Well, well, well, how the turntables. When I wrote about the whole Manny Machado throwing ball incident last week, it came from a place of emotion — mostly anger. It …
Read More »Dodgers celebrate their tense, gratifying 2024 NLDS win over the Padres
Hello and welcome to the NLDS victory celebration thread, as after five tough games against the Padres, the Dodgers took home the W in the win-or-go-home game. An emotional, petty, …
Read More »On Dave Roberts, the Game 5 pitching plan, the offense and shades of 2021
Dave Roberts managed Game 4 of the NLDS masterfully on Wednesday night. It was probably his best managerial job since Game 6 of the 2020 World Series (which was perfection). …
Read More »Dodgers reaction to Manny Machado throw shows lack of self-confidence
The Dodgers on Sunday looked like the Dodgers of recent playoffs disappointments. It’s especially disappointing coming off Saturday’s victory, in which they looked more like the 2017 and 2020 versions …
Read More »Dodgers 7, Padres 5 – 2024 NLDS Game 1: Shohei & Teoscar come up with the big hits, pen goes 6 shutout
Hello and welcome back to the playoff dream/nightmare, and things certainly looked more like a nightmare for the Dodgers at the outset, as the ghosts of 2023 looked to be …
Read More »Dodgers celebrate a hard-fought NL West title in 2024
Hello and welcome to the celebration recap for the Dodgers winning a surprisingly (?) hard-fought 2024 NL West title, which makes it 11 of the last 12 for them. The …
Read More »Rockies @ Dodgers September 22, 2024: Yoshinobu Yamamoto sttempts to secure series win against a bad Rockies team
The Dodgers (92-63) dropped what was a very winnable game last night against the Colorado Rockies (60-95) by a score of 6-3. The offense was 1-8 with runners in scoring …
Read More »Ohtani, Smith, Freddie, Mookie, Teoscar, and Glasnow to represent Dodgers in 2024 All-Star Game … and maybe a ball boy?
While Shohei Ohtani was voted in to start the 2024 All-Star Game as the DH, the fate of the rest of the potential All-Stars on the Dodgers was left up …
Read More »Braves @ Dodgers May 4, 2024: Glasnow starts as the Dodgers look for the series win
The Dodgers (21-13) won their first extra-innings game of the season last night by a score of 4-3 over the Atlanta Braves (20-10). This improves their extra-innings record on the …
Read More »Padres 8, Dodgers 7: After 3 innings, the offense, bullpen, and Dave Roberts decided to mail it in
Back home to kickoff a nine-game homestand, the Dodgers and Padres played Home Run Derby early on. Predictably, that was how most of the damage was done, and while the …
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