Since the Guggenheim Group took over, the fortunes of the Los Angeles Dodgers have changed significantly. From the beginning, the one thing ownership has consistently said is that they want to field championship caliber teams every year. On that promise, they have delivered. The deal closed to purchase the team on May 1st, 2012. The season was already in progress when they took over, so most of the management team…
The Dodgers are about face a very tough NL adversary, Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers have reached the playoffs 7 out of the last 8 years. They have reached NLCS in two of them, both times they lost to Dodgers (2018 and 2025). The Dodgers also beat Milwaukee in the 2020 Wild Card. They are widely considered one of the best organizations in development of pitchers. They are almost always near…
OKC Comets 6 – Reno Aces (Dbacks) 4 RHSP Christian Romero pitched a decent 5.0 innings. He allowed 1 run on 5 hits, 2 BB, with 7 K. OKC jumped out to a lead in the 1st. After the first two were out, 1B Ryan Ward and DH James Tibbs III drew walks. CF Jack Suwinski singled home Ward. LF Ryan Fitzgerald singled to score Tibbs III and Suwinski came…
Forbes estimates the Dodgers value going into 2026 at $7.8 billion, a $1 billion increase from 2025, a 14.7% increase. This was after a 25% jump in 2025 from 2024. The Dodgers are a cash cow and now have NYY in their sights as the top valued MLB franchise. How has this value bonanza manifested into salaries? The LAD 2015 payroll was $298MM. Todd Boehly said this prior to the…
I spotted Bear and Jeff in a fishing boat off the coast… They evidently want nothing to do with this… I’m upset they didn’t invite me… The OKC Comets did not play last night. The Tulsa Drillers did not play last night. The Great Lakes Loons did not play last night. The Ontario Tower Buzzers did not play last night. The ACL Dodgers did play last night and beat the…
He was signed to a $5,000 dollar bonus in the spring of 1952 after being invited to tryout while the Dodgers were in Cincinnati, by scout, Hugh Alexander. His hosts for his weekend were Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe. They treated the wide-eyed 19-year-old to a room service steak. “This is the way I want to live.” he thought. He would later regret not going to college. He was born…
OKC Comets 10 – Albuquerque Comets (Colorado) 2 Another big night for 3B Alex Freeland. RHSP Ryder Ryan was making his first starting since coming off the IL, and he pitched 2.0 innings, allowing a single and registering 3 K. RHRP Griff McGarry relieved Ryan in the 3rd and pitched a scoreless inning with 2 BB and 2 K. Comets broke through in the 4th. DH James Tibbs III drew…
In the Dodgers first ten seasons in Los Angeles, they had 10 different opening day third basemen. Dick Gray opened at 3rd in 58. In 59, Jim Baxes. In order from 60-67, Gilliam, T. Davis, Darryl Spencer, McMullen, Werhas, Kennedy, Lefebvre. The first player in LA history, to start at 3rd on two consecutive opening days was Steve Garvey in 70-71. Grabarkewitz, and McMullen opened there before Cey began his…
I am very adept at discerning the obvious immediately. With last night’s win over the Midgets, the Dodgers slipped back into first place in the NL West with the 3rd best record in the National League and the 5th best in all of baseball. However, anything less than 162-0 is considered a failure by some. Oh, well. Tonight, they drive to Anaheim and play the pathetic Angels, who are the…
Albuquerque Isotopes (Rox) 8 – OKC Comets 2 LHSP Cole Irvin significantly struggled in his 1.1 IP. He had some traffic with a single and BB in the 1st. But that was simply a preview. In the 2nd, after the leadoff batter K’d , a double, BB, E6 loaded the bases. A triple scored 3, and that runner scored on a FC. A BB and infield single loaded the bases. …