As the Dodgers continue to try to figure out the Phillies, the biggest story of the series so far has been Carlos Ruiz (because of course). In two games, Ruiz has …
Read More »Where Did The Dodger Offense Go?
Much is being made of the lousy Dodger defense, thanks to last night’s Hanley Ramirez / Carl Crawford poptastrophe that helped lead to an extra-innings loss to the Phillies. That …
Read More »Phillies 3, Dodgers 2: Inventing Ways To Lose
Losing always sucks, but it’s especially terrible to lose like this. In extra innings. On a routine flyball. Sure there were lots of other chances to win, as the Dodgers …
Read More »Phillies @ Dodgers, April 22, 2014: At Least It’s Not Cliff Lee
Say what you will about A.J. Burnett, who starts tonight for Philadelphia — and he’s had a long, outstanding career — but at least he’s not Cliff Lee, who made the …
Read More »Phillies 7, Dodgers 0: Future Dodger Cliff Lee Is The Best
I present to you a GIF: If, because of the quality, you can’t tell what Paul Maholm is saying, he was pretty clearly saying “just throw the effin’ ball over …
Read More »Phillies @ Dodgers April 21, 2014: Welcome Back, Dominguez
Tonight, the Dodgers begin a four game series against the Phillies, and they didn’t wait for the game to start to start making news. Jose Dominguez was called up to …
Read More »Brian Wilson and Pitching Inside
On Saturday, Brian Wilson had a very frustrating outing. He faced five batters, walked one, struck out one, and allowed two hits. He allowed one run (and allowed an inherited runner …
Read More »Dodgers 4, D’Backs 1: Puig and Some Other Stuff
After sitting out yesterday, Yasiel Puig certainly made up for it today. Everything that Dodger fans love about him was on display. In the second inning, it looked like Miguel …
Read More »Diamondbacks @ Dodgers April 20, 2014: No Beckett Marathon Please
Josh Beckett takes the hill for the Dodgers today, and while he threw five scoreless innings against the Giants in his last outing, the Dodgers will be looking for a …
Read More »Statistics Are Stabilizing: Hitter Strikeout Rate
It’s pretty difficult to write the type of posts that I prefer to write this time of year. There’s only so many analysis-heavy posts that one can write while saying …
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