Yasiel Puig is hitting seventh. Sound the alarms! D’Backs Dodgers 1:10 p.m. Los Angeles, Ca. CF Inciarte 2B Gordon 2B Owings SS Ramirez 1B Trumbo 1B Gonzalez C Montero RF …
Read More »D’Backs @ Dodgers Sept. 5, 2014: Ill Puig Gives Pederson A Chance
Yasiel Puig has been terrible lately. Just so, so bad, really, with a line of .211/.301/.239 since Aug. 1. I wish I knew why. I don’t. D’Backs Dodgers 6:10 p.m. Los …
Read More »D’Backs @ Dodgers Sept. 5, 2014: Take A Seat, Dee Gordon
Let’s get it out there and move on: Don Mattingly stands by his decision to not pinch-run for A.J. Ellis at second base in Wednesday’s extra inning game, mostly because …
Read More »Nationals @ Dodgers Sept. 3, 2014: Joc Pederson Rides Again
Day baseball! Such a glorious thing. It’s the final weekday home day game of the regular season, though the Dodgers do play during the day twice during the week of …
Read More »Nationals @ Dodgers Sept. 2, 2014: Joc! Joc Pederson!
Housekeeping: Erisbel Arruebarrena, Miguel Rojas and Carlos Frias have been added to the active roster, which now stands at 33. Frias will start tomorrow’s matinee. Nationals Dodgers 7:10 p.m. Los …
Read More »Nationals @ Dodgers Sept. 1, 2014: Crazy Big Rosters Are Go
When the Dodgers add Erisbel Arruebarrena, Miguel Rojas and Carlos Frias to the roster tomorrow, as Pedro Moura confirms they will, the Dodgers will have 33 players on the active …
Read More »Dodgers @ Padres Aug. 31, 2014: Welcome back Ryu and Uribe
The BFFs are back on the same day, as Hyun-jin Ryu and Juan Uribe both were activated from the disabled list on Sunday. For Ryu, it couldn’t have come at …
Read More »Dodgers @ Padres Aug. 30, 2014: Zack Greinke primed for big night
After last night’s frustrating loss to the Padres (hey, at least Andrew Cashner was the pitcher), the Dodgers look to bounce back behind Zack Greinke and his elbow that we …
Read More »Dodgers @ Padres August 29, 2014: Finding Hope for Dan Haren
Dodgers Padres 7:10 p.m. PT San Diego, Ca. 2B Gordon 3B Solarte SS Ramirez CF Almonte 1B Gonzalez LF Smith RF Kemp 1B Grandal LF Crawford 2B Gyorko CF Ethier C …
Read More »Dodgers @ D’Backs August 27, 2014: Scott Van Slyke’s Best-Case Scenario
You know me, and you know I put very, very little importance on pitcher-vs-batter stats. One pitcher doesn’t face one batter enough to generate any kind of real sample size, …
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