The Dodgers’ eight World Series championships are individually worthy of a movie. With that in mind, we continue with part six of an eight-part series that takes one regular season game — a microcosm game for the team’s championship season — and treat it like a screenplay to a movie. The following is a true story of the 1963 World Series champions. The game is Dodgers vs. … [Read more...] about 1963 Championship Year, a Symbolic Game: Who’s on first?
2020 Championship Year, a Symbolic Game: An Opening Day unlike any other
The Dodgers’ eight World Series championships are individually worthy of a movie. With that in mind, we continue with part two of an eight-part series that takes one regular season game — a microcosm game for the team’s championship season — and treat it like a screenplay to a movie. The following is a true story of the 2020 World Series champions. The game is Dodgers vs. … [Read more...] about 2020 Championship Year, a Symbolic Game: An Opening Day unlike any other
2024 Championship Year, a Symbolic Game: The Dodgers fight back
The Dodgers’ eight World Series championships are individually worthy of a movie. With that in mind, we begin an eight-part series today that takes one regular season game — a microcosm game for the team’s championship season — and treat it like a screenplay to a movie. The following is a true story of the 2024 World Series champions. The game is Dodgers vs. Padres, Sept. … [Read more...] about 2024 Championship Year, a Symbolic Game: The Dodgers fight back
The 10 longest home runs in the Statcast era by the Dodgers
Joc Pederson’s two homers on June 2, 2015 rank in the top 10 longest Dodger homers in the Statcast era. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)by Megan GarciaThe Statcast era now has 10 years of data to comb through. We can thank the tracking technology for reimagining baseball statistics. We can also thank it for giving us quick home run data — including how far a ball … [Read more...] about The 10 longest home runs in the Statcast era by the Dodgers
Second-generation scouting great and Dodger exec Ismael Cruz is Tony Gwynn Award winner
Dodger Vice President of International Scouting Ismael Cruz. (Cary Osborne/Los Angeles Dodgers)by Cary OsborneIt was almost exactly 30 years to the day after Ismael Cruz signed Colombian catcher Yamid Haad.Cruz, sitting on a couch in the Dodgers’ suite at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas on Monday, reflected on his career in the game. It’s far from over — especially considering … [Read more...] about Second-generation scouting great and Dodger exec Ismael Cruz is Tony Gwynn Award winner