Blake Snell allowed no hits and struck out 10 over eight innings on Monday. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers)by Cary OsborneBlake Snell’s National League Championship Series Game 1 start on Monday was unlike any start in Dodger postseason history. And here are more reasons why it was one of the greatest starts in Major League postseason history.His line: eight innings pitched, … [Read more...] about 2025 NLCS: A tip of the cap to Blake Snell’s historic Game 1 start
Baseball in the material world
View from the visiting dugout, American Family Field, Milwaukee (Jon Weisman/Los Angeles Dodgers)by Jon WeismanIn a sport played upon grass, a sport that is pastoral at its core, you’ll find concrete everywhere. In the dugout, in the aisles, in the concourses, floors of concrete, columns of concrete, walls of concrete.I’ve stolen an opportunity this afternoon, while some … [Read more...] about Baseball in the material world
2025 NLCS: Treinen still showing that he is a key piece of the bullpen
Blake Treinen closed out the Dodgers’ 2–1 victory in Game of the National League Championship Series at Milwaukee. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers)By Mark LangillDuring his first playoff rodeo, relief pitcher Blake Treinen of the 2016 Washington Nationals remembered the basic advice he received years earlier in his career.Never mind the words of wisdom came from a first … [Read more...] about 2025 NLCS: Treinen still showing that he is a key piece of the bullpen
2025 NLCS: Yamamoto can play that game, too
Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw the first Dodger complete game in a postseason since 2004 on Tuesday. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers)by Cary OsborneBlake Snell’s extraordinary National League Championship Series Game 1 start was a bar set so high, history would say that it would take years, maybe decades for another Dodger to reach.It took a day.Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed a leadoff … [Read more...] about 2025 NLCS: Yamamoto can play that game, too
2025 NLCS: Max Muncy — the new Dodger postseason home run king
2025 NLCS: Max Muncy — the new Dodger postseason home run kingMax Muncy hit a Dodger record 14th career postseason home run on Tuesday. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers)by Cary OsborneMax Muncy had to wait a day to become the greatest home run hitter in Dodger postseason history. His 404-foot double play in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series in Milwaukee — one of … [Read more...] about 2025 NLCS: Max Muncy — the new Dodger postseason home run king