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As postseason games go, this game had soul
I’ve been reviewing postseason box scores looking for historical games to write about, and I’ll have to admit if I saw this box score twenty years from now, it would not strike me as a particularly interesting game. That is the problem with box scores of games you never saw, they don’t really tell the …
Three years ago today Juan Uribe lit up LA
The Dodgers have had several notable games on October 7th, but maybe none more memorable than the Juan Uribe game on 10/7/2013. Eric Stephen had all the special moments. Craig Minami and I were seated in the Loge down the left field line so we got a great view of that majestic home run. I feel …
Can Kershaw do his part?
By asking that question, what I mean is, can Clayton keep his team tied or better by the time he’s lifted by Dave Roberts? Max Scherzer will be a stern test, it could very well be much like Wednesday’s game when Thor/Bumgarner threw zeroes at each other. The difference in the game was that Thor …
Bumgarner adds to his October legend
with another Wild Card shutout. Madison may not be the equal of Clayton Kershaw during the regular season, but when the leaves start to turn, and World Champions are anointed, Bumgarner can stand with the best of them. Among the great postseason games, if you use Game Score as a criteria, and search for postseason …
Building a ladder
It is the fall of 2008 and I’m staring out the window of the Van Nuys FlyAway Bus that will take me on a flight to Austin to see Jerry for maybe the last time. Jerry had just finished telling me he was too sick to make the drive and that Joe Guggina will be-be …
Don Drysdale wins first World Series game at Dodger Stadium 53 years ago
Don Drysdale christened Dodger Stadium into the postseason world with a brilliant 1 – 0 shutout of the New York Yankees in game three of the 1963 World Series. The first two games of the World Series in 63 had been played in Yankee Stadium with the Yankees only scoring three runs. This time, they …
10/4/2008 Broxton’s last hurrah, Dodgers sweep Cubs
Jame Loney delivered the first blow in game one, and James Loney delivered the final blow in game three. Loney’s two-out two run double in the bottom of the 1st inning put the Dodgers up 2 – 0 as they went on to win 3 – 1 and swept the Cubs. I was at the game …
On 10/4/1959 Dodgers win first World Series game in Los Angeles
With the Dodgers having split the first two games of the 1959 World Series in Chicago, the series headed back to Los Angeles. This was the first World Series game ever played at the Coliseum and 92,000 plus watched the Dodgers win their first World Series game in Los Angeles 3 – 1 behind the …
National Positional Starters Review
I’m going to look at the positional breakdown for the NL East Champions. The last time I looked at them was June 20th but at that time they had Wilson Ramos and Stephen Strasburg. Eric Stephen gives us the statistical breakdown of the matchup but the Nationals are not the team who played 162 games as …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 