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….
Dodgers Giants 6:05 p.m. PT San Francisco, Ca. 2B Gordon RF Pence CF Puig CF Blanco 1B Gonzalez C Posey SS Ramirez 3B Sandoval LF Crawford LF Morse RF Kemp 1B Duvall 3B Uribe 2B Uggla C Ellis SS Crawford P Kershaw (L) P Vogelsong (R) After last night’s win, the Dodgers are facing Ryan Vogelsong tonight….
Dodgers Giants 07:15 p.m. PT San Francisco, Ca. 2B Gordon RF Pence CF Puig CF Blanco 1B Gonzalez 1B Posey SS Ramirez 3B Sandoval LF Crawford LF Morse RF Kemp SS Crawford 3B Uribe 2B Uggla C Ellis C Sanchez P Greinke (R) P Lincecum (R) Mike already did a better job than I could setting up…
Let’s update the “Hanley Ramirez run of games missed,” shall we? I should probably just link you to the last time I did this rather than using up a lot of space on what’s become an increasingly long list. And yet! I’m doing it anyway. Dodgers Pirates 4:05 p.m. PT Pittsburgh, Pa. 2B Gordon RF…
You don’t ever want to put too much importance on a single game, especially one in the middle of the season against a team that isn’t even in your division. Dodgers Pirates 4:05 p.m. PT Pittsburgh, Pa. 2B Gordon RF Polanco SS Turner LF Snyder 1B Gonzalez CF McCutchen RF Kemp 2B Walker CF Ethier…
Sometimes, game threads can get a bit tedious. “Here’s the lineup. This guy has done well against that pitcher. That guy gets a day off.” And so on. Dodgers Pirates 4:05 p.m. PT Pittsburgh, Pa. 2B Gordon 3B Harrison SS Turner LF Marte 1B Gonzalez CF McCutchen RF Kemp 1B Sanchez CF Ethier 2B Walker…
As the Dodgers struggle and as their untenable center field situation marches on, Joc Pederson‘s name gets mentioned a lot, and rightfully so. It’s not a guarantee that he will immediately help the Dodgers, but it’s starting to look like a pretty good bet. But is there actually room for him on the roster? Dodgers Cardinals…
There’s a fine magic that goes into trying to sort out an outfield situation that has Yasiel Puig, Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, Carl Crawford, and Scott Van Slyke. It takes a deft touch, an innate ability to read the locker room, divine the attitude and atmosphere, and ever so carefully craft a lineup that will…
It has been a while, hasn’t it? After all of the pageantry and fun of the all-star game and a well-deserved vacation for most of the players, the Dodgers kick off the second “half” of the season against the Cardinals in St. Louis. Dodgers Cardinals 5:15 p.m. PT St. Louis, Mo. 2B Gordon 3B Carpenter RF…
When you think about great moments in All-Star games, there’s one that quickly comes to mind for me. In Seattle, in 2001, Baltimore shortstop Cal Ripken was playing in his final All-Star game. In his first plate appearance, he took the first pitch from Dodger pitcher Chan Ho Park and crushed it out of the…