Where The Dodger Dogs Are Always Grilled
The Dodgers lineup for Game 6 of the World Series includes a few more tweaks for a team trying to find offense while facing elimination against the Blue Jays on Friday night at Rogers Centre in Toronto. Tommy Edman makes his first start in center field since September 24, and Miguel Rojas at second base. […]
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The bullpen and its troubles, a recurring topic during this postseason, especially as the performance of the last two starters was greatly affected by how much they had to be pushed to minimize the impact of the relievers coming in. With the Dodgers biggest, hopefully two games of the season coming up, we shall be […]
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At the beginning of the week, the Dodgers were looking to take control of a World Series tied at one game apiece. What followed was a marathon game that will likely be lost to the sands of time due to the Dodgers picking the most inopportune moment to play their worst ball of the year. […]
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On Monday, Clayton Kershaw entered a tied game in the 12th inning with the bases full of Blue Jays. His job was simple; get out of the jam needing one out against a left handed hitter. With the count full and on his eighth and final pitch of the night, Kershaw induced a weak ground […]
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The Dodgers need to win two games at Rogers Centre to win a championship, but in order to win Game 7 they first have to beat the Blue Jays Game 6 on Friday night in Toronto. The Blue Jays come home riding high up three games to two in the series after winning the last […]
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LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers need to win or the season is over, adding clarity and immediacy of purpose after two home losses that followed frustratingly similar patterns. A winnable start through six innings goes south in the seventh inning with a shaky handoff to a struggling bullpen, and an offense not performing anywhere close […]
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In failure and in success, the Dodgers have gotten used to the burden of expectation, routinely taking on the role of Goliath, so to speak. Seldom has there been a moment in which you could realistically claim this team is outmatched, even in past eliminations. Now, as they go down 3-2 in the World Series […]
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Shohei Ohtani says he’s getting ready to pitch in Toronto as the World Series shifts to Canada, writes Andy McCullough at The Athletic. What could that look like? McCullough argues that it should be as a starter for Game 7 thanks to the eponymous Ohtani Rule, which was updated in 2022. It states that a […]
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LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers head to Toronto facing a daunting task, needing two wins in two road games to stay alive, after falling 6-1 in Game 5 on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium to a Blue Jays team that has outplayed them thus far in the World Series. Trey Yesavage brought the hammer in […]
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Seeing Game 5 through to the end. World Series Game 5 info
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Keeping the Game 5 discussion going. REMINDER: another game thread will post at 7:37 p.m. PT. World Series Game 5 info
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One last time at Dodger Stadium for 2025. REMINDER: we will have extra game threads going up at 6:24 p.m. and 7:37 p.m. PT. World Series Game 5 info
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LOS ANGELES — For the first time in nine games, the Dodgers made a lineup change, after scoring three runs in their last 20 innings. A struggling Andy Pages sits for Game 5 of the World Series against the Blue Jays on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. In addition Mookie Betts moves down to third […]
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The Dodgers and Blue Jays find themselves tied at two games apiece in the World Series, but it feels like a bigger hill for the Dodgers to climb right now than the Blue Jays. That 18-inning game seemed to have rendered the whole team lethargic. It should have made the Blue Jays lethargic too, but […]
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The Dodgers came into this Fall Classic as prohibitive favorites to win it all, and as the series heads to Game 5 tied at 2-2, not only does it have the makings of a close matchup, but if anyone has looked like the more dominant team at times, it has been Toronto. The Blue Jays […]
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Scoring six runs is a feat that the Dodgers have achieved just once since the Wild Card series, which they did in Monday’s 18 inning thriller. Scoring any runs became a nearly impossible feat against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday, as the series is now tied at two games apiece with the series forced […]
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It would sound obscure to say that the Dodgers’ secondary leader in home runs in the regular season is also the same player that is hitting under .100 out of the nine hole in the postseason. That is the situation that Andy Pages finds himself in, and he has become a major detriment for the […]
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LOS ANGELES — Both teams were tired after a marathon Game 3, but the Blue Jays showed it less than the Dodgers, breaking through with a four-run seventh inning in a 6-2 win for Toronto in Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium. A Fall Classic that was tied as […]
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Another thread to talk about the game. World Series Game 4 info
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Let’s keep the discussion going here. REMINDER: There is (at least) one more overflow thread going up at a 7:25 p.m. PT. World Series Game 4 info
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Dodgers and Blue Jays, back at it, possibly for only half as long this time around. REMINDER: we will have extra overflow game threads up at 6:12 p.m. PT and 7:25 p.m. PT. World Series Game 4 info
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LOS ANGELES — The final Dodger Stadium game of 2025 is on deck for Wednesday night, with the Dodgers taking on the Blue Jays in Game 5 of a tied World Series. Blake Snell is on the mound for the Dodgers against rookie Trey Yesavage for Toronto, in a rematch of Game 1. The Dodgers […]
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LOS ANGELES — Game 3 was so chock full of nuggets that the 18-inning marathon remained the talk of the day on Tuesday ahead of Game 4 of Dodgers vs. Blue Jays. Shohei Ohtani reached base all nine times he was up on Monday, including four intentional walks, a strategy Blue Jays manager John Schneider […]
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LOS ANGELES — Game 4 of the World Series is all about how two spent teams can bounce back after playing 18 innings in Game 3. The Dodgers are running back the same starting nine for an eighth straight game, including catcher Will Smith. Smith caught all 18 innings of Game 3, four more innings […]
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Wow. So, where do they go from here? Last night’s game was epic in every way. All of us are exhausted. Personally, after going to be at 3:15 am Eastern, I’m surprised my brain is functioning enough to write this. That fatigue will be the story line for Game 4, starting most notably with the […]
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