Hoo·li·gan –ˈho͞oləɡən / noun:  a violent troublemaker, typically one of a gang. synonyms:  troublemaker, delinquent, mischief-maker, vandal, rowdy, ruffian.   *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *   You’ve undoubtedly seen them. How could you not – they’re everywhere. Hooligans. And they’ve taken over Dodger Stadium. No, not a violent troublemaker or a delinquent or mischief-maker or vandal, but […]

At the time it seemed like a great idea; a bargain at the price – especially with the extremely deep pockets of Dodgers new ownership. The date was October 23, 2013 and (then) Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti convinced Dodgers President and CEO Stan Kasten to roll the dice on a 26-year-old Cuban defector named Alexander (Alex) Guerrero, […]

I was furious. Enraged even. Why on earth would anybody sign a starting pitcher to a seven-year / $126 million deal? Nobody’s worth that kind of money – especially a pitcher. Pitchers break, for crying out loud – everybody knows that. Yet they did it. The San Francisco Giants – the team that every Dodger fan loathes […]

(Editor’s note: The following is a guest piece submitted by Dodgers fan Gail Johnson, who resides in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada – exactly 3,473 miles from Dodger Stadium). It is my first baseball memory – I am being carried by my father into the living room in my childhood home. It’s October 21, 1980 – Game-6 of […]

“It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone…” Here I am […]

With nearly all of the national and local media focused (ad nauseam) on the possible firing of Dodgers manager Don Mattingly and the opt-out clause of 2015 NL Cy Young hopeful Zack Greinke, today’s announcement that Dodgers Vice President of Medical Services and Head Athletic Trainer Stan Conte has resigned came as a bit of a surprise […]

While listening to MLB Network Radio’s Power Alley on Friday morning – the morning after the Dodgers’ season had come to an abrupt end after losing Game-5 of the NLDS to the New York Mets – show hosts Jim Memolo and Ryan Spilborghs talked about Dodgers right-hander Zack Greinke exercising his opt-out clause at 3:30 in the morning after suffering the […]

It wasn’t the mental lapse by rookie shortstop Corey Seager that brought an abrupt end to the Dodgers 2015 season in Thursday night’s brutal 3-2 loss to the New York Mets. It wasn’t even the pop fly ball that veteran right fielder Andre Ethier caught in foul territory that he could have let bounce which would have […]

Unlike the ravenous bloodthirsty crowds at Citi Field in New York, fans attending tonight’s NLDS finale at Dodger Stadium will more than likely see embattled Dodgers utility infielder Chase Utley, should the Dodgers find themselves in a situation where they need a pinch-hitter or double-switch replacement. Utley, who received a two-game suspension from MLB’s Chief Baseball […]