With their dominate 8-1 win over the National League West’s (very) last-place Colorado Rockies at mile-high Coors Field on Wednesday night, the Dodgers became the first National League team to reach the 50-win mark: As for those eight Dodgers runs, six were driven in by Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy, who has been on an absolute terror of late, including two grand slam … [Read more...] about First to 50
Move Over, Babe
Ask any veteran (old) baseball fan who’s the best there ever was, there’s a good chance that many (most) would answer outfielder – and pitcher – George Herman Babe Ruth, who spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball; a career that was rewarded with his enshrinement into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in it’s inaugural class in 1936 (along with Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Christy … [Read more...] about Move Over, Babe
Still The Man
This says it all: (Dodger Insider) “It wasn’t super clean tonight, they hit some homers but, you know, kind of a team win tonight, bullpen did great, got some big knocks, big offense for us, so, it wasn’t special by any means, but a win’s a win,” 37-year-old Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw told SportsNet LA’s Kirsten Watson postgame. Kershaw’s first strikeout on … [Read more...] about Still The Man
BaseBrawl
Just another day at the Ravine, right? Wrong. It was the final game of a four-game set between the NL West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers and their division-rivals, the NL West third-place San Diego Padres, in front of another sold out Dodger Stadium crowd, this one at 53,280 With one out and the Padres up 5-0 in the top of the ninth, 27-year-old Dodgers rookie … [Read more...] about BaseBrawl
The Hottest Ticket In Town
On Sunday evening, the NL West first place Los Angeles Dodgers announced (via social media) that 30-year-old international superstar Shohei Ohtani would be making his Dodgers pitching debut against the NL West third place San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium on Monday evening. As you might expect, this announcement had cellphones buzzing and chirping like crazy in and … [Read more...] about The Hottest Ticket In Town