The Dodgers are used to depending on young talent. In the 90s, they had five straight Rookie of the Year award winners. In 2013, the struggling Dodgers called up Yasiel …
Read More »Padres 3, Dodgers 0: Dodgers leave everybody on base
The Dodgers dropped the finale in Monterrey to the Padres, falling to 15-19 on the season. It certainly wasn’t for a lack of opportunities as they had at least one …
Read More »Dodgers @ Padres May 6, 2018: El juego final en México
The Dodgers (15-18) and Padres (12-22) play the final game of the México Series on Sunday afternoon in Monterrey. The weekend-long fiesta included some old history and some new history. …
Read More »Actually, there are no ‘objectivity concerns’ with Alanna Rizzo
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. …
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