Game Threads

If it sounds like I’m pre-emptively making excuses for the Dodgers offense, well, maybe I am, but let’s at least note that tonight’s starter, Jason Hammel, is way better than …

Sometimes, it’s pretty hard to keep track of who is even in the Dodgers bullpen, and that’s even with the invaluable contributions of “ABsmilebunch,” who maintains the bullpen chart you …

Giants Dodgers 5:08 p.m. Los Angeles, Ca. CF Pagan RF Puig 2B Panik CF Pederson 3B Duffy 3B Turner 1B Posey 1B Gonzalez SS Crawford 2B Kendrick RF Maxwell LF …

Giants Dodgers 4:15 p.m. Los Angeles, Ca. LF Aoki RF Puig 2B Panik CF Pederson CF Pagan 3B Turner C Posey 1B Gonzalez 1B Belt 2B Kendrick SS Crawford LF …

Giants Dodgers 7:10 p.m. Los Angeles, Ca. LF Aoki RF Puig 2B Panik CF Pederson CF Pagan 3B Turner C Posey 1B Gonzalez 1B Belt 2B Kendrick SS Crawford LF …

So, hey, we haven’t missed a thread yet, and tonight’s not going to be the first time. Close, though. Pretty, pretty close. Life, obligations, whatnot. So know that Daniel Coulombe …

Split home-and-home series are weird, because after two games in Texas, now the Dodgers and Rangers are kicking off two back in Los Angeles. Sure, whatever. Rangers Dodgers 7:10 p.m. …

How do you get Alex Guerrero in the lineup? You do it when you know the game doesn’t have a chance in hell of being played. Dodgers Rangers 5:05 p.m. …

So, hey, the Rangers. The last time the Dodgers saw the Rangers was six years ago yesterday, back on June 14, 2009, when Chad Billingsley, Ramon Troncoso, and Jonathan Broxton …

Justin Turner isn’t starting at third today, which normally isn’t news. But in this case, J.P. Hoornstra adds some context there: Dodgers Padres 1:10 p.m. San Diego, Ca. CF Pederson …