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The history of Philadelphia and Brooklyn/Los Angeles battling is almost entirely old as the teams themselves. The Philadelphia Phillies have tread the diamond since 1883, while Brooklyn started the following year of 1884. That’s good enough for 2,102 games, and the Boys in Blue hold the head-to-head edge decisively at 1,169-918. Given the decades of […] More
The Dodgers’ midwest road trip continues this week with a three-game stop at Wrigley Field. After taking 3 of 4 from the Brewers, 2 of those wins coming on improbable homers off Josh Hader, Los Angeles has momentum as they face off against a Cubs squad that’s starting to heat up. ? NL POWER RANKINGS […] More
Dodgers Nation will be writing about ‘Bellinger Bombs’. The Dodgers have one of the best young power hitters in the game under contract for the foreseeable future. Writers like Sam Miller have asked the question ‘What if Cody Bellinger is going to break the all-time home run record’. As the career home runs continue to pile […] More
The Los Angeles Dodgers crawled out of one more hole, and survived Josh Hader and game seven in Milwaukee. As a reward and result of their 5-1 victory over the Brewers – they will represent the National league in the 2018 World Series. Of course, this is the second straight year that the Dodgers won […] More
I hope that no one minds me going raw and unfiltered for one post. For this occasion, I feel it’s important. The 2018 Dodgers – regardless of what happens on Saturday night in Milwaukee – are my favorite baseball team of all-time. I will get to the ‘why’ of that in a bit. However, before […] More
Friend of the show Michael Duarte of NBC LA hops on the phone to chat Dodgers NLCS with Kevin and FRG. Topics include: – Manny vs Aguilar – Manny vs Hustle – Manny vs Utley – Chris Taylor: A man’s man – Craig Counsell, managing chess, not baseball – The Curious Case of Cody Bellinger […] More
After their thrilling game five victory to close down Chavez Ravine, the Los Angeles Dodgers are one win from the World Series. Still, that win must take place for this post not to become quickly obsolete. Should it happen (when, right?), a series Most Valuable Player will be named for the 2018 NLCS. Uniquely, no […] More
Kike Hernandez noted that the Dodgers seemed to lack the energy or hunger you would hope to see in an NLCS series. Hernandez told Andy McCullough of the LA Times following game three that ‘the stadium lacked energy’ in the moments of the team’s 4-0 defeat at the hands of the Milwaukee Brewers. Here are […] More
Episode 25 of Blue Heaven — affectionately titled “Catching for Dummies” — finds Kevin and FRG chatting with Los Angeles Times editor, and “Dodgers Dugout” newsletter writer — friend of the show — Houston Mitchell about games 1 and 2 of the Dodgers NLCS against the Brewers. Along with a bit about what to expect from […] More
In the fourth-inning of game two of the NLCS, Manny Machado hit a ground ball to shortstop. The fielder came up with it cleanly, and then fired to first to retire a softly-trotting Machado. Joe Buck quickly remarked “Machado’s not running… Machado didn’t hustle,” in an almost surprising tone. In a scoreless game – and […] More
Yasmani Grandal has had a rough series for the Dodgers – to say the least. In the third inning of game one of the NLCS, he had the nightmare third inning. It was probably the difference in a one-run ballgame, and a frame that Dodgers fans will never forget. Grandal became the first catcher in […] More
Now, we have had a day and change to digest what took place on Saturday. Justin Turner hit a home run in game two of the NLCS that turned the series on it’s head. Furthermore, this could end up being one of the biggest home runs in Dodgers history. While time will tell if that […] More
