Max Muncy hit a home run in the fifth inning on Monday. (Carrie Giordano/Los Angeles Dodgers)by Cary OsborneThe Dodgers are trying to pull this off with bullpen games, one of their best relievers (Alex Vesia) out of the National League Championship Series, three starting pitchers, a first baseman (Freddie Freeman) limping his way out of the batter’s box each time he puts the … [Read more...] about NLCS: The Dodgers and Mets now head to New York with the series at 1–1
NLCS: As if things weren’t challenging before for Dodger pitching, it now rises
NLCS: As if things weren’t challenging before for Dodger pitching, the challenge risesThe Dodgers celebrate winning the NLDS on Friday. (Juan Ocampo/Los Angeles Dodgers)by Cary OsborneThe imperfect or non-traditional pitching plan of the National League Division Series, particularly with bullpen use in the last two games of the series, couldn’t have gone better.The plan for the … [Read more...] about NLCS: As if things weren’t challenging before for Dodger pitching, it now rises
NLCS: The Dodgers go from highly charged DS into the fire of the Championship Series
Kiké Hernandez, Mookie Betts and Teoscar Hernández celebrate after Kiké’s home run in Game 5 of the NLDS. (Carrie Giordano/Los Angeles Dodgers)by Cary OsborneThis feel of this past National League Division Series wasn’t all that unfamiliar.Division rival, heavy pressure, palpable tension — 2021 was like that, too.Then, the Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants in an emotionally … [Read more...] about NLCS: The Dodgers go from highly charged DS into the fire of the Championship Series
NLCS: The Dodgers and Mets, a history
Managers Tommy Lasorda and Davey Johnson shake hands before the start of the 1988 NLCS. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers)by Mark LangillThe history of the Dodgers and Mets isn’t a storied rivalry, but rather an extended baseball family affair tracing the path of a 1962 expansion team filled with former Brooklyn heroes that blossomed into a “miracle” champion by the end of … [Read more...] about NLCS: The Dodgers and Mets, a history
NLCS: Dodgers, Mets overcame adversity and now meet at the crossroads
The Dodgers advanced to the NLCS for the first time since 2020. (Gary A. Vasquez/Los Angeles Dodgers)by Megan GarciaA lot has changed since the Dodgers and Mets last met in the postseason in 2015. Even more has changed since these two teams faced each other this past May.Now, as the last two teams standing in the National League, they begin their October battle in the National … [Read more...] about NLCS: Dodgers, Mets overcame adversity and now meet at the crossroads