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(Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers)By Mark LangillDodger Stadium — far from Cooperstown, New York and Japan — was the ideal setting for the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s announcement of an exhibit that connects Japanese and American Baseball.With Dodgers Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Dave Roberts present, the Hall of Fame unveiled details of Yakyu-Baseball. The exhibit … [Read more...] about Transpacific exhibit highlights Dodgers, Japan relationship

Teoscar Hernández’s walk-off single gave the Dodgers a 6–5 win on Tuesday. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers)by Cary OsborneFour stars at the top of the Dodger lineup had their season’s microcosm game on Tuesday at Dodger Stadium. Ideal timing, as fan All-Star voting and player/coaching All-Star voting nears its end.The top four of Shohei Ohtani, Will Smith, Freddie Freeman and … [Read more...] about Dodgers constellation of stars lift the team to another comeback win

Hall of Famer and legendary former Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley will be inducted into the club’s Ring of Honor on Aug. 10. (Photo courtesy of Peter O’Malley)Walter F. O’Malley, the legendary owner of the Dodgers whose vision fueled the groundbreaking creation of a new home for baseball, will join fellow Hall of Fame players and broadcasters on the Ring of Honor at the ballpark … [Read more...] about Walter O’Malley will be the 15th honoree of the Dodgers’ Ring of Honor

Eric Gagné played for the Dodgers from 1999–2006. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers)by Cary OsborneEric Gagné can still see the pebble.The Dodger Stadium infield, he recalls, was the most pristine in the Majors.Once a ball hit the dirt, it bounded or rolled. Never skipped.Except this one time.Bottom of the ninth inning and one out, Dodgers up 5–4 against the Arizona Diamondbacks … [Read more...] about It’s ‘Game Over’ all over again as Eric Gagné recalls save streak 20 years later

Will Smith drove in three runs on Saturday. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers)by Cary OsborneOn Aug. 29, 1954, a Dodger lineup featuring five future Hall of Famers had the biggest extra-inning eruption in Dodger history. The Dodgers scored eight runs in the 11th inning against the Milwaukee Braves in a 12–4 victory.Seventy years later, the Los Angeles Dodgers had their biggest … [Read more...] about The Dodgers erupt in a historic extra-inning victory