportes about the Yu Darvish trade. This …
Read More »Podcast: ‘Dugout Blues’ episode 208 – Historic 43-7, Seager, Darvish, Morrow
On this episode of Dugout Blues, Jared and I recap the week, and an historic week it was. The Dodgers won their 43rd game in their last 50 to eclipse …
Read More »Yasiel Puig is exactly the kind of player the Dodgers need him to be
When a player like Yasiel Puig bursts onto the scene the way he did in 2013, expectations of not just fans but those in the game tend to be unrealistic. …
Read More »A collection of Yu Darvish GIFs ahead of his Dodgers debut
Yu Darvish makes his Dodger debut this afternoon in New York against the Mets, because of course he does. He could have started in Atlanta, but where’s the fun in …
Read More »Pedro Baez is still the same pitcher, and we need to accept it
I feel like we’ve written a lot about Pedro Baez on this site. It has come in different forms and in different situations (i.e., not just me crapping on him), …
Read More »Dodgers’ front office does its job, now it’s on the players to do theirs
The easy thing to do after the last two postseasons has been to blame the front office. Hell, that seems to be the modus operandi whenever a team doesn’t win …
Read More »Podcast: ‘Dugout Blues’ episode 207 – Darvish, trade deadline, still winning
On this episode of Dugout Blues, Jared and I cannot stop smiling at the fact Yu Darvish is officially a Dodger. It’s still surreal. Yes, it was a successful trade …
Read More »Dodgers acquire Yu Darvish from Rangers for Willie Calhoun, A.J. Alexy, Brendon Davis
In literally the last minute, the Dodgers acquired Rangers’ ace Yu Darvish on Monday afternoon. The agreement was first reported by Ken Rosenthal about 13 minutes after the official 1 …
Read More »Putting Dodgers’ expectations into focus leading up to trade deadline
Tomorrow is the non-waiver trade deadline. After 1 p.m., teams won’t be able to make trades without first putting players through waivers. This is a pretty significant day for the …
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