Dave Roberts loitered on the top step of the dugout, his best-laid plans once again not sticking to the script. However, when asked the next day if it felt like a trial run for a potential postseason pitching plan, Roberts emphatically shook his head, calling it a “catastrophic scenario.” Dodgers pitcher Jack Flaherty sits in the dugout after being pulled …
The weathered white banner is attached to a fence. The banner honors a 2005 championship team — called the Dodgers, no less — at Sherman Oaks Little League. Flaherty is the Dodgers’ Game 1 starter Friday at Dodger Stadium, about 17 miles from Sherman Oaks Little League. Giancarlo Stanton, the New York Yankees’ slugger, played at Notre Dame High, one …
Dodgers pitcher Jack Flaherty delivers in the first inning of a 10-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Saturday. “It’s not the baseball I’m used to watching, we’re used to playing.” On Saturday night, the Dodgers could do little right in a 10-1 defeat that didn’t even feel that close. “You know it’s gonna be a tough battle,” outfielder Mookie …
There was no primal scream, no exaggerated fist pump, and very little outward emotion from the Dodgers’ newest pitcher. “I liked that controlled emotion.” Indeed, Flaherty provided the Dodgers with much-needed poise and control Saturday night, pitching six shutout innings in the team’s 10-0 win over the Oakland Athletics. “I’ll take the time tonight and kind of soak it all …
