Day baseball! Such a glorious thing. It’s the final weekday home day game of the regular season, though the Dodgers do play during the day twice during the week of …
Read More »Nationals @ Dodgers Sept. 2, 2014: Joc! Joc Pederson!
Housekeeping: Erisbel Arruebarrena, Miguel Rojas and Carlos Frias have been added to the active roster, which now stands at 33. Frias will start tomorrow’s matinee. Nationals Dodgers 7:10 p.m. Los …
Read More »Nationals 6, Dodgers 4: Too Many Homers
You knew, you just knew, that one of these days Roberto Hernandez was going to implode. He’d been reasonably effective in his first four starts as a Dodger, yet he’s …
Read More »Nationals @ Dodgers Sept. 1, 2014: Crazy Big Rosters Are Go
When the Dodgers add Erisbel Arruebarrena, Miguel Rojas and Carlos Frias to the roster tomorrow, as Pedro Moura confirms they will, the Dodgers will have 33 players on the active …
Read More »Dodgers Add Five Players, Headlined By Pederson And Guerrero
The Dodgers announced their initial round of September expanded roster call-ups today, and the five names aren’t really much of a surprise. Every player listed here can be eligible for the postseason …
Read More »The Chad Billingsley Effect Still Lingers Over The Dodgers
No team should have to have Roberto Hernandez, Kevin Correia, and decline-phase Dan Haren in the rotation at the same time. That the Dodgers have done it for a few …
Read More »Alex Guerrero Is Heating Up At The Right Time
Two weeks ago, I wrote a post titled “Alex Guerrero Is Right Where He Should Be,” intended to refute those who insisted that Guerrero should have been added to the …
Read More »Dodgers @ D’Backs August 27, 2014: Scott Van Slyke’s Best-Case Scenario
You know me, and you know I put very, very little importance on pitcher-vs-batter stats. One pitcher doesn’t face one batter enough to generate any kind of real sample size, …
Read More »The Dodgers Aren’t Going To Make Any Moves, Are They?
No news or inside info or analysis here, just a thought: The Dodgers aren’t going to do anything before the Aug. 31 playoff eligibility deadline, are they? It’s not because of …
Read More »Dodgers @ D’Backs August 26, 2014: Two Games On, Two Days Off
A day off yesterday. Two games in Arizona, then a day off on Thursday before starting a series in San Diego, just a short flight away, and no games scheduled on …
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