Today’s lineup was posted before I even got out of bed, and I’m on the East Coast. This is early. This is really, really early for weekday baseball. Dodgers Braves …
Read More »Dodgers @ Braves August 13, 2014: So Long Colt, Chone and Stephen
Is this really only the third game of this series? I feel like the Dodgers have been in Atlanta for weeks now, but it’s only half over. That they’ll play …
Read More »Dodgers @ Braves August 12, 2014: Oh Good, More Dan Haren
While the Braves trot out the same lineup we’ve seen the last two nights, the Dodgers’ definitely has a “we’re in the middle of a really long time between days off” …
Read More »Dodgers @ Braves August 11, 2014: The Kevin Correia Era
Kevin Correia. Really. 34 years old in two weeks, a fourth-round pick of the Giants (of course) 12 years ago, a pitcher with a total inability to miss bats, good …
Read More »Dodgers @ Brewers August 10, 2014: Hanley Out, Barney In
The last few days have been so much fun around Dodger-land — Roberto Hernandez! Kevin Correia, who might start tomorrow! — that it’s easy to forget that if they don’t win …
Read More »Dodgers @ Brewers August 9, 2014: Hanley Ramirez Is Hurt, Rinse, Repeat
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Hanley Ramirez is injured and not in tonight’s lineup. I know. Dodgers Brewers 4:10 p.m. PT Milwaukee, Wi. 2B Gordon CF Gomez …
Read More »Dodgers @ Brewers August 8, 2014: Get Used To Seeing The Brewers
I think I’m already sick of talking about Roberto Hernandez, and he hasn’t even thrown a pitch for the Dodgers yet. Dodgers Brewers 5:10 p.m. PT Milwaukee, Wi. 2B Gordon …
Read More »Dodgers @ Angels August 7, 2014: Win That World Series Preview
Zack Greinke didn’t pitch particularly well against the Angels. Clayton Kershaw, by his lofty standards, didn’t either. Dan Haren did. Baseball is weird, and it hates you. Dodgers Angels 7:05 p.m. …
Read More »Dodgers @ Angels August 6, 2014: Goodbye, Chone Figgins (At Least For Now)
Home/road same team series are still strange to me, even though they’ve been around for a couple of years. Tonight, the Dodgers and the Angels move down the freeway into …
Read More »Angels @ Dodgers Aug. 5, 2014: Clayton Kershaw against one of MLB’s best offenses
Did you miss me? I’m guessing not, but I’m back anyway. Reigning National League Pitcher of the Month Clayton Kershaw takes the mound in hopes of righting the Dodgers’ ship. …
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