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Dodgers' shutout streak a different beast from the '66 record
2 months, 1 week ago

Dodgers' shutout streak a different beast from the '66 record

LA Times  

In 1966, the Dodgers roared into the World Series, in search of their third championship in four years. This year’s Dodgers, a team with a pitching staff cobbled together more by improvisation than master plan, tied the Orioles’ record Sunday, completing a third consecutive shutout — the last two division series games against the San Diego Padres, and the NL …

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‘A mini-bulldog.’ Why Gavin Stone’s breakout season is reminding Dodgers of Orel Hershiser
6 months, 2 weeks ago

‘A mini-bulldog.’ Why Gavin Stone’s breakout season is reminding Dodgers of Orel Hershiser

LA Times  

Dave Roberts ran out of superlatives recently when praising the performance of rookie starting pitcher Gavin Stone, and the transformation he has undergone over the past calendar year. “But he’s a bulldog … It’s a little Orel Hershiser-esque.” No one will confuse Stone with Hershiser, the original Dodgers “Bulldog,” by appearance. “Because if you have movement, it’s probably not gonna …

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Dodgers Dugout: Joe Davis and Orel Hershiser get unwarranted criticism
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Dodgers Dugout: Joe Davis and Orel Hershiser get unwarranted criticism

LA Times  

Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. Let’s take a look: Shohei Ohtani, 9.35 Mookie Betts, 8.8 Freddie Freeman, 7.0 Miguel Vargas, 6.7 Will Smith, 6.6 Max Muncy, 5.6 Miguel Rojas, 5.4 Teoscar Hernández, 5.3 Jason Heyward, 4.2 Andy Pages, 3.4 Austin Barnes, 2.7 Gavin Lux, 2.6 James Outman, 2.3 Kiké Hernández, 2.0 Chris Taylor, 0.8 The league …

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Orel Hershiser discovers his inner holiday crooner in Christmas song collaboration
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Orel Hershiser discovers his inner holiday crooner in Christmas song collaboration

LA Times  

Former Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser throws out the first pitch before Game 5 of the 2018 World Series. Dodgers great Orel Hershiser has teamed up with a couple of professional musicians for a rendition of “We Three Kings” in which the World Series MVP pitcher does a bit of background singing but mostly reads Scripture. The classic song is performed …

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Dodgers Dugout: The 25 greatest Dodgers of all time, No. 19: Orel Hershiser
1 year, 3 months ago

Dodgers Dugout: The 25 greatest Dodgers of all time, No. 19: Orel Hershiser

LA Times  

Orel Hershiser is lifted in the air by Rick Dempsey after the Dodgers won the 1988 World Series. 19: OREL HERSHISHER 2018 rank: 11th Orel Hershiser finished the 1988 season by pitching 59 consecutive scoreless innings over seven starts, including 10 innings of shutout ball in his final game of the season. “I really didn’t want to break it,” Hershiser …

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Why Orel Hershiser's 1988 feats should be remembered forever
1 year, 4 months ago

Why Orel Hershiser's 1988 feats should be remembered forever

LA Times  

He’ll be 65 soon, his hair is graying, he hasn’t officially pitched a baseball for nearly a quarter of a century. “I’ve watched a couple of innings from those games a couple of times, and it was surreal,” Hershiser said. “So here I am yelling, ‘Dick Dietz’ and my teammates are looking at me like, ‘What are you talking about?’” …

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Joe Davis and Orel Hershiser are on fewer Dodgers broadcasts together. Here’s why
1 year, 7 months ago

Joe Davis and Orel Hershiser are on fewer Dodgers broadcasts together. Here’s why

LA Times  

Dodgers broadcasters, from left, Orel Hershiser, Nomar Garciaparra and Joe Davis chat before a game against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium in September 2016. The Dodgers have their stars lined up for the start of their big series against the San Diego Padres on Friday: Clayton Kershaw on the mound, and Joe Davis and Orel Hershiser in the …

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‘It’s the right time.’ Dodgers legend Jaime Jarrín ready to sign off with gratitude
2 years, 2 months ago

‘It’s the right time.’ Dodgers legend Jaime Jarrín ready to sign off with gratitude

LA Times  

Last week, before a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Dodgers honored employees who have worked for the organization for at least 25 years. Jaime was a perfect conduit to carry that.” — Dodgers broadcaster José Mota “Those that have been listening to Jaime for the last 64 years, he’s their version of Vin Scully,” Dodgers historian Mark Langill said. …

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Elliott: The voice of Dodgers and Angels? Make that the voices
2 years, 6 months ago

Elliott: The voice of Dodgers and Angels? Make that the voices

LA Times  

Their voices were distinctive, their words weaving the soundtrack of our cherished sports memories. He did the radio, he did the TV,” said Lon Rosen, now the Dodgers’ executive vice president and chief marketing officer. For example, Daron Sutton, fired as the Angels’ backup TV voice last July without public explanation, popped up as the play-by-play announcer on several Dodgers …

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Jessica Mendoza has been a revelation on Dodgers broadcasts
2 years, 7 months ago

Jessica Mendoza has been a revelation on Dodgers broadcasts

LA Times  

Jessica Mendoza expected to have a long and detailed meeting with Joe Davis last Friday before she sat beside the Dodgers’ TV play-by-play announcer and became the first female analyst on a Dodgers broadcast, but one thing happened and then another and there was no time for them to discuss who would say what and when. “Everyone has their things …

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Commentary: Max Scherzer’s brilliance has given the Dodgers cover for the Trevor Bauer disaster
3 years, 3 months ago

Commentary: Max Scherzer’s brilliance has given the Dodgers cover for the Trevor Bauer disaster

LA Times  

Dodgers starting pitcher Max Scherzer is hugged by teammate Clayton Kershaw in the dugout during the eighth inning of an 8-0 win over the Padres on Sunday. But history seldom offers a silver lining more glistening than this: If Bauer is on the Dodgers’ roster, Max Scherzer is not. “We’ve had some good runs from starting pitchers, but I think …

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As velocity goes up and up, it might be time for MLB pitchers to knuckle down
3 years, 6 months ago

As velocity goes up and up, it might be time for MLB pitchers to knuckle down

LA Times  

Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro holds a knuckleball at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland on March 29, 2007. In an era where pitchers are trained to throw harder than ever, and hitters are trained to react accordingly, there ought to be a competitive advantage for a knuckleballer, throwing a pitch that Hall of Famer Willie Stargell compared …

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Greatest moments in Dodger history No. 1: Kirk Gibson’s World Series home run
3 years, 7 months ago

Greatest moments in Dodger history No. 1: Kirk Gibson’s World Series home run

LA Times  

Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. Dave Anderson, infielder Season: “Kirk Gibson’s home run.” Gibson homer: “We were going to win the World Series.” Tim Belcher, pitcher Season: “Several things stand out; Steve Sax starting the season with a HR, I believe on the first pitch in the bottom of the first inning. Davis pinch-hit for me, …

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Baseball world remembers Dodgers legend Tommy Lasorda through stories
3 years, 11 months ago

Baseball world remembers Dodgers legend Tommy Lasorda through stories

LA Times  

Dodger legend Tommy Lasorda is honored at Dodger Stadium after the former manager passed away at the age of 93. When former Dodger and major league manager Bobby Valentine played on one of Lasorda’s minor league teams in the late 1960s, “he had us write letters to the big league player that was playing our position,” Valentine told MLB Network, …

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Plaschke: Tommy Lasorda loved the Dodgers so much, he became the Dodgers
3 years, 11 months ago

Plaschke: Tommy Lasorda loved the Dodgers so much, he became the Dodgers

LA Times  

He was a giant with the eyes of a child, a fighter with the softest of hearts, a Hall of Fame manager who acted like a high school cheerleader, a stalking and howling and gesturing ball of contradictions who spent nearly seven decades following a single truth. In the end, he loved them as a frail elderly gentlemen who watched …

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Remembering 1988, when Dodgers and Lakers both won titles
4 years, 2 months ago

Remembering 1988, when Dodgers and Lakers both won titles

LA Times  

Kirk Gibson celebrates as he trots around the bases after hitting a pinch-hit, two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Dodgers to victory over the Oakland Athletics in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series. And after Sunday night’s Dodgers thriller that put them back into the World Series — and since LeBron James …

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Column: Kenley Jansen considers himself ‘a complete pitcher’ after adjusting to velocity drop
4 years, 4 months ago

Column: Kenley Jansen considers himself ‘a complete pitcher’ after adjusting to velocity drop

LA Times  

Gas continues to leak from the propane tank. “I feel like I’m a complete pitcher now,” Jansen said in an online videoconference. “I know I didn’t have my best season last year, so I’m not going to sit there at home and feel sorry for myself,” Jansen said. “No, I’m going to try to turn it around and put work …

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