Zack Greinke: still the best. I say that even though he ran into some trouble in the eighth inning, allowing Justin Morneau to triple in the tying run, because Greinke …
Read More »Cleveland 5, Dodgers 4: How Frustrating
As far as “pitchers helping themselves” go, I’m not sure you’re going to do much better than Clayton Kershaw hitting a homer to break a 0-0 tie while pitching a …
Read More »Indians 10, Dodgers 3: 4 In A Row, Not Even Once
Josh Beckett took the mound for the Dodgers today and started a rather predictable road back to down to ‘quality starter’ from ‘invincible demi-god’. Entering the game with a stellar …
Read More »Dodgers 1, Indians 0: All alone in first place
Dan Haren outdueled Cleveland’s best starter in Corey Kluber in a 1-0 victory on Monday night. More importantly, the victory put the Dodgers in first place all by themselves for …
Read More »Dodgers 6, Cardinals 0: Andre Ethier Is Still Alive, Clayton Kershaw Is Still Ridiculous
In baseball, it’s foolish to call any game a done deal before it even gets started, but with the way Clayton Kershaw has been pitching lately, I couldn’t fault you …
Read More »Dodgers 9, Cardinals 1: Zack Greinke’s Dominance Softens Blow of Best/Worst Inning
More important things happened later in the game, but this is how today’s rout of the Cardinals began: GIF Link The three defensive miscues shown resulted in the Dodgers pushing …
Read More »Cardinals 3, Dodgers 1: Missed Opportunities
Did Scott Van Slyke have a good night tonight? Well, let’s examine. He walked in his first plate appearance, which is good. He flew out to right in the third, but …
Read More »Dodgers 1, Cardinals 0: Most exciting 1-0 game ever, probably
When two of the best pitchers in the National League face-off, that’s about the kind of game you’d expect. The Dodgers were able to squeak out a 1-0 win on Thursday …
Read More »Dodgers 5, Royals 4: Game-Winning Hit By Pitch
I wouldn’t normally put an image of A.J. Ellis getting plunked as the lead image here — sorry, A.J.! — but then, it’s not normal that the winning run scores …
Read More »Dodgers 2, Royals 0: Offense Bad, But Kershaw Better
Clayton Kershaw didn’t allow ruminations of Johnny Vander Meer to last very long tonight. The second batter of the game, Eric Hosmer, somehow singled to left on a fastball that was about …
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