Baseball players are (understandably) going nuts with the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge recently, but when I saw that Dee Gordon did it, I wasn’t expecting to also get the best …
Read More »Brewers 6, Dodgers 3: The Wrong Stuff
Zack Greinke came into today’s game against the Brewers having struggled in his last two starts, giving up nine runs (seven earned) in the 13 innings of work, and Greinke …
Read More »Visualizing Matt Kemp’s revamped stance
About a week ago, it was revealed that Matt Kemp had made changes in the batter’s box and that those changes are at least partially responsible for his increased production. …
Read More »The War on the Bubble Machine
Early yesterday morning, Ryan Walton of Valley Bay News tweeted out that the bubble machine the Dodgers use to celebrate homers (well, everything) had been shutdown by the MLB. Word …
Read More »Dodgers 2, Angels 1: A Haren Miracle
What just happened? The Dodgers beat the Angels at their place, which is rare enough, but Dan Haren pitched … a gem. Haren actually carried a perfect game through 5.1 …
Read More »Angels 5, Dodgers 0: Well at least Carlos Frias looked good
Carlos Frias made an impressive debut in relief of Zack Greinke, striking out two while working a pair of scoreless innings, allowing only a Albert Pujols single. Frias sat 94-96 …
Read More »Do the Dodgers have an internal replacement for Dan Haren?
Dan Haren struggled yet again yesterday, surrendering seven runs (six earned) on eight hits and two walks in 4.1 innings. By the time the day was over, his ERA stood …
Read More »Dodgers 2, Braves 1: Oops
Certain individuals may or may not have forgot to inform a certain writer that nobody was available to recap. The Dodgers beat the Braves, 2-1, making it six in a …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
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