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Is This Season Different for the Los Angeles Dodgers?

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...

Unduly Expectations Have Been Placed on the Dodgers Starting Rotation

Robbie Stratakos

Jul 20, 2020

Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Yes, the Los Angeles Dodgers are arguably the best team in the National League. Yes, they have a remarkably deep pitching staff. That means their starting rotation will be invincible, right? Incorrect, their ro...

Francisco Lindor is the Perfect Target for the Los Angeles Dodgers

Robbie Stratakos

Nov 11, 2019

Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

When a team wins 106 games in the regular season, you don't typically hear people clamoring for them to make a blockbuster move in the offseason. On the other hand, when you're the undisputed favorite to win yo...

This is a New Low for the Los Angeles Dodgers

Robbie Stratakos

Oct 15, 2019

Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

This is a new low for the Los Angeles Dodgers. They won the National League West by 21 games. They had the best record in the NL by nine games. They were the presumed favorite to win the NL, if not the World...

The Dodgers’ Struggles Start with their Offense

Austin Green

May 9, 2016

Los Angeles Dodgers, Opinions & Predictions

Whenever the Los Angeles Dodgers start slumping like they have been this past week, most fans are always quick to blame the shortcomings in the team's pitching staff beyond Clayton Kershaw. It's easy to see why...

Who is Ross Stripling?

Austin Green

Apr 1, 2016

Breaking News, Headlines, Injuries, Los Angeles Dodgers, Spring Training

When the Los Angeles Dodgers' fifth starter job was opened up by an injury to Brett Anderson, I suggested five candidates for the role. As my luck would have it, none of those was the guy who won out: Ros...

Five Memorable Stolen Bases in Baseball History

Josey Curtis

Mar 22, 2016

Features, History

Seasoned baseball spectators can agree that the timely stealing of a base is capable of impacting the outcome of a ballgame as much as a long home run. However, it is rare that the theft of a bag is as thrillin...

Five Major Questions for the 2016 Los Angeles Dodgers

Austin Green

Jan 22, 2016

Features, Headlines, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, National League, National League West, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions

Credit: Denis Poroy / Getty Images North America The Los Angeles Dodgers' 2015-16 offseason has been unpredictable, unlucky, and sometimes even uninspiring. Expectations are higher among fans than perhaps a...

Five Burning Questions for the Los Angeles Dodgers this Offseason

Austin Green

Dec 1, 2015

Features, Los Angeles Dodgers, National League West, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions

Source: Stephen Dunn/Getty Images North AmericaAfter getting eliminated in the 2014 NLDS despite winning over 90 games, the Dodgers fired their longtime general manager Ned Colletti and rebuilt their front off...

Reports: Dodgers to Hire Dave Roberts as Manager

Jeff J. Snider

Nov 23, 2015

Breaking News, Headlines, Los Angeles Dodgers, National League West, Transactions

The Los Angeles Dodgers, after a managerial search that lasted nearly five weeks and included at least nine candidates, have made the decision to hire former outfielder Dave Roberts as the 32nd manager in franc...

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