On this episode of “Dugout Blues,” Jared Massey (Dodgers Nation) and I lament over the fact Juan Uribe is no longer a Dodger. If this were three years ago, we’d …
Read More »Mailbag #26: Shields Regrets, Cubans Sliding, and Batting Orders
Mailbag! Submit questions using the form at the right or email thedodgersdigest {at} gmail dot com. Ed: Isn’t it time for at least a little criticism of Friedman? Like why …
Read More »Cardinals 3, Dodgers 1: Offense shut down again
Blah game was blah. The Dodgers couldn’t get anything going against the Cardinals’ young fireballer on Sunday afternoon in a 3-1 loss. That’ll happen when you, inexplicably, bat Alberto Callaspo …
Read More »Dodgers @ Cardinals May 31, 2015: In Which We Jinx Brett Anderson
I’m not sure we’ve talked about Brett Anderson, who gets the start against Carlos Martinez and the Cardinals today, enough. Dodgers Cardinals 11:15 a.m. St. Louis, Mo. CF Pederson CF …
Read More »2015 MLB Draft Profile: 3B Ke’Bryan Hayes, Concordia Lutheran HS (Texas)
This is the fourth in my 2015 MLB Draft profile series. The subject of this profile is third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes, the son of a former major leaguer and an intriguing …
Read More »Dodgers 5, Cardinals 1: Grandal’s dinger nets win, even as team sets stupid record
After getting shelled in his last start for 10 runs and 12 hits, Carlos Frias bounced back in a big way, going seven strong innings without allowing an earned run. …
Read More »Dodgers @ Cardinals, May 30: Offense Gets Two Shots in the Arm
Dodgers Cardinals 4:15 p.m. St. Louis, Mo. CF Pederson 2B Wong 3B Turner 3B Carpenter 1B Gonzalez LF Holliday 2B Kendrick SS Peralta RF Ethier RF Grichuk C Grandal C …
Read More »Jimmy Rollins Is Saying The Right Things
Jimmy Rollins, as you most certainly know, has been pretty disappointing this season. Though he went 2-4 last night, that brought his line up to only .210/.278/.352 (78 wRC+), which isn’t …
Read More »Cardinals 3, Dodgers 0: 3 hours of life you’re never getting back
Don Mattingly and A.J. Ellis (A.J. ELLIS!!!) got ejected from tonight’s game for arguing balls and strikes, which summarizes how erratic the zone was today. How much did it matter? …
Read More »Dodgers @ Cardinals, May 29: Back In St. Louis
So now it’s onto St. Louis, for a three-game series that will have neither Clayton Kershaw nor Zack Greinke, and then off to Coors Field, everyone’s favorite house of horrors, …
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