Bill Plaschke had a good summary from Dodger Stadium – it was the PITCHING that did us in last night, and some of the choices were really perplexing… The Wade and Kershaw choices were the strangest ones for me. Wade threw over 30 pitches the night before in the Dodgers win in game 3 – [...]

Ever since I read Dylan Hernandez’s article on the return of Greg Maddux in the LA Times, I just haven’t been able to quite get the theme song to “Welcome Back Kotter” out of my head (twice in one season, no less!). Tell me that this doesn’t ring true: Welcome back, Your dreams were your [...]

Dodger manager Joe Torre indicated Saturday that pitcher Brad Penny was likely out for the remainder of the season, according to published reports. “I can’t think Penny is going to come back,” said the Dodgers manager. “It’s nothing anybody has said. It’s off what happened this year. Coming off the DL, it’s been a slow [...]

Could an NL West pitching deal be in the works? If so, it better happen fast as the non-waiver trading deadline will be here at 4:00 ET today The Dodgers have clarified their trade priorities in the past several days, indicating that improving their pitching situation is a high priority. Yesterday, Dodger manager Joe Torre [...]

Wow. Today was a crazy day for the Dodgers. Clayton Kershaw has certainly been coming along, and today’s 2-0 win, which featured six innings without any runs, was the best outing yet in his 10 game major league career. The Dodgers, meanwhile, make it back to the .500 mark but still trail the D-Backs by [...]