Even though Saturday’s game between the Dodgers and South Korea’s Kiwoom Heroes at the Gocheok Sky Dome was only a Spring Training Game, in no way was it your typical “Meaningless Spring Training Game,” as they are often called – not by any stretch of the imagination. It was the first of two exhibition games leading up to the two-game 2024 regular season opening series between … [Read more...] about Freddie’s Ready
Final Spring Training Observations and Musings
Let’s get right to it. No concern for full names of Dodgers stars and veterans, grammar, paragraph structure, punctuation, etc. Here are some random observations and musings about the Dodgers 2024 Cactus League performance: Betts, Freeman, Glasnow, Teoscar (not Kiké) Hernández, Ohtani, and Yamamoto are better than expected. Non-rostered southpaw relievers Alec Gamboa, … [Read more...] about Final Spring Training Observations and Musings
이제 다저스 야구를 할 시간이다
According to Google, that’s “Its Time for Dodger Baseball” in Korean. (I’ll just have to take their word for it). Regardless, the Dodgers landed safely at Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea very early (PDT) on Friday morning, ahead of Wednesday’s and Thursday’s 2024 regular season opener against the San Diego Padres at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. Both games … [Read more...] about 이제 다저스 야구를 할 시간이다
Yamamoto Struggles in Final Spring Start
It was one of those ‘speed bump’ kind of outings for Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto in his final start of Spring Training 2024 against the Seattle Mariners at Camelback Ranch on Wednesday afternoon. After striking out the side in the top of the first inning on nine pitches and retiring nine of the first 11 batters he faced (five via strikeout), the proverbial wheels … [Read more...] about Yamamoto Struggles in Final Spring Start
Might There Be a Cy Young Award in Tyler Glasnow’s Near Future?
Dodgers fans who watched their team’s exciting 6-4 Spring Training win over the San Francisco Giants at Camelback Ranch on Tuesday afternoon may have very well witnessed the 2024 National League Cy Young Award winner during his final appearance before his regular season debut against the San Diego Padres on March 21 in Seoul, South Korea. All 30-year-old Dodgers right-hander … [Read more...] about Might There Be a Cy Young Award in Tyler Glasnow’s Near Future?