As if dropping yesterday’s home opener wasn’t bad enough, the Dodgers sputtered through a 7-2 defeat on Saturday against the Giants. Starter Paul Maholm was pitching decently enough (two runs …
Read More »Giants @ Dodgers April 5, 2014: Heart You, Don Mattingly
If you go back through the old MSTI archives, I’m pretty sure that I was begging the Dodgers to bench Andre Ethier against lefties since at least 2009 — maybe …
Read More »Giants 8, Dodgers 4: At Least Matt Kemp Didn’t Break
There’s no way around this, really. After a stellar first two starts, Hyun-jin Ryu was atrocious today, giving up six runs in the first and two more in the second …
Read More »Giants @ Dodgers April 4, 2014: Dodger Stadium Is Back And So Is Matt Kemp
Depending on how you look at it, things are either great, or they’re terrible. It’s certainly bad that Clayton Kershaw may be out until May, or even June. It’s bad …
Read More »Yasiel Puig benched for being late, and deservedly so
Yasiel Puig was benched for being late to today’s home opener against the Giants and will be replaced in the lineup by Matt Kemp, who was just activated off the …
Read More »Hyun-Jin Ryu’s Other New Toy
After Hyun-jin Ryu‘s excellent start on Sunday evening, his curveball got attention here and elsewhere. Sunday’s start was Ryu’s first of the year in front of a Pitch F/X system, so …
Read More »Arsenal Analysis: Dodgers Worst Pitches Of 2013
Fans are always analyzing which pitchers have the best and worst pitches, but we normally base that on nothing but our own feelings in the moment, so I decided to …
Read More »Arsenal Analysis: Dodgers Best Pitches Of 2013
Fans are always analyzing which pitchers have the best and worst pitches, but we normally base that on nothing but our own feelings in the moment, so I decided to …
Read More »Dodgers 5, Padres 1: Dan Haren, offense good enough
The Dodgers’ offense finally woke up a bit in a 5-1 win in San Diego on Wednesday night. They recorded the most hits (nine) in a game since March 23 …
Read More »Dodgers @ Padres April 2, 2014: Who is Carlos Triunfel?
Tonight, the Dodgers and the Padres play the rubber match of their opening series. One of the biggest headlines of the series so far has been Seth Smith‘s torrid start. …
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