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Although it has been known – or at least speculated – for some time now, the Dodgers made official on Monday morning that 32-year-old superstar infielder/outfielder Mookie Betts will not play in the Dodgers – and MLB’s – 2025 season-opening series against the Chicago Cubs at the Tokyo Dome in Japan very early (PDT) on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. As the entire baseball … [Read more...] about Betts Out For Season Opener

The good news is that the Dodgers weren’t no-hit in their 3-0 loss to the Hanshin Tigers at the Tokyo Dome in Japan on Saturday. The bad news is they went 3-for-28 (.107) at the plate – all singles. They also went 7-for-32 (.219) in their 5-1 win over the Yomiuri Giants on Saturday, during which they did manage to hit a double and three home runs, so there’s that. But the … [Read more...] about Good News / Bad News / Worst News / Great News

Dodger fans who got up at 3 AM to watch their beloved team play the Tokyo Giants – for a Spring Training exhibition game – very early Saturday morning witnessed something absolutely incredible. They not not only witnessed their beloved team play – and win – a game in front of a sold-out Tokyo Dome crowd of 42,064, but they – and all of those 42,064 Tokyo Dome fans – got to … [Read more...] about Ohtani Gives ‘Em What They Came To See

There’s good, there’s better, there’s the best … and then there’s Freddie Freeman, who is as close to better than best as there is in the game today. Go ahead, prove me wrong. I’ll wait. Although the guaranteed future first-ballot Hall of Famer owns a career slash line of .300 / .387 / .512 / .899 over his 15 MLB seasons, and a slash line of .314 / .399 / .520 / .919 in his … [Read more...] about Better Than Best

Earlier this week we posted that 27-year-old right-hander Landon Knack quite possibly pitched himself out of the Dodgers 2025 Opening Day starting rotation and even off of the Dodgers 2025 Opening Day active roster. The same cannot be said of 24-year-old left-hander Justin Wrobleski, who quite possibly pitched himself into/onto both. During Friday evening’s 6-4 Dodgers win … [Read more...] about Wrobleski (Probably) an Opening Day Lock