PHILADELPHIA — Even Dodgers fans steeped in the lore of Kirk Gibson might not remember the name of Mel Didier. Didier was the scout who had issued this warning to the 1988 ...
PHILADELPHIA — Phillies starter Jesús Luzardo had set down 17 batters in a row going into the seventh inning of Monday’s National League Division Series game. The Dodgers hadn’t had a hit ...
PHILADELPHIA — This is over. Or, from the perspective of the Dodgers, this is just starting. Because the Dodgers are returning to the World Series. Technically, they still have to close out ...
PHILADELPHIA — It was quintessential October baseball. Two starting pitchers dominating two helpless lineups. A low-scoring contest in which every stranded baserunner felt like a monumental missed opportunity. A nail-biting affair decided ...
PHILADELPHIA — As Clayton Kershaw completed his pregame routine the other day and walked off the field at Citizens Bank Park, I asked him about his postseason debut. That was 17 years ...
PHILADELPHIA — Teoscar Hernández does not lack for emotion. He plays with joy, with exuberance, with delight. The Dodgers know he can hit. We all do. If the emotion dissipates, so can ...
PHILADELPHIA — Want the unexpected? What about Shohei Ohtani nearly self-destructing in the second inning of his first-ever postseason start as a pitcher? Praying for late-game heroics? What about Teoscar Hernández lofting ...
PHILADELPHIA — Two innings into Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Saturday night, the Dodgers had been punched in the mouth. The Phillies had scored three runs off Shohei ...
PHILADELPHIA — When Clayton Kershaw was left off the Dodgers’ roster for the best-of-three wild card round against the Cincinnati Reds, it marked the first time since his 2008 rookie season that ...
In hindsight, Mookie Betts made the mystery of his worst career season sound rather simple. Looking back on it now, the reasons were right there all along. There was the ...
