Category Archives: 2016 Dodgers
Dodger front office wins one on the margin
For whatever reason, the Dodger front office takes a beating from fans and old school newspaper writers. As the trading deadline nears, they are sure to take some heat no matter what they do, but they can take some solace that for the short term, two minor trades have already produced an important victory. When …
LAD All-Stars 2000 – 2017, Clayton Kershaw era
Here is a link to all of the LAD All-Stars. Quick 21st-century LAD All-Star notes: The most all-stars this century are the current six in 2017 The Dodgers have a rookie all-star three years in a row with Joc Pederson, Corey Seager, and Cody Bellinger. This will be Kershaw’s 7th straight all-star appearance. Andre Ethier, …
Adam Liberatore J.P. Howell hand in left handed hand
Adam Liberatore is breaking LAD scoreless appearance records in 2016 that J.P. Howell was setting in 2015. Adam has appeared in 38 games this year, and given up a run only one time. He’s made 24 straight scoreless appearances. His strand rate is 92%. He’s been what J.P Howell was last year at just about …
Yasmani Grandal – by the numbers
Grandal hit three home runs last night, and could have had a shot at a home run cycle. Grandal hit a solo home run in the 7th, a two-run home run in the 1st, and a three-run home run in the 3rd. At one point it looked like he might be able to come up …
Wild Card race – Pirates don’t know if they are coming or going
The Dodger lead in the wild card race is starting to dwindle, and the main culprit is the Pittsburgh Pirates. Just a few weeks ago the Pirates were being declared dead, and silly rumors of them trading off pieces were surfacing. No one is more Jekyll and hyde than the Pirates, and right now they are …
Chase Utley’s six hits – by the numbers
Chase Utley collected six hits in yesterday’s loss to the Orioles, the most he has ever collected. Six hits is a special number in baseball, a feat accomplished only 103 times in the history of baseball. Chase Utley was the 3rd oldest player to collect at least six hits in a game. The oldest were …
The more things change the more things stay the same
Even with all the changes the Dodgers made over the winter, their record this year is 47 – 37, the exact same mark they had in 2015, and 2014. This year it took a four-game winning, a nine-game winning streak at home, and winners of fourteen of their last nineteen to get to the same …
Dodgers haven’t lost since losing Kershaw to DL
The Dodgers needed a shot in the arm just as much as Clayton Kershaw needed a shot in the back, and they both got just what they needed. Clayton received his epidural and is awaiting confirmation that he can start progressing toward a return. In the meantime, Bud Norris and Brandon McCarthy were added to the …
Bud Norris notches 7th best start in career in LAD debut
Does it bode well for the LAD that Bud Norris has pitched two of the best games of his career in back to back starts? You couldn’t have asked Bud Norris to do any more than what he did on Friday night in place of Clayton Kershaw. Norris not known as a strikeout pitcher struck …
Can Bud Norris and the cavalry save the Dodger season?
Depth replaces adequacy, it doesn’t replace brilliance. Jon Weisman gives nine reasons why Dodger fans should not dispair. As usual, Jon hits the right notes but is the case convincing? Does it have to be? If you are a fan you should be a fan, even when the chips are down. With Clayton Kershaw on …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 