Dodgers

Carl Reginald Smith was born on April 2nd, 1945, in Shreveport Louisiana. His father played in the Negro Leagues; his mother was a gifted musician.

With this team, hitting is a group sport. When two are seeing it, four are. When two go cold, the whole lineup goes cold. It's the strangest offense I've watched in 40 years.

It is always beyond good to go into Milwaukee and take two out of three. The bullpen looked like the bullpen we were promised in February.

Since the Guggenheim Group took over in 2012, the fortunes of the Los Angeles Dodgers have been on a 13-year ride that any fan who lived through the McCourt years should never take for granted.

The Dodgers are about to face a very tough NL adversary in the Milwaukee Brewers. Records, pitching matchups, and what to watch for.

Tulsa CF Mike Sirota went 4-for-5 with two homers, a double, and a steal on Tuesday — his loudest professional night yet. The Northeastern product has been climbing fast.

Yes, the deferred-money strategy is clever. Yes, the Ohtani contract is structurally brilliant. But the bill is going to come due, and the math gets uglier every year we extend a star.

Twenty-eight at-bats. Two hits. One run. That was the offense last night. There is no defending it and no analyzing it. Some nights you just no-show.

Johnny Roseboro caught 1,476 games for the Dodgers. He won four pennants and three World Series. And in a sport that ate Black catchers alive in the 1960s, he was the steadiest, smartest battery mate of his generation.

All five Dodgers affiliates won on Friday. OKC's River Ryan was filthy, Tulsa's Freeland threw seven shutout, and Great Lakes' Harlan went 4-for-4 with a triple.