Tag Archives: Don Mattingly

Could It Get Any Worse For the Dodgers?

Posted on May 5, 2013 by theHoundDawg

The last few days have seen the Dodgers go from a slow start to the verge of implosion. They will take the field soon for the final game of a three game series in San Francisco, having lost the first … Continue reading →

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Dodgers in Free-Fall

Posted on April 23, 2013 by theHoundDawg

The Dodgers, i.e., the “Best Team Money Can Buy” as a team, are reeling, and their pitching staff is in shambles. With today’s news that Chad Billingsley will be undergoing Tommy John surgery and will be unavailable for a minimum … Continue reading →

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“The Best Team Money Can Buy”? 5 Batters Under .200?

Posted on April 19, 2013 by theHoundDawg

As “The Best Team Money Can Buy”, in other words, the 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers, was preparing to play the Baltimore Orioles, the empty uniform of a manager, don mattingly, submitted a lineup that included five, count them, five, batters … Continue reading →

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The Box Score May Say Three Runs, But Kershaw Really Had a Shutout

Posted on April 13, 2013 by theHoundDawg

In his first two games of the season, Clayton Keshaw was magnificent, pitching 16 shutout innings, allowing six hits and one walk, while striking out 16. That all ended when the Dodgers and Kershaw faced Arizona last night, or so … Continue reading →

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Opening Day 2013 – A Few Thoughts

Posted on April 1, 2013 by theHoundDawg

I watched part of the RedSox-yankees opener this morning and have had the Dodgers-Giants game on this after noon. A few random thoughts as the season starts: I think the Red Sox will be vastly improved and give the Rays … Continue reading →

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The Dodgers Left Field Void

Posted on March 7, 2013 by theHoundDawg

When the Dodgers made their huge trade with the Red Sox late last August, one of the many items they acquired was the contract of Carl Crawford, an overpaid and injured left fielder, who only a couple of years earlier … Continue reading →

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End of an Era in LA Sports is Golden Opportunity for Dodgers

Posted on February 18, 2013 by theHoundDawg

From the late 1950s into the 1980s, Los Angeles was the Dodgers’s town. Exciting, captivating, winning teams, and great leadership from the top on down all starting with owner Walter O’Malley made Sandy Koufax, Maury Wills, and Fernando Valenzuela the … Continue reading →

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Will Zack Greinke Be the New Kevin Brown?

Posted on December 9, 2012 by theHoundDawg

Back in 1998, the L.A. Dodgers made sports history when they signed Kevin Brown to the first $100 M contract, agreeing to pay him $105 Million over the next seven years. Brown would be 34 when he threw his first … Continue reading →

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Give the Credit Where it is Due – to Bruce Bochy

Posted on October 30, 2012 by theHoundDawg

Bruce Bochy deserves all the credit in the world after leading his San Francisco Giants to their second World Championship in the past three years. We wrote the Giants off twice this year, first in their run for the NL … Continue reading →

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Wait Till Next Year

Posted on September 30, 2012 by theHoundDawg

Who would’a thunk it? The Angels sign Albert Pujols and CJ Wilson, then at the end of April bring to the majors the incomparable Mike Trout. Later on, it’s Zack Greinke that they steal. The Dodgers hand major roles, with … Continue reading →

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Time for the Dodgers to Pack It In

Posted on September 17, 2012 by theHoundDawg

For much of the year, we really expected to see the Dodgers in the playoffs, especially after the Boston trade. Even if the team made it as the final wild card team and had to face that one game “play-in”, … Continue reading →

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Giants Extend Lead Over Dodgers, Thanks to Lincecum, Blanton

Posted on August 22, 2012 by theHoundDawg

The underpowered Giants now sit one and one-half games ahead of the Dodgers, thanks in part to Tim Lincecum, who still regularly overpowers the Dodgers while the rest of the league now has little trouble with him, and in part … Continue reading →

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