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The 5 greatest seasons for Dodgers pitchers

October 23, 2024

LOS ANGELES -- Picking the top 5 seasons for a Dodgers position player got me in so much hot water, I figured I’d be a glutton for punishment and take a shot at the top 5 seasons for a Dodgers pitcher. Here they are. Ready, aim, fire away: 1) Sandy

Oral history of epic Mets-Dodgers 1988 NLCS

Key members of each team look back at one of MLB's best postseason series
October 11, 2024

This story was originally published on MLB.com on Oct. 3, 2015. This year's National League Championship Series between the Dodgers and Mets, which opens with Game 1 on Sunday at 8:15 p.m. ET on FOX, will mark the fourth postseason meeting between the clubs. They last faced off in the

The best baseball players born on Oct. 7

October 7, 2024

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Oct. 7. 1) Mookie Betts (1992) One of the best all-around talents in the game, Betts was selected by

What was the ‘Shot Heard ’Round The World’?

@elizmuratore
October 3, 2024

There are moments in baseball that transcend the sport. Babe Ruth’s called shot in the 1932 World Series was one of those. So was Hank Aaron’s 715th home run on April 8, 1974, in which he passed Ruth to become the new all-time home run king. However, perhaps no home

Top moments in Dodgers-Padres rivalry

October 2, 2024

The Dodgers and Padres have shared a division (and Southern California proximity) for more than five decades. For most of that time, it's been hard to call this a "rivalry" -- whatever that word means, anyway. Lately, it'd be hard to call it anything else. The Padres and Dodgers have

The best baseball players born on Oct. 2

October 2, 2024

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Oct. 2. 1) Maury Wills (1932) The speedster made seven All-Star teams. Only four other players in baseball history

The best baseball players born on Sept. 30

September 30, 2024

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Sept. 30.

The best baseball players born on Sept. 28

September 27, 2024

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Sept. 28.

The best baseball players born on Sept. 27

September 27, 2024

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Sept. 27. 1) Mike Schmidt (1949) So that whole disclaimer above about this list being subjective? You can forget

The best baseball players born on Sept. 23

September 23, 2024

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Sept. 23:

5 best seasons by a hitter in Dodgers history

September 20, 2024

LOS ANGELES -- Which Dodgers position player had the best season ever? With such a rich history, there are plenty from which to choose. Dodgers position players have won 10 National League MVP Awards, and nine more were runners-up, including Mookie Betts in 2020. The MVP Award is voted on

Top Dodgers Draft pick from every season

@juanctoribio
July 15, 2024

LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers have had a lot of success in the MLB Draft, especially over the past few years. There used to be multiple amateur Drafts annually, but we're looking at picks from the Rule 4 Draft, beginning in 1965. Remember, it’s not just first-round Draft picks. This

The best baseball players born on April 21

@oapostrophesd
April 21, 2024

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for April 21:

Dodgers' all-time retired numbers

March 18, 2024

LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers don't have a written "criteria" for retiring uniform numbers. But with one notable exception, each of the franchise's retired numbers was worn by a player who played a majority of his career with the Dodgers and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The

How Nomo changed MLB forever

Difficult jump from Japan to Majors cleared way for other stars
@AndrewSimonMLB
February 12, 2024

A version of this story was first published in February 2022.

5 Dodgers greats not in the Hall of Fame

January 25, 2024

Former Dodgers players are all over the Hall of Fame, and Adrián Beltré became the latest to join that list in Cooperstown, becoming a first-ballot inductee by receiving 95.1% of the votes in 2024. Some Dodgers fixtures, like Steve Garvey, have already been bypassed by the Baseball Writers' Association of

The best baseball players born on Jan. 15

@oapostrophesd
January 15, 2024

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Jan. 15:

The best baseball players born on Jan. 12

@oapostrophesd
January 12, 2024

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Jan. 12.

11 stats that show why Koufax is a legend

@AndrewSimonMLB
December 30, 2023

A version of this story first ran in January 2022.

Most home runs in a single postseason

October 28, 2023

Top 10 moments of Mike Piazza's career

September 4, 2022

NEW YORK -- It would be difficult to understate Mike Piazza's impact on multiple organizations throughout his career. For the Dodgers, he was a revelation, a family friend of Tommy Lasorda who became an icon in his own right. For the Mets, he changed the course of franchise history, becoming

Hear Vin Scully’s most legendary calls

@MannyOnMLB
August 3, 2022

There has never been a play-by-play broadcaster like Vin Scully, who passed away on Tuesday at age 94. His legendary voice was a constant companion for baseball fans, and particularly Dodgers fans, for 67 years. From his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1950, to his final sign-off on

10 moments that defined Maddux's career

April 13, 2022

When it comes to pitching as an art form -- one built around planning and precision, rather than pure power -- Greg Maddux is baseball's preeminent ace. He left a long line of batters perplexed on his path to the Hall of Fame. A franchise icon for both the Cubs

Sandy Koufax's most memorable moments

December 29, 2021

Sandy Koufax was at his best when the Dodgers needed it most. Koufax won National League pennant-clinching games for them in 1965 and ’66, his final two seasons. He recorded a 0.95 ERA in eight World Series starts, including four complete games. Two of them sealed Series championships for Los

10 moments that earned Hodges' call to Hall

December 9, 2021

NEW YORK -- Gil Hodges' election into the National Baseball Hall of Fame may have been overdue in the eyes of many, but it was nonetheless treasured by his family, his friends, and multiple generations of baseball fans. Hodges’ career spanned decades, from his teenage years through an American war