With the Dodgers having lost 31-year-old right-handed Tyler Glasnow for the remainder of the season due to a sprained right elbow, and with their starting rotation in a bit of disarray of late, they needed – absolutely needed – a strong start from 30-year-old right-hander Walker Buehler, as he continues to work his way back from his second Tommy John surgery on August 23, 2022 … [Read more...] about Boy Did He (We) Need That!
It’s All About the Money
It is a topic that comes up every time a team playing Our National Pastime at its highest level, including one considered by many to be among the best in the game today with one with the highest payrolls in the game today: Should teams having their lunches being handed to them (I cleaned that up a bit) by their opponent be allowed to forfeit a game rather than being forced by … [Read more...] about It’s All About the Money
LA’s New Tank
It was only a matter of time. Because of his Ruthian-like seven weeks since being traded to the Dodgers from the St.Louis Cardinals on July 29, teammates Miguel Rojas and Gavin Lux began calling 29-year-old Dodgers utility infielder Tommy Edman “Tommy Tanks,” which quickly caught on in the Dodgers clubhouse and dugout. In the 22 games that Edman has appeared since joining … [Read more...] about LA’s New Tank
It’s Hard to Hate on Belly
With two outs in the top of the first inning of Monday night’s 10-4 Dodgers loss to the National League Central second-place Chicago Cubs in front of a sold out Dodger Stadium crowd of 50,495, 30-year-old Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler served up a 96-mph four-seam fastball that extremely popular former Dodger Cody Bellinger absolutely crushed, sending it 430 feet into the … [Read more...] about It’s Hard to Hate on Belly
Ohtani Becomes MLB’s First 46/46 Player
It was never a matter of if, but when. The when came during the NL West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers’ 4-0 win over the AL Central first-place Cleveland Guardians in front of a (mostly happy) Dodger Stadium crowd of 44,207, when 30-year-old international superstar Shohei Ohtani slugged his 46th home run of the season; this after having stolen his 46th base against the … [Read more...] about Ohtani Becomes MLB’s First 46/46 Player