* * * You just call out my name And you know, wherever I am I’ll come runnin’ To see you again Winter, spring, summer or fall All you have to do is call And I’ll be there You’ve got a friend. ‘You’ve Got a Friend’ – Carole King – 1971 * * * * With no outs in the bottom of the 10th and the Pittsburg Pirates up 5-4 having scored … [Read more...] about ‘You’ve Got a Friend’
Buehler’s Next Start Likely With Dodgers
Thirty-year-old Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler made what was probably his final rehab start on Thursday evening at Triple-A Oklahoma City, as he works his way back from his August 23, 2022 (second) Tommy John surgery and right hip inflammation. The Lexington, KY native and Dodgers first round draft pick in 2015 out of Vanderbilt University allowed one run on one hit (a … [Read more...] about Buehler’s Next Start Likely With Dodgers
Amateur Call By Veteran Ump Costs Dodgers
Fifty-three-year-old Hunter Wendelstedt has been a Major League umpire since 1998 and has long been considered among the better umpires in the league. Not any more. During Wednesday’s game between the NL West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers and NL East first-place Philadelphia Phillies in front of a Dodger Stadium crowd of 45,003 (and millions more watching on television … [Read more...] about Amateur Call By Veteran Ump Costs Dodgers
Dodgers Lose Their ‘Bazooka’
It is an image that will remain etched in the hearts and minds of Dodger fans for a very log time. It is the image of 25-year-old Dodgers right-hander Brusdar Graterol being helped off the field by teammate Kiké Hernández and Dodgers head trainer Thomas Albert with tears in his eyes after suffering an injury to his right hamstring on his eighth pitch; this after having been … [Read more...] about Dodgers Lose Their ‘Bazooka’
Bigger Than Baseball
By now, every Dodger and baseball fan on the planet is well aware of the medical condition (Guillain-Barre syndrome) that three-year-old Maximus Freeman, son of Dodgers first baseman and future first-ballot Hall of Famer Freddie Freeman, is dealing with, so I won’t belabor that issue. But what absolutely bears repeating is the incredible show of love and support given to the … [Read more...] about Bigger Than Baseball