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Takeaways From the 2020 World Series

Oct 29, 2020

Hall of Fame, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Postseason, Tampa Bay Rays

They say the third time is a charm. That seemed to be the case for the Los Angeles Dodgers who finally captured a World Series title after appearing in their third fall classic in the last four years. It was an...

The Los Angeles Dodgers Never Wavered

Robbie Stratakos

Oct 29, 2020

Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

It happened: the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series. Years of postseason heartbreak and overall letdown dissipated on Tuesday night in Arlington, Texas. Last decade the Dodgers come up short in Octo...

Is This Season Different for the Los Angeles Dodgers?

Robbie Stratakos

Sep 29, 2020

Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The Los Angeles Dodgers won 71.7 percent of their regular-season games, which would've been a franchise record had it been a 162-game season. Furthermore, they won the National League West for the eighth consec...

Who’ll be the Top 5 Pitchers in 2020?

Baseball Essential

Jun 24, 2020

Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The 2020 season is running a bit late. Thanks, coronavirus. The first pitch of the season was supposed to be hurled across the diamond on March 26, which just happens to be my birthday. I was really looki...

Playing Devil’s Advocate on the Universal DH

Jeff J. Snider

Feb 6, 2019

Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

I've always had an annoying tendency to look for both sides of an issue. (That sounds like a humblebrag, but I mean it -- I know it's annoying, to others and to myself.) The tendency follows a bit of a bell cur...

The Los Angeles Dodgers have been a Model of Perseverance this Season

Robbie Stratakos

Oct 22, 2018

Los Angeles Dodgers, Opinions & Predictions

It happened again. Saturday night, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series to advance to the 2018 World Series, winning their second consecuti...

NLDS Preview – Braves vs. Dodgers

Griffin Fabits

Oct 4, 2018

Atlanta Braves, Headlines, Los Angeles Dodgers

Ah, October baseball. You haven't changed a bit. Tuesday's National League Wild Card Game saw the Colorado Rockies come into Wrigley Field and dethrone the Chicago Cubs, the latest snapshot of just how fasci...

The Scully Avenue Podcast Episode 103: Max Muncy, Clayton Kershaw, and Other Dodgers Talk

Jeff J. Snider

Jun 28, 2018

Features, Los Angeles Dodgers, Podcasts

The Scully Avenue Podcast (@ScullyAve on Twitter) is hosted by Jeff Snider of Baseball Essential and Vince Samperio of Chavez Ravine Fiends. On today's episode, Jeff and Vince answered the following Los Angeles...

Jacob DeGrom and Tough-Luck Pitchers From Seasons Past

Jeff J. Snider

Jun 5, 2018

Baseball History, Features, New York Mets

Jacob deGrom is currently 4-0, which, if you care about pitcher win/loss records, is pretty good. Of course, that 4-0 record comes in 12 starts, leaving him with eight no-decisions. In those eight games, the Ne...

Amid Injuries, Dodgers Call Up Pitching Prospect Dennis Santana

Jeff J. Snider

May 30, 2018

Breaking News, Headlines, Los Angeles Dodgers

Amid a horrid stretch of injuries to their starting rotation, the Los Angeles Dodgers have thus far filled the holes with internal options. That trend continues today, at least in the short-term, as the Dodgers...

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