On August 20, 2024, 35-year-old 15-year MLB veteran outfielder Jason Heyward hit what many consider to be the single biggest home run of the 2024 season in the Dodgers exciting 6-3 win over the Seattle Mariners, a game-winning 372-foot three-run blast into the visitors right field bullpen in front of a Dodger Stadium crowd of 48,395 – a home run of which Dodgers manager Dave … [Read more...] about Dodgers Release Jason Heyward
Pick Your Poison
Even though it (presumably) wasn’t intentional, Tampa Bay Rays left-hander Richard Lovelady hitting Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani on his left forearm with a 91.8-MPH sinker to lead off the bottom of the eighth inning on a 2-1 count with the scored tied at 1-1 was not a good idea. It did, however, cause the sold out Dodger Stadium crowd of 52,464 to immediately fall … [Read more...] about Pick Your Poison
‘The Ohtani Game’
Ask any veteran (old) Dodger fan if they remember ‘The Kirk Gibson Game,’ their answer will either be an emphatic “Yes!” or a quizical (and extremely rare) “Huh?” “In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened!” – Vin Scully – October 15, 1988(Rusty Kennedy) Prior to Friday night’s exciting bottom-of-the-ninth Dodgers 7-3 walk-off win over the AL East … [Read more...] about ‘The Ohtani Game’
Bullpen Denies Kershaw … Again
As he has done many times over his brilliant 17-year future first-ballot Hall of Fame career, 36-year-old Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw exited a game with his team in a position to win. As they have done many times over Kershaw’s brilliant 17-year future first-ballot Hall of Fame career, the Dodgers bullpen blew that opportunity, losing to the Tampa Bay Rays in 10 … [Read more...] about Bullpen Denies Kershaw … Again
Ohtani Goes Where No Man Has Gone Before
It was never a matter of if, but when. The first part of that when came in the bottom of the fourth inning, when international superstar and future first-ballot Hall of Famer Shohei Ohtani stole his 40th base of the season off of Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Tyler Alexander and catcher Rob Brantly without a throw (Brantly dropped the ball). Even though Brantly dropped … [Read more...] about Ohtani Goes Where No Man Has Gone Before