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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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Off to a Great Start!

March 29, 2024 //
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The Opening Day font reminds me of either Disneyland or a graveyard. Weird.

I swear, the new graphics for this season of Dodger baseball make me think management believes the more fonts you use, the more money you’ll make! Holy cow! Not only does every single announcement have, like, 6 different fonts, but the announcement cards for the players use nonstop changing fonts for their numbers. Some of the fonts look like bubblegum, others like they belong on a tombstone. It’s a real mishmosh.

What was not convoluted on this glorious Opening Day was the team’s resolve to kick some Cardinal ass! After Mookie Betts walked, Shohei Ohtani did what he’s getting the big bucks for: he doubled to right field and got the (almost) full house rocking! Unfortunately, our overly cautious third-base coach, Dino Ebel, held Mookie at 3rd (he could easily have scored), and Shohei got doubled up on that base, so he was out. But then Freddie Freeman knocked in Mookie with a beautiful seeing-eye single up the middle, and there was no looking back! The Dodgers took their home opener, 7-1.

MY SCORECARDS
Game 3: LAD 7-STL 1

What most impressed me, however, was the great pitching we got from starter Tyler Glasnow (an alum of my alma mater, Hart High School) and reliever Ryan Yarbrough, who got a 3-inning save after he and Glasnow kept all the Cardinals except Paul (“I Hate L.A.”) Goldschmidt from getting any hits at all.

It was just a great team effort all the way around, and if it doesn’t start raining soon, we’ll be back at it tonight. A great start to the season!

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