Friday’s 8-5 Dodgers win over the visiting National League Central first place Milwaukee Brewers in front of a Dodger Stadium crowd of 49,885 will forever be remembered as ‘The Will Smith Game,’ and rightfully so. All the 29-year-old Louisville, KY native and Dodgers first-round draft pick in 2016 out of the University of Louisville did was homer three times, walk twice, drive … [Read more...] about Friday’s ‘Other’ Heroes
One and Done
In Wednesday’s game between the National League West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers and the NL West third-place Arizona Diamondbacks in front of a Dodger Stadium crowd of 47,965, the Dodgers sent eight men to the plate in the bottom of the first inning. Four of them scored on four hits, including back-to-back home runs by 2024 All-Stars Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernández. … [Read more...] about One and Done
Welcome Home!
Tuesday’s 6-5 Dodgers ninth-inning walk-off win over the division-rival Arizona Diamondbacks in front of a sold out Dodger Stadium to kickoff a six-game homestand ranks right up there as among the most exciting games of the 2024 regular season. Not only did the 52,931 on hand at the Ravine (at least those who didn’t leave when the D-backs took a 5-4 lead in the top half of … [Read more...] about Welcome Home!
Bring Your Hungry to Dodger Stadium
Returning home after a 4-2 road trip that took them through Chicago, where they swept the White Sox, and San Francisco, where they took one of three from the Giants, the Dodgers return to Dodger Stadium for a six-game homestand, with three against the NL West third-place division-rival Arizona Diamondbacks and three against the NL Central first-place Milwaukee Brewers. Blue … [Read more...] about Bring Your Hungry to Dodger Stadium
‘You’re Not Going To Pitch Well Every Game’
If you missed Sunday’s series finale between the Dodgers and San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park, you are among the lucky ones. Following Saturday’s 14-7 shellacking of The Hated Ones, the other Dodgers showed up on Sunday afternoon, mustering only four runs and eight hits to the Giants 10 runs and 16 hits. “The bullpen’s been great. Unfortunately, when you’re on the road in … [Read more...] about ‘You’re Not Going To Pitch Well Every Game’