Immediately following the Dodgers 5-4 ugly loss to the National League West third-place Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Tuesday, SportsNet LA’s Kirsten Watson caught up with 31-year-old Dodgers right-hander Tanner Scott, who began the bottom of the ninth inning by hitting D-backs first baseman Ildemaro Vargas with a 90.3-mph sinker. Scott then walked D-backs pinch-hitter … [Read more...] about Yes, It Was
Happy-Sad
It was short, it was to the point, it was painful to watch, and it was happy and sad at the same time. During a live televised SportsNet LA press conference on Thursday afternoon, 37-year-old future first-ballot Hall of Fame left-hander Clayton Kershaw announced that he will be retiring at the end of this, his 18th Major League season, all with the Dodgers. (SportsNet … [Read more...] about Happy-Sad
The Snell Yell
Making his 10th start of the 2025 season, 32-year-old Dodgers left-hander Blake Snell gave the Dodgers exactly what they needed to avoid being swept by the National League East first-place Philadelphia Phillies in front of a Dodger Stadium crowd of 50,859 on Wednesday night. All the Seattle, WA native and first-round draft pick in 2011 by the Tampa Bay Rays out of Shorewood … [Read more...] about The Snell Yell
Remember This Game
If the Dodgers do not win the National League West or (Lord forbid) do not make it into the 2025 postseason, which is highly unlikely with only 11 regular season games remaining and a (now) 2.0-game lead over the NL West second-place San Diego Padres, Tuesday’s embarrassing 9-6 loss to the NL East first-place Philadelphia Phillies at Dodger Stadium very well could be the reason … [Read more...] about Remember This Game
Too Little, Too Late
It was impressive, but it was a matter of too little, too late – again. It was a mammoth 405-foot solo home run a quarter the way up Dodger Stadium’s Right Field Pavilion by just-off-the-IL Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy off of Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Ranger Suárez to lead off the bottom of the fifth inning. It gave the Dodgers a (brief) 2-1 lead in Monday’s … [Read more...] about Too Little, Too Late