THIS GAME IS A MUST-WIN. D’Backs Dodgers 7:10 p.m. Los Angeles SS Ahmed LF Ruggiano 2B Owings 2B Kendrick CF Pollock 1B Gonzalez 1B Goldschmidt RF Van Slyke C Saltalamacchia …
Read More »D’Backs @ Dodgers Sept. 21, 2015: Chase Utley, Third Baseman
D’Backs Dodgers 7:10 p.m. Los Angeles RF Inciarte LF Crawford 2B Hill 3B Utley CF Pollock 1B Gonzalez 1B Goldschmidt 2B Kendrick C Castillo RF Ethier LF Tomas SS Seager …
Read More »Pirates 4, Dodgers 3: Game Of (Many) Feet
Last night’s game came down to inches. Today’s game was decided by hundreds of feet. In the mid-September heat the ball was carrying out of Dodger Stadium, where the Dodgers eventually …
Read More »Pirates @ Dodgers Sept. 20, 2015: So Many Injury Updates
At this point of the season, as the Dodgers play mostly meaningless baseball, the most important question is “who will be healthy and ready for the playoffs?” There are plenty …
Read More »Pirates @ Dodgers Sept. 19, 2015: Never Too Much Kershaw
The magic number, with San Francisco losing to Arizona today, is seven. Seven! The Dodgers have 16 games left. It’s been over for a while, but man, it’s really over. Pirates …
Read More »Pirates @ Dodgers Sept. 18, 2015: Welcome Back, Howie Kendrick
People love to complain about Chris Heisey. They just love it. To be fair, he’s not exactly done much as a Dodger — .167/.327/.214 in 55 plate appearances — but …
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. 15, 2015: Los Angeles Dodgers, lefty mashers
Brett Anderson takes the hill on Tuesday night to face his former team for the third time this season. He is, somewhat surprisingly, getting to face four left-handed position players. Rockies …
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. 13, 2015: Going for the series win
The Dodgers are going for the series win the rubber game of this 3-game series in Arizona. They’ll employ a less spring training lineup than at other times this week, …
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