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We had our annual Memorial Day Party (a week late) yesterday, and it ended around midnight. We did have the Pacers game on, but I deliberately didn’t watch the Dodgers until this morning. Wowsers! What an unbelievable beatdown! “We are the World Champs, and you’re not, and just…

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We had our annual Memorial Day Party (a week late) yesterday, and it ended around midnight. We did have the Pacers game on, but I deliberately didn’t watch the Dodgers until this morning.

Wowsers!

What an unbelievable beatdown! “We are the World Champs, and you’re not, and just to cement that fact, we are going to give you a classic beatdown!” It’s just one game, but it was fun. Maybe the Muncy and Knack haters will go away. What I like is that the Dodgers talked so much trash after beating the Yankees in the World Series, and are not only backing that up, but they just completely destroyed them.

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  1. Andrew Vincent ForteJune 1, 2025

    7:10 PM ET ESPN SUNDAY NIGHT BASEBALL

    Yankees (35-22)

    Dodgers (36-22)

    SP Ryan Yarbrough L

    2-0 3.06 ERA

    SP Y. Yamamoto R

    6-3 1.97 ERA

    Confirmed Lineup

    DH S. Ohtani L

    RF T. Hernandez R

    1B F. Freeman L

    C Will Smith R

    LF Andy Pages R

    CF Tommy Edman S

    3B Max Muncy L

    2B E. Hernandez R

    SS Miguel Rojas R

    79° Wind 9 mph Out

  2. dodgerdadJune 1, 2025

    gonsolin and may are coming off serious injuries. Clayton is slowing building up his innings. Yamamoto is pitching his -ss off. Knack has been good. sheehan coming off injury. So if an innings eater is available, yeah you get him. worry about the quantity later. snell and glasnow aren’t for certain

  3. Andrew Vincent ForteJune 1, 2025

    Saturday scores

    Oklahoma City 17, Las Vegas 11

    Tulsa 6, Wichita 5

    Fort Wayne 6, Great Lakes 2

    Rancho Cucamonga 7, Modesto 1

    Sunday schedule

    Tulsa (Jacob Meador) at Wichita (Connor Prielipp), 11:05 AM PST

    Oklahoma City (Emmet Sheehan) at Las Vegas (Kade Morris), 12:05 PM PST

    Fort Wayne (Eric Yost) at Great Lakes (Payton Martin), 3:05 PM PST

    Rancho Cucamonga (Hyun-Seok Jang) at Modesto (Matt Tiberia), 6:40 PM PST

  4. Duke Not SniderJune 1, 2025

    Overlooked fact:

    Kim’s HR was in his first official plate appearance against a lefty. Roberts had been using him exclusively against RHP. (I had previously seen data that I misinterpreted as a previous PA against a lefty, but perhaps he had entered as a pinch runner. Whatever.)

    His OPS versus lefties is now 5.000.

    Overall, his BA is now .422 in 45 ABs, and OPS is 1.058. Goes to show what a 4 for 4 day can do to small sample.

    With Mookie out, let’s hope we see him at SS a few more times, and later he can shift back to 2B.

  5. dodgerdadJune 1, 2025

    sunday brunch. …. nice to pound the yankees and ohtani really had a “mediocre “ day…. Teo let me down yesterday! …. Freddie!!!! nothing else needs to be said. …. Will! the best catcher in baseball!….. Andy Pages. Getting better every game. HOSE for an arm!….. Max . my apologies. keep it up!…. Conforto. still have hope. seems to be having fun again……. Edman. a glue stick!….. Kim! Still think he doesn’t belong?…. Knack. see Max! …. Aaron Judge. i hate the Yankees. But that guy is a total beast. Can’t make myself dislike him!! No one in the american league should even smell a mvp vote other than Judge! case closed! … Yamamoto and the sweep?? you bet!! …. Well we finally see Statton. lot of off speed stuff. not sure his fastball scares anyone. worth a look? maybe. …. 26-7 so ffar and the best pitcher on the team pitching? love it!! … Hey, baltimore is cooked. how about a trade for zac efflin? would be a nice addition to the pitching staff. just wondering.

  6. Old Bear 48June 1, 2025

    Max should pass Kemp sometime soon. Word is Sasaki is aiming for a late June return. Glasnow probably not until after the All-Star break. Sheehan on his way back too.

  7. Dan PasadenaJune 1, 2025

    Truly amazing that there’s EVER a true “laugher” against last season’s ALCS champs but of course we’re very happy to take it.

    But before we all start laughin’ & scratchin’ just remember it can happen to the Dodgers too.

    So nice to see Max getting some hard earned results shutting up his critics.

  8. DavidJune 1, 2025

    What a great game to watch.

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