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Sunday Muddy Sunday

April 7, 2025 //
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Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow tries to rid his cleats of muck during the team’s second loss to the Phillies over the weekend.

I was really hoping to go 162-0, but alas, it was not to be. Of course not! Just a pipe dream. But the two losses the Dodgers suffered in Philadelphia over the weekend were absolutely avoidable, and both were ascribable to misguided moves by my boys in blue.

On Friday, both Shohei Ohtani and Andy Pages were caught trying to steal second, but not just caught, stupidly caught. They were clumsy and should not have been trying to steal with two outs in the respective situations they were in. Then, to cap it off, Chris Taylor stole second only to have it stolen back for the game-ending out after a review that overturned the call. He looked safe to me, my husband and Eric Karros, but the call went against the Dodgers. (I expect that may happen a lot now that everyone that’s not a Dodger fan absolutely hates the Dodgers!)

Then on Sunday, manager Dave Roberts should have insisted that the mound be dried out lest pitcher Tyler Glasnow hurt himself in the rain that made the pitcher’s mound a pile of sloppy goo. Instead, Doc let it go, and Glasnow gave up the game. What a shame.

But we are now 9-2, and that’s nothing to sneeze at. We started out 8-0, breaking the record for wins to start the season by a defending World Series champ.

Tom Hanks (right) with his family on Opening Day.

Every game so far has been spine-tingling! I’ve been to two games, both of which ended in walk-off homers! Plus I found out that Tom Hanks, on whom I’ve had a crush since “Bosom Buddies,” takes score in his Stadium Club suite! (I’ve suspected since 1980 that he and I were soul mates destined never to meet.)

Tom Hanks (above) doesn’t go into as much detail as yours truly (below).

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We Had, in Fact, Shot Our Wad

June 13, 2024 //
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Gilbert Romero always in a sombrero. He bleeds Dodger Blue! (It’s a haiku!)

Yesterday, I expressed my fear that we may have used up all the gas in our tank in the first game against the Rangers on Tuesday. Last night, that fear was realized as Texas cowed our anemic offense, 3-2. Ironically, it was beloved former Dodger shortstop Corey Seager who delivered the death blow with a 3-run homer in the 5th. The cheers his return to the Ravine was greeted with quickly turned to vicious boos.

It got exciting at the end, as Jason Heyward — with Will Smith on 2nd and Andy Pages on 1st — clobbered a 2-out double to deep right field, scoring Smith. But Pages missed a sign from Dino Ebel to hold at 3rd, and he was thrown out trying to score the tying run. Game over. Wah-wah-wah. Darn it!

I went to the game by myself, but an old friend from The Times, Carlos Lozano, showed up to keep me company. We had a great time, even though the outcome wasn’t what we wished it had been.

MY SCORECARDS
Game 69: Rangers 3-Dodgers 2

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Save Some for Later!

June 12, 2024 //
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Everybody got a Joe Kelly jersey last night.

Holy cow! I just hope the Dodgers didn’t use up all their homestand home runs in one game!

What a slugfest that was last night. It was hard to believe it was even happening, there were so many homers and important hits, like Mookie Betts‘ 3-run double that tore the game open in the 4th. In the 6th inning, 10 Dodgers batted, scoring 7 runs on 6 hits (4 of them round-trippers)!

Not exactly the pitching duel I like to watch. In fact, in the 7th, the Rangers (reigning World Series Champions) had their backup catcher, Andrew Knizner, come out with bases loaded and a 14-2 deficit to do their dirty work on the mound. But to tell you the truth, he turned out to be more effective than their real pitchers. He lobbed the ball like it was batting practice, but only gave up a sac fly and one walk. And he had a 1-2-3 inning in the 8th.

The real batting practice came off Grant Anderson in the 6th, when the Dodgers were ahead, 7-1, with one out and Mookie walked. Shohei Ohtani blasted a home run to right field, and Freddie Freeman (who went 3-for-4 by the way) followed with another homer. Will Smith hit a single before Teoscar Hernández did what he does best: he clobbered the ball over the left field wall.

But a 12-1 advantage wasn’t enough for these greedy boys. After a lineout to left by Gavin Lux, Andy Pages smoked a single down the 3rd-base line, and Jason Heyward sent Anderson’s last pitch into the visitors’ dugout. Hey ya!!!

I just hope they still have some in the tank for tonight!

MY SCORECARDS
GAME 68: Dodgers 15-Rangers 2

Side note: Whoever posts the pitch counts on the scoreboard kept counting the fourth ball in a walk as a strike, and there were a lot of walks (10 altogether). So the pitch counts were completely wrong throughout the game. What a numbskull!

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