Dario Alvarez strained his left groin on Tuesday night. You don’t know who that is, and why should you? His Major League career to date consists of 22 batters faced. …
Read More »Rockies @ Dodgers Sept. 16, 2015: The Perfect Lineup
This is it. This is the perfect lineup. This is everything all at once. This is beauty and sorrow. This is both the evidence that there is a higher power …
Read More »Rockies @ Dodgers Sept. 14, 2015: Imagine Facing Clayton Kershaw?
12 days ago, Clayton Kershaw helped the Dodgers finish off a sweep of the Giants in Los Angeles, putting the Dodgers up 6.5 games in the NL West. After a …
Read More »Dodgers @ D’Backs Sept. 11, 2015: Baseball-Like Substance
….aaand I’m back. Dodgers D’Backs 6:40 p.m. Phoenix, Az. LF Ruggiano CF Pollock 2B Peraza LF Inciarte 3B Turner 1B Goldschmidt 1B Gonzalez C Castillo RF Van Slyke 3B Gosselin …
Read More »Following a Team Closely, From Very Far Away
There’s been a lot of great Dodger baseball over the last week. Or so I’m told. The 5-4 win over San Francisco to kick off that series sweep lasted 14 …
Read More »Dodgers @ Padres Sept. 4, 2015: Mike Bolsinger’s Time To Shine
When you’re up by 6.5 games in September, and you’ve won 9 of 11, there’s not a ton of controversy you can generate. Tonight, Mike Bolsinger looks to do just …
Read More »Corey Seager Is Now!
Bet you thought that sweeping the Giants — which is a real thing that just happened! — and essentially putting the NL West to bed would be the biggest news …
Read More »Giants @ Dodgers Sept. 2, 2015: Kershaw For the Sweep
…and now, Clayton Kershaw. After winning the first two games of the biggest series of the year to date to put themselves in a very good spot, now the Dodgers …
Read More »Things Suddenly Look A Lot Better For The Dodgers
If you’re not afraid of the Giants, you should be. You don’t win three titles in five years by accident. However they do it — by digging up veterans like …
Read More »Giants @ Dodgers Sept. 1, 2015: Justin Ruggiano, In A Pennant Race
A few weeks or months back, I pointed out how I still couldn’t believe that Chin-hui Tsao was pitching for the Dodgers in 2015. He’d been with the Dodgers in …
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