The Good and Not Good from Saturday’s game between the Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field: The Good: Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani extended his hitting streak to eight games. Other than Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy fouling a ball off his right ankle, there were no new Dodgers injuries. 27-year-old Dodgers right-hander Dustin May went 6.2 … [Read more...] about Good – Not Good
What. A. Game.
In the grand scheme of things, Friday’s game between the NL West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers and the NL West fifth-place Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field was basically a meaningless game. However, in that same grand scheme of things, you will have a very difficult time convincing anyone of its meaninglessness. Also, if you missed it, you missed one of the most … [Read more...] about What. A. Game.
Something Ain’t Right
Although there has been no official word from the team (yet), it appeared from his very first pitch on Thursday evening that something wasn’t quite right with 26-year-old Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who the Dodgers signed to an enormous international free agent contract back on December 27, 2023 to the tune of 12 years at $325 million that included a $50 million … [Read more...] about Something Ain’t Right
Dodgers Lose Another Winnable Game
In what seems like a growing trend, the Dodgers lost another should-have-won game on Tuesday, this one a 10th-inning 5-4 loss to the NL East last place Miami Marlins at LoanDepot Park in Miami. As he has now done in his last several relief appearances, 38-year-old (that’s not a typo) Dodgers right-hander Luis García turned a sixth-inning 3-1 Dodgers lead into a 4-3 Dodgers … [Read more...] about Dodgers Lose Another Winnable Game
Living Up To The Hype
It is a quote (cliché) attributed to NFL Hall of Fame coach Vince Lombardi that we’ve all heard dozens of times in our respective lives: “Act like you’ve been here before” Dodgers rookie sensation Hyeseong Kim acted like he’d “…been here before” when he made his major league debut with Dodgers against the Miami Marlins at LoanDepot Park on Sunday evening. The … [Read more...] about Living Up To The Hype