I guess you could call me a “professional baseball writer,” in some sense. Or while I suppose that’s not true in a “100 percent, I do literally nothing else” manner, I …
Read More »Dodgers @ Phillies May 25, 2014: Matt Kemp, Left Fielder, Eventually
Say what you will about this Dodger team, but they’re never boring, right? For the third consecutive day, neither Matt Kemp nor Hanley Ramirez are in the lineup, though for …
Read More »Dodgers @ Phillies May 24, 2014: Matt Kemp, Benched Again
This morning, I wrote about whether Matt Kemp‘s defense in center field had deteriorated to the point that Andre Ethier was actually now the best option there. Peter Gammons liked …
Read More »Andre Ethier Might Actually Be The Best Dodger Center Fielder. Really.
Prior to Friday’s game, David Vassegh tweeted that the Dodgers had “good defense behind Kershaw today with Ethier in CF and Arruebarrena at SS,” and it made me laugh. Sure, …
Read More »Dodgers 2, Phillies 0: I Think Clayton Kershaw’s Going To Be Okay
It might surprise you to learn that in certain corners of the Internet prior to today’s game, there was some concern over Clayton Kershaw‘s curveball. This is a thing he …
Read More »Dodgers @ Phillies May 23, 2014: Arruebarrenamania
I’m tempted to find a non-first base infield in major league history with less power than the one we’ll see tonight of Dee Gordon, Erisbel Arruebarrena and Chone Figgins. I’m …
Read More »Mailbag #4: Trade Kemp, Watch SNLA, Bring Back Beltre, Platoon Pederson?
Mailbag! We’ve been terrible at this. We’ll do better. I promise. Do send in more questions using the form on the right sidebar. Dave: “MLBTradeRumors just floated the idea that …
Read More »Dodgers @ Mets May 22, 2014: Zack Greinke, If Weather Permits
I was in the press box at Citi Field for the last two nights. Tonight, I’m going again, but this time to sit in the stands and… oh, Chone Figgins …
Read More »Dodgers 4, Mets 3: Home Run Derby
Clayton Kershaw cares not for your selfie, guys As I quickly learned sitting in the press box tonight, there aren’t Mets fans or Dodger fans. There’s just Hyun-jin Ryu fans, …
Read More »Dodgers 9, Mets 4: RIP Dodger Infield
For five innings, Josh Beckett was making it work. Oh, sure, Curtis Granderson scored in the second after a leadoff double and a few “productive outs,” and the fifth inning …
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