As expected/promised, it was a pitching duel in Chavez Ravine on Tuesday night, with Zack Greinke besting Madison Bumgarner in the Dodgers’ 2-1 win. The Dodgers attempted to get things started …
Read More »Giants @ Dodgers Sept. 1, 2015: Justin Ruggiano, In A Pennant Race
A few weeks or months back, I pointed out how I still couldn’t believe that Chin-hui Tsao was pitching for the Dodgers in 2015. He’d been with the Dodgers in …
Read More »Which Dodger Pitcher Is Leading The Cy Young Race?
Jackie Robinson‘s debut came way back in 1947, and that seems like as good a line as any to draw between “then” and “now.” Since then, there have been 5,362 …
Read More »What to do with Corey Seager this month
The first round of September call-ups will happen later today (officially). A player, rightly, not in the group is Corey Seager. Last week, I looked at Julio Urias (and others) …
Read More »Dodgers 5, Giants 4: Praise A-God
Today was the most important game of the season to date, and the Dodgers gutted out a marathon 14-inning victory, 5-4, over the rival Giants, thus extending their divisional lead …
Read More »Giants @ Dodgers August 31, 2015: Real Games That Matter
The Dodgers have been no-hit twice in nine days! That’s bad! They also won five of six against the Reds and Cubs, and carry a 3.5 game lead into a …
Read More »Podcast: ‘Dugout Blues’ episode 131 – Cy Young debate, Puig DL, Sept. roster
On this episode of “Dugout Blues,” Jared Massey (Dodgers Nation) and I talk rejoice in a pretty good week for the Dodgers. Consider last week was so awful, this was a welcome …
Read More »A.J. Ellis Picking Up The Slack For Yasmani Grandal
It hasn’t been an easy year for A.J. Ellis. It got so bad that by the second week of May, when his wRC+ was 6 (!), I was having to …
Read More »Cubs 2, Dodgers 0: Jake Arrieta No-Hits The Dodgers, Is Decent
As much as I would’ve liked to believe the Dodgers could pull this series sweep off in a Jake Arrieta/Alex Wood match-up, the odds were always against them, and the …
Read More »Cubs @ Dodgers August 30, 2015: Sweep That Sweep
If you’re watching tonight’s “Sunday Night Baseball” game on ESPN, you’ll notice something a little different. For the first time, you’ll hear a female voice, as Jessica Mendoza will be …
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