I fully endorse Dave Roberts and the Dodger Braintrust’s decision not to waste the bullpen last night. I guarantee it was not just Doc’s decision but an organizational decision to focus on Sunday’s Game Six, which will be a repeat of Game four with San Diego, where Doc asked for nine pitchers to get three outs. Actually, Brasier, Vesia, and Phillips got one or two more than that, so it…
This 2024 Version of your Los Angeles Dodgers is not drastically different from the 21, 22, or 23 Dodgers. The changes have been Evolutionary rather than Revolutionary. I truly believe that these are the Dodgers’ of Destiny because of the team’s evolution. Listen to the Lyrics of this song, and you will understand: The poster child of this evolution might be Striker Buehler (he is no longer Walker). He pitched…
Some fans only remember that in 2023, Clayton Kershaw had a shoulder problem for which he had surgery, and before the surgery, he had tried to pitch but got bombed in the playoffs. So, he had surgery on his shoulder and came back in 2024, only to have a bone spur on his left big toe that effectively ended his year. In 2023, Clayton pitched 132 innings and allowed 100…
Let me be very clear about this: It was one game, and we should not be surprised that on this team, everyone hits or no one hits. Yesterday, the bottom of the lineup, led by Tommy Edman, got all five Dodger hits (and drove in three runs), while the vaunted top of the order took a collar! Just so that we are very clear, Shohei Ohtani, Mookies, Betts, Teoscar Hernandez,…
As I wrote last week, “Worry is a Misuse of the Imagination.” I stand by that! The Dodgers are missing a whole arsenal of arms: no Clayton Kershaw, no Tyler Glasnow, no Tony Gonsolin, no Gavin Stone, no Dustin May, no River Ryan, no Emmet Sheehan, no Alex Vesia, no Brusdar Graterol, and certainly no Shohei Ohtani (the pitcher, at least). They do have Yoshinobu Yamamoto, though he’s still ramping…
The Mets are the surprise team of 2024 in the NL. They were picked by most writers and bloggers (including me) to finish near the bottom of the league. They ended up winning 89 games and making the playoffs, and they knocked the Milwaukee Brewers out of the playoffs. They are a force to be reckoned with and are the Cinderella Story of MLB (so far) this year. Offensively, they…
I love the Dodgers, and I remember every big win since 1963. They were all sweet, but for personal reasons, this win was very significant. It was significant for two reasons: (1) because, for the past three seasons, the Dodgers have had an early, ignominious exit from the playoffs; and what may be the sweetest reason of all, (2) I made a conscious decision to drive all the negative, moronic,…
When I saw that Dylan Hernandez said the Dodgers should make Game Five another bullpen game, I knew that was exactly what they shouldn’t do. A monkey throwing darts at a NASDAQ list of companies in the Wall Street Journal is right more often than Dylan Hernandez! It’s going to be an EPIC HISTORIC game as Yu Darvish starts against Yoshi Yamamoto. This is the first time two right-handers start…
Yesterday, the real Los Angeles Dodgers showed up and put an 8-0 beatdown on the Padres. You could clearly see the fear and confusion in the Padre’s eyes at the end of the game. In the process, the Dodgers raised their BA to .244 as a team (SD is at .246), and they have now scored 33 runs to San Diego’s 34 runs. They also dropped their Division Series Team…
