You know, the Dodgers and Red Sox once went more than four decades barely dealing with one another at all. Between 1960’s Nelson Chittum for Rip Repulski swap — and tell …
Read More »Dodgers at the All-Star Game: Puig Struggles, Pitchers Shine, Gordon Struts
Between all of the Derek Jeter hype, the purposefully bad pitches, and the completely inexcusable lack of a tribute to Tony Gwynn, there were some Dodgers in the All-Star Game …
Read More »The 2014 All-Star Game: Imminent Jeterpocalypse
When you think about great moments in All-Star games, there’s one that quickly comes to mind for me. In Seattle, in 2001, Baltimore shortstop Cal Ripken was playing in his …
Read More »Mailbag #8: Recall Seager, DFA Ethier, Trade Gordon, Acquire Cain, Vin Still The Best
Mailbag! Send us more questions using the form to the right, or to thedodgersdigest at gmail dot com. Wayne: “I’m mystified as to why Coletti doesn’t bring up one of the …
Read More »Never, Ever Let Another Dodger In The Home Run Derby
Earlier tonight, Chad wrote something very, very smart: Puig enters with a .915 OPS, but only 12 homers. And he’s in the middle of a pretty bad homer drought, with …
Read More »Yasiel Puig looks to avoid adding to Dodgers’ Home Run Derby tradition of shame
In about an hour, Yasiel Puig will embark on the toughest quest of his baseball career. Learning to control his aggression, making adjustments at the plate, and perfecting his prized …
Read More »2014 Midseason Los Angeles Dodgers’ Top 25 prospects
It’s the All-Star break, and while Yasiel Puig is participating in the Home Run Derby tonight, I know you really just want to read about Dodger prospects. So, here is …
Read More »Dodgers 1, Padres 0: Hyun-jin Ryu’s Great Start Bails Out Quiet Offense
If it wasn’t for the Dodgers’ outstanding starting pitching, the narrative heading into the all-star break would be much different than what it probably will be. Sure, the Dodgers won …
Read More »Padres @ Dodgers July 13, 2014: Another Day, Another Outfield
Padres Dodgers 1:10pm PT Los Angeles, CA RF Denorfia 2B Gordon 3B Headley LF Crawford LF Quentin RF Puig 1B Grandal 1B Gonzalez C Rivera CF Ethier CF Maybin 3B …
Read More »Brandon League, Valuable Major League Reliever
One of the least-remembered parts of last night’s 1-0 win over San Diego is going to be that Brandon League got through the seventh inning on only seven pitches, keeping …
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