While unexpected, you’ve got to love this battle for the 5th starting spot in the rotation between Loaiza vs. Park. In the latest round on Saturday, Chan Ho struck first by allowing just one unearned run in five innings in the Dodgers’ first game in China. But Esteban Loaiza struck back later in the day [...]

I’ve been in Paris all week, well insulated from Spring Training and the plight of the Dodgers and their upcoming two game series against the Padres in China. I happened to log-in from the Paris airport just now and get caught up on things while I await my flight back to the states and ran [...]

I caught the weekend’s games on TV, and I’ve got to say, it was great to hear Vin Scully back behind the microphone.  I’m  really getting psyched for the start of the season.  A few highlights: Loaiza looked strong.  He got lucky to make his way out of a few jams, but he was playing [...]

Yup.  Well, at that’s the way the readers of Los Angeles Magazine feel.  Check out this great post over at Dodger Thoughts, which outlines the March Madness-like face off between 64 of the “greatest things in LA.” Seriously, the Library?  All of us at DodgerFan are rooting for In ‘n Out Burger from here on [...]

Just got back from a weekend on Vegas and the Luxor had the Dodgers at 3-1 odds to win the NLCS and 6-1 to win the World Series.  This seemed surprisingly optomistic to me, especially considering the Luxor had them at 10-1 at the end of the 2007 season. Only the Mets and Cubs had better odds.   And [...]