When we learned yesterday that A.J. Ellis had injured his left knee, requiring surgery today, the question was inevitably: How? Ellis played a full game on Saturday, and taking a …
Read More »Dodgers 6, Giants 2: MATT KEMP OMG MATTY MATT KEMP YES
If not for the fact that this post is already going to have GIFs, this post would start with nothing but GIFs. (Like this! Or this!) But still, if you’re …
Read More »Giants @ Dodgers April 6, 2014: Don’t Get Swept, Please
Yasiel Puig is out of the lineup for the second time in three days. I assume he’s serving five-to-eight years in a federal penitentiary and that we’ll see him sometime …
Read More »Dodger Rotation Suddenly An Open Question
Last year, you may remember, the Dodgers used nine different starting pitchers in their first 23 games. Clayton Kershaw, Hyun-jin Ryu, Zack Greinke, and Josh Beckett were the original foursome, …
Read More »Giants @ Dodgers April 5, 2014: Heart You, Don Mattingly
If you go back through the old MSTI archives, I’m pretty sure that I was begging the Dodgers to bench Andre Ethier against lefties since at least 2009 — maybe …
Read More »Giants 8, Dodgers 4: At Least Matt Kemp Didn’t Break
There’s no way around this, really. After a stellar first two starts, Hyun-jin Ryu was atrocious today, giving up six runs in the first and two more in the second …
Read More »Giants @ Dodgers April 4, 2014: Dodger Stadium Is Back And So Is Matt Kemp
Depending on how you look at it, things are either great, or they’re terrible. It’s certainly bad that Clayton Kershaw may be out until May, or even June. It’s bad …
Read More »Dodgers 3, Padres 2: Puig Smash
Other things happened in tonight’s 3-2 win over San Diego, and we’ll get to them, but also this happened, and thanks to Chad for GIFing it out: GIF Link Good …
Read More »Dodgers @ Padres April 1, 2014: You Probably Can’t See This Game
So! A lot is happening today. First, if you’d like to listen to me talk about the Dodgers for about half an hour with the esteemed Will Leitch, do check …
Read More »Hyun-Jin Ryu’s Fun New Toy
Yesterday, we noted how awesome Hyun-jin Ryu was in his start against the Padres, even though the offense and Brian Wilson conspired to blow it for him. And he was! …
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