The last person Alanna Rizzo needs to defend her is me, but a couple curmudgeonly baseball writers took it upon themselves to raise an issue with her postgame high-five Friday night …
Read More »Padres 7, Dodgers 4: A brief winning streak comes to an end
The Dodgers showed signs of turning it around of late with a nice little three-game winning streak and had two more with the Padres coming up in Mexico, but because …
Read More »Dodgers @ Padres May 5, 2018: Cinco de Maeda
Last night’s game was pretty good. The Padres enter today’s game with as many hits in Mexico this season as 28 other MLB teams. Walker Buehler looked great. The bullpen …
Read More »Dodgers 4, Padres 0: Walker Buehler & bullpen throw a combined no-hitter
The Dodgers being streaky this year speaks to the inconsistency in their play thus far, but hey, it’s a lot of fun when they’re on the winning side of it. …
Read More »Dodgers @ Padres May 4, 2018: Mexico Series Opener
The Dodgers (14-17) take on the Padres (11-21) in tonight’s series opener in Monterrey, Mexico. For scheduling purposes, these games are considered Padres home games, so I’m assuming that if …
Read More »Dodgers 5, D-backs 2: Offense gets wild pitch assists in late comeback
Oh wow, the Dodgers somehow managed to end the Diamondbacks streak of consecutive series wins to start the season by coming back late in a 5-2 victory to get the …
Read More »Dodgers @ Diamondbacks May 3, 2018: Facebook-only edition
The Dodgers (13-17) finally beat the Diamondbacks (21-9) last night, and are now 2-7 against them this year. It wasn’t pretty or easy but it counts and we’ll take that. …
Read More »Dodgers 2, Diamondbacks 1: Bullpen, Verdugo lead Dodgers to a win
The Dodgers defeated the Diamondbacks 2-1 behind a very strong showing by most of the bullpen. The offense did just enough, and they managed to snap their four-game losing streak. …
Read More »Dodgers @ D-backs May 2, 2018: Ryu looks to avoid a disaster in the desert
The fourth place Dodgers (12-17) take on the first place D-backs (21-8) in the third game of a four-game series at Chase Field on Wednesday night. The series — and …
Read More »The Dodgers playoff projections aren’t looking ideal
The Dodgers have won five straight NL West titles, but a slow start and the loss of Corey Seager have the Dodgers looking up in standings early. The data used …
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