(Photo: Stacie Wheeler) Remember how much better we were all feeling about the pitching staff coming into this season? Good times. The Dodgers walked 14 Padres last night, which *checks …
Read More »Padres 6, Dodgers 3: Pen depth continues to look like abject trash
A rain delay at Dodger Stadium is rare enough, but back-to-back rain delays and three in a month? Man, weather really is getting weird. After a 45-minute pause, the rubber …
Read More »Padres @ Dodgers April 14, 2024: Darvish vs. Paxton on ESPN
The Dodgers (11-6) won the second game of their three game series against the Padres (8-9) last night by a score of 5-2. It was tight for awhile late, but …
Read More »Dodgers 5, Padres 2: Gavin Stone’s best start backed by bottom of the order finally doing something
After a rain delay of two hours and 15 minutes (the second of the season!), the Dodgers and Padres got underway. It was a bunch of zeroes being exchanged early, …
Read More »Padres @ Dodgers April 13, 2024: Gavin Stone on the mound in yet another rainy start
The Dodgers (10-6) opened their nine game homestand with an exciting slugfest against the Padres (8-8), yet couldn’t come through with the victory in extra-innings, ultimately losing 8-7. Their extra-inning …
Read More »Padres 8, Dodgers 7: After 3 innings, the offense, bullpen, and Dave Roberts decided to mail it in
Back home to kickoff a nine-game homestand, the Dodgers and Padres played Home Run Derby early on. Predictably, that was how most of the damage was done, and while the …
Read More »Padres @ Dodgers – April 12, 2024: Back home
Hello and welcome back to Moriyama Digest, apparently, and also welcome back home to the Dodgers who start a homestand with a series against the Padres. Tonight's #Dodgers lineup vs. …
Read More »Ippei Mizuhara charged with bank fraud & stealing over $16 million from Shohei Ohtani
Late yesterday, multiple stories broke that federal authorities were due to charge Ippei Mizuhara for his alleged theft from Shohei Ohtani, whom Mizuhara was formerly the translator for. Earlier today, …
Read More »Shohei Ohtani’s ex-translator, Ippei Mizuhara, reportedly negotiating guilty plea regarding alleged theft
(Via @Dodgers) Shohei Ohtani‘s former long-time translator Ippei Mizuhara is negotiating a guilty plea with federal investigators stemming from the alleged theft perpetrated by him against Ohtani, according to a …
Read More »The Dodger stars are shining, but lineup depth looking shallow early
(Photo: Stacie Wheeler) The Big 3 has always insisted that it’s a Big 4, and it certainly has been that to start the season, as Mookie Betts (1.234 OPS), Shohei …
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