Rookie pitcher Wade Leblanc and the NL West basement dwelling Padres got one off the Dodgers last night. LeBlanc himself looked pretty strong, giving up only two hits in six innings pitched while the Padres offense got up 2-0 early in the game which turned out to be enough to hand the Dodgers a loss. [...]

Charlie Haeger looked good today. Very good. Much better than I had expected – and here’s why: Haeger was around during Spring Training and went to AAA Albuquerque where he quickly amassed a record of 11-6 in 22 starts with a 3.55 ERA with 3.61 BB/9 and 6.41 K/9 in 144.2 innings. That got the [...]

The Dodgers PR team did a nice job with Bobblehead Matt Kemp in this video!

True, it’s a tough time to be a Giants fan (tougher than usual, I mean) – you’ve seen the Dodgers slumping and figure you can get a few games on them when you host them for a series. Seems like a reasonable plan, eh? Unfortunately, Matt Kemp and Manny Ramirez have made that a difficult [...]

There’s no doubt that the Dodgers are slumping right now. The just lost three straight to the Braves and have dropped 11 out of their last 17 games. The general consensus is that they will pull out of it shortly but one has to wonder what the contributing factors are. Certainly the lack of offense [...]