Pretty much every time someone brings up the stats to date of a player, whether good or bad, I usually reply with this: Charlie Blackmon is hitting .410/.453/.692. That’s the same …
Read More »Phillies @ Dodgers April 24, 2014: No Kemp Tonight
The Phillies? Again? I’m sick of the Phillies. You’re sick of the Phillies. Enough of the Phillies already. Bring on the Rockies already. It’s possible that in the midst of …
Read More »Is Kenley Jansen Being Used Too Much?
A topic of discussion that arose on Twitter last night after Kenley Jansen came in to finish off a 5-2 win was this: how much is too much? The game …
Read More »Dodgers 5, Phillies 2: Zack Greinke Is Unspeakably Great
I’m almost completely and totally uncertain of what to say about Zack Greinke any longer. It almost feels like we take him for granted, which is completely unfair of us, …
Read More »Where Did The Dodger Offense Go?
Much is being made of the lousy Dodger defense, thanks to last night’s Hanley Ramirez / Carl Crawford poptastrophe that helped lead to an extra-innings loss to the Phillies. That …
Read More »Phillies @ Dodgers, April 22, 2014: At Least It’s Not Cliff Lee
Say what you will about A.J. Burnett, who starts tonight for Philadelphia — and he’s had a long, outstanding career — but at least he’s not Cliff Lee, who made the …
Read More »Phillies 7, Dodgers 0: Future Dodger Cliff Lee Is The Best
I present to you a GIF: If, because of the quality, you can’t tell what Paul Maholm is saying, he was pretty clearly saying “just throw the effin’ ball over …
Read More »Dodgers 8, D’Backs 6: Getting Late Early For Arizona
Depending on how you look at it, Dan Haren was great — he pitched into the eighth inning! He’s the first Dodger pitcher to do that this year, and struck …
Read More »Catching Nothing But Grief
It’s been a tough few games for Dodger catchers, but then again, it’s been a tough season for Dodger catchers. Tim Federowicz not only went 0-5 in the loss to …
Read More »Dodgers 2, Giants 1: Exhale
In between Yasiel Puig doing all the things that make him great — and don’t forget the out-of-nowhere catch that may have saved a run in the eighth inning — there was …
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