Author Archives: theHoundDawg

Clayton Kershaw, a Dodger Now, But Why Should He Stay?

Posted on June 18, 2013 by theHoundDawg

Clayton Kershaw, baseball’s best pitcher over the past four years, has not received enough support to win a single game in almost a full month. May 20, 2013 is now a key date in Dodgers’ history, and it grows in … Continue reading →

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For Want of a Coach, The Team Was Lost

Posted on June 17, 2013 by theHoundDawg

Or, will this past season’s most accurate NBA team tagline now apply to the “other” LA team; will it be the “Old and Slow” Clippers? As rumor after rumor is legitimized on LA sports talk radio and on the internet, … Continue reading →

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Dodgers to Play in Australia + Bad Umps: Can They ALL Go Now?

Posted on June 17, 2013 by theHoundDawg

As bean balls threaten the lives of major league stars and as games are decided by outright wrong calls by umpires, the best the ayatollahs of baseball can come up with is sending oil and water – the LA Dodgers … Continue reading →

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The Now Continuing Saga of Chris Bootcheck

Posted on June 15, 2013 by theHoundDawg

A hundred years ago – well actually only back in 2000 – a baseball organization then called the Anaheim Angels drafted one Christopher Brandon Bootcheck in the first round, and deemed it a good investment to give the Auburn U … Continue reading →

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It’s TIme for the Dodgers to Step Up and Save Bryan Stowe

Posted on June 14, 2013 by theHoundDawg

Two and 1/3 years ago occurred the blackest, most disgusting day in Dodgers’ history, when a couple of thugs in the Stadium parking lot left for dead the beaten, almost lifeless body of San Francisco resident and Giants’ fan Bryan … Continue reading →

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Slap-On-The-Wrist for Managers and Headhunter Kennedy

Posted on June 14, 2013 by theHoundDawg

Following several hit batters, including the wanton and willful assault with intent to commit grave bodily injury on Zack Greinke, and a bench-clearing, 10-minute brawl, Ian Kennedy and other involved parties were handed down embarrassingly meaningless suspensions by the commissioner’s … Continue reading →

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Puig Hitting .750 as Cleanup Hitter, Dodgers Still Know How to Lose

Posted on June 11, 2013 by theHoundDawg

A while back I wrote about how the Dodgers win most games that Clayton Kershaw starts, but not many that he doesn’t. Combine Clayton Kershaw starting with Yasiel Puig hitting cleanup and going three-for-four (raising his batting average to a … Continue reading →

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Without Joe Blanton The Angels Are At .500

Posted on June 9, 2013 by theHoundDawg

Exciting and explosive offensive talent, good team speed, excellent team defense, a deep bullpen with several guys who can close, a good starting staff led by one of the league’s premier pitchers, and one of the game’s great managers – … Continue reading →

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A Little Puig-Mania and All is [NOT] Forgiven

Posted on June 8, 2013 by theHoundDawg

Following about as great a first five games as any baseball player has ever had to start a career (4 HRs, 10 RBI, .421 avg. in 19 ABs), Yasiel Puig-addicted Dodgers’ fans have seemingly been transformed, envisioning a fresh start, … Continue reading →

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NFL Still Looking For the Right LA Deal, Not AEG or McCourt

Posted on June 7, 2013 by theHoundDawg

As Los Angeles approaches 20 years without professional football, developer assurances aside, it would appear that the NFL is enamored with neither Ed Roski’s LA Stadium proposal, nor AEG and Philip Anschutz’ Farmers’ Field plans. Now four years in the … Continue reading →

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Rumors Abound – Will MLB Actually Try to Invoke 100 Game Suspensions?

Posted on June 5, 2013 by theHoundDawg

At what appears to be the dawn of Steroid Era II (or, as I prefer, Steroid Era Redux) a fight of major league proportions would appear to be on the horizon. While in a perfect world, baseball players would be … Continue reading →

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Will a Cuban Refugee Save the Dodgers’ Season and don mattingly’s Job?

Posted on June 5, 2013 by theHoundDawg

The empty uniform in the Dodgers’ dugout guiding the best team money can buy to last place in the NL West appeared on the verge of getting fired just a few days ago. His great moves, such as batting Ramon … Continue reading →

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