Welcome back to my series for Dodgers Nation, the Dodgers NL MVP Annals! In each installment, I take an in-depth look at every single MVP season by a Dodger and the player who won it. The Dodgers franchise can currently lay claim to 13 National League MVP awards, won by 11 different players. These span […] More
The Dodgers opened up their season against the Arizona Diamondbacks and sent out Hyun-Jin Ryu to oppose former Dodger Zack Greinke on the hill. A perfect start to the season. #OpeningDayLA pic.twitter.com/8vlrgUsbpb — Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) March 29, 2019 Don Newcombe was honored before the game with members of his family throwing out the […] More
With the passing of Dodgers legend Don Newcombe one of the topics brought up was why the Dodgers had not retired his number “36”. The reason is that the Dodgers have a policy that basically states that a person must be in the Baseball Hall of Fame to have their number retired. There was an […] More
The Dodgers will honor the late great Don Newcombe with a commemorative #36 pitch this season. The commemorative patch being implemented has become uniform across the MLB, but this passing obviously stings a bit more for Dodger fans. The Los Angeles Dodgers will honor the legacy of pitching great Don Newcombe, who passed away Tuesday […] More
Welcome back to the Sights and Sounds of Spring Training series! Over the last few days, a lot has happened around camp. Position players have finally reported! Don Newcombe First of all, some of the biggest news surrounding the Dodgers organization was the passing of the legendary Don Newcombe. So many of the current and […] More
As we continue to remember the life and legacy of Dodgers’ great Don Newcombe, to no surprise, his passing elicited a truly overwhelming volume of responses on social media from Dodger players and community members past and present. First is the official team account, which announced his passing to the public. Don Newcombe, one of […] More
This week on the podcast Machado is a Padre, Puig made some questionable statements to Cincinnati media, and baseball could be heading toward a work stoppage. But first we remember Don Newcombe, a Dodger legend we lost ahead of episode 42 of the podcast. Thank you to our sponsor at the Arizona board of tourism! […] More
Only 12 days after baseball civil rights legend Frank Robinson passed away, one of the game’s original barrier-breakers has also gone to that great Dodger in the sky. Don Newcombe, lovingly known to generations of Dodgers faithful as Newk, passed away on February 19 at the age of 92. His death was officially announced on […] More
The Los Angeles Dodgers have lost another member of their illustrious organization. Don Newcombe, one of the Dodgers’ pitching greats, has passed away. Newcombe was 92 at the time of his passing. Donald Newcombe played for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers for parts of eight seasons. He was active in Major League Baseball for […] More
Here in this piece I am giving you the all time best starting Dodger rotation. In the modern baseball era, a lot of teams are flying with 6 man rotations. In that spirit, I give you the Dodgers all time 6 man starting rotation. For WAR numbers I used Baseball-Reference. 1) Sandy Koufax 53.2 […] More
Are you in Los Angeles for Thanksgiving weekend and looking for something Dodgers related? We just might have the thing for you. The Dodgers will host their third annual Pop-Up Museum presented by Mastercard beginning this Saturday (November 24th). The event will take place on the Left Field reserve level of the ballpark. Tickets for […] More
“Newk” broke into the league in 1949 and is famous for being the first of two players (Detroit Tiger’s Justin Verlander in 2011) to win the Rookie of the Year, MVP and Cy Young award in his career. Mr. Newcombe also became the first black pitcher to start a World Series game, the first black […] More
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