Dodgers survive a League of his moan, 4-3
So Chad Billingsley was the pregame worry, but in the end it was pins and needles with Brandon League. It’s Jackie Robinson week, but instead we got the ghost of Mickey Owen. Despite 17 baserunners...
View ArticleFurious Dodgers fight off Padres but lose Greinke
Your browser does not support iframes. I was angry, so I can only imagine how the Dodgers felt. The idea that Zack Greinke was trying to hit Carlos Quentin with a 3-2 pitch in the sixth inning of a...
View ArticleDiamondbacks waste Kershaw and Dodgers, 3-0
The rule about who covers second base on a stolen-base attempt isn’t hard and fast. Generally, you choose the opposite-field defender (second baseman for a right-handed batter, shortstop for a...
View ArticleRaise the Ryuf! ‘Babe’ dominates in Dodger victory
If Hyun-Jin Ryu keeps playing like this, we’re going to have quite a run at the Pun Store. The rookie Dodger lefty had a barrel of fun against Arizona tonight, striking out 9 in 6 1/3 innings while...
View ArticleJosh Beckett pitched very well
Cruising through eight innings only to get snakebit in the ninth by Arizona today, 1-0, Josh Beckett joins this group of Dodgers who have pitched complete games and lost since 1988. Player Date Tm Opp...
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Thanks – we needed that
I’m not going to say that Dodger fans needed this one, this 7-4 victory today over Baltimore, because for one thing, it seemed unlikely following Chad Billingsley’s latest health calamity that “this...
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Mark Ellis powers Dodgers, 7-2, after Kershaw struggles
What can baseball do? Baseball can give you joy when you can imagine only sadness. It can also give you the reverse, but enough about last week with the Dodgers. This is this week. For two consecutive...
View ArticleThe glory that is Juan Uribe
The Juan Uribe statline after today’s 3-2 Dodger victory in New York: 29 plate appearances, two singles, two home runs, eight walks. He has an .890 OPS despite a .190 batting average. Juan Uribe has...
View ArticleGiants walk off and walk over Dodgers’ hearts in 10
There are games that live in your memory forever. Huge ones like the 4+1 game and the Squeeze. And then less meaningful but still utterly crazy ones like 1996′s 16-15 loss at Colorado. Tonight brought...
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