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Dodgers still undefeated against B-Z since July 4th
The Dodgers lost last night but should we have been surprised? They were, after all, playing a team whose name starts with an “A”. Since July 4th the Dodgers have now only lost to the Atlanta Braves and Arizona Diamondbacks going 23 – 4 in that span. When you are on a pace to win …
Dodger record without Kershaw is insane
In 2016, Clayton Kershaw the best pitcher during the regular season in the universe went on the DL after making a start on June 26th. The Dodger record was 41-36. When Clayton Kershaw made his next start on Sept 9th,2016 the Dodger record was 79-60. The Dodger record without Clayton Kershaw in 2016 was 38-14. …
Possible NLDS Preview
The Dodgers are in Phoenix facing the team they most likely will face in the NLDS. The Diamondbacks reached their potential one year too late to save the job of Dave Stewart but they are now playing at the level expected in 2016. This is a good team with great balance between the hitting and pitching. …
FFA Week of July 31st – Aug 6th
The contenders are: Willie Calhoun who hit four home runs. Alex Verdugo is hitting .179 over his last ten games with only two walks. Walker Buehler pitched his first game in relief and gave up three runs while getting four outs. Oops, I’m doing this wrong. Henry Ramos – AAA/OKC – Ramos was promoted to …
Ryu Rules Sunday Nights
Hyun-Jin Ryu once again dominated on a nationally televised game on Sunday night pitching seven shutout innings for the second Sunday in a row. The pitcher who no one was counting on in March has now thrown fifteen scoreless innings in a row and has thrown a monkey wrench into the Dodger future rotation. Ever …
Cody Bellinger passes Ted Williams
With his 32nd home run last night, Cody Bellinger blew past HOF Ted Williams who had hit 31 home runs in his rookie campaign. Cody also passed Angel great Tim Salmon who hit his 31 home runs back in 1993. Jim Ray Hart who had one of the great names in baseball history hit 31 …
Chasing Piazza/Robinson/Green/McGwire on Aug 7th
Cody Bellinger rocked his 32nd home run last night giving him four home runs for the week and putting him well ahead of the pace of NL Rookie HR champion Frank Robinson who only had 25 on this date on his way to 38. Frank Robinson would pick up the pace and club ten home …
LAD single season home run leaders
A few weeks ago I displayed the table showing every single LAD team home run leader from 1958 to 2017. This table is a little different. It is going to show you the history of the most home runs hit in a season since 1958. Charlie Neal and Gil Hodges held the record for only …
Saving Weecha
One of the first books that I read as a child that left an impression with me was the book Weecha about a raccoon that is chased by hunters and their dogs. Memories being what they are, I was off a bit. The book is about Weecha the Raccoon but the main story was the friendship …
Bill Singer stands tall in NY
Bill Singer has the best game score in LAD history against the New York Mets while pitching in New York. You have to give Singer extra credit for this game score. He did it against the 1969 World Champion New York Mets. I say that because six of the top eleven game scores came against …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 