Archive for October, 2017

Seager a definite maybe for World Series

As expected, when Dodgers beat writers and reporters dialed in to Saturday afternoon’s pre-World Series conference call with Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, the leadoff question (and several others throughout) dealt with whether or not reigning 2016 National League Rookie of the Year shortstop Corey Seager will be on the Dodgers 25-man World Series roster, let […]

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Difficult World Series roster decision need not be

If you were to poll Dodger fans as to who should be removed from the Dodgers current 25-man roster to make room for the possible (although in my opinion unlikely) return of reigning National League Rookie of the Year shortstop Corey Seager, the unanimous, hands down favorite would be struggling (to put it mildly) outfielder […]

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Dodgers touch new generation of fans

One of the more enjoyable things about following the Dodgers on social media, more specifically on Twitter, is that it knows no generational bounds. Oh sure, it takes but seconds for us war babies and baby boomers to realize that the vast majority of those actively involved on Twitter are two, three, or even five […]

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Granderson could learn a thing or two from Jim Wolf

Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda said it best: “There are three kinds of people in this world: Those that make things happen, those that watch things happen, and those that wonder what the hell just happened.” But for as true as this is – and it is very true – our beloved Tommy missed […]

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Darvish makes postseason history … with his bat

By now everyone knows how incredibly good Dodgers right-hander Yu Darvish was in game-3 of the 2017 National League Championship Series on Tuesday night at Wrigley Field in Chicago. They know that after giving up a one out solo home run to Cubs left fielder Kyle Schwarber in the bottom of the first inning, the 31-year-old Habikino, Japan native was […]

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Darvish no stranger to Turner-like dramatic finishes

You would think that few professional baseball players have ever experienced what the Dodgers did on Sunday night when Justin Turner hit his Kirk Gibson-esque game-winning walk-off three run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Dodgers the 4-1 win and a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven National League Championship […]

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Roberts not concerned with using Jansen or Morrow on consecutive days

It’s one of those ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ things. Through the first two games of the 2017 National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts hasn’t even blinked an eye about using de facto setup man Brandon Morrow and star closer Kenley Jansen on consecutive days and, when needed, […]

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Turner gets historic home run ball back from fan

To this day, the whereabouts of the single most important home run ball in Dodgers history – the Kirk Gibson walk-off home run ball from game-1 of the 1988 World Series – is still among baseball’s greatest unsolved mysteries. But the whereabouts of the second most important home run ball in Dodgers history – the bottom […]

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Dodgers bullpen no-hits Cubs in Game-1 of NLCS

It was a game like no other at Dodger Stadium. After a week of intense excitement and anticipation of the likes Dodger fans haven’t experienced in nearly three decades, a crowd of 54,289 was still in shock over after having just learned that the biggest series of the season thus far would have to be […]

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Seager still questionable for game-1 of NLCS

Even after a five-day layoff, there was somebody noticeably missing when the Dodgers held their final pre-National League Championship Series workout on Friday afternoon at Dodger Stadium. Twenty-three-year-old Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager – the National Leagues’s reigning Rookie of the Year – was nowhere to be found. “We’re going to keep him off the field […]

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