What is a Dodger? October 30, 2022October 31, 2022Hector Arrieta Author’s note: This piece assumes that you know some historical background of the city of Los Angeles with regard to the racial segregation ...
62 or 73? Baseball’s Home Run Controversy October 16, 2022October 16, 2022Luke Reyes 1 In the words of Billy Beane from “Moneyball,” “How can you not be romantic about baseball?” Although it is now October and the ...
Dead-Air Era: Does Baseball Need to be Sped Up? May 15, 2022May 15, 2022Praveen Nair 4 Last Saturday, I did something I’ve been meaning to do for years, but never got around to: I went to Petco Park to ...
Are the Angels Finally Beginning to Spread Their Wings? May 15, 2022May 15, 2022Luke Reyes Baseball fans might be witnessing the birth of something special. Last Monday, the Los Angeles Angels hosted the Tampa Bay Rays in what ...
Do Baseball’s Unwritten Rules Serve a Purpose? May 23, 2021May 23, 2021Praveen Nair 3 Well, here we are again. On Monday, leading 15–4 against the Minnesota Twins in the ninth inning, Chicago White Sox rookie Yermin Mercedes ...
Dodgers Defeat Arozarena, Tampa Bay in a World Series Like No Other November 1, 2020November 1, 2020Praveen Nair The Los Angeles Dodgers’ win in the World Series last week felt like a long time coming, and not just because the team ...
The Future is Sunny for the San Diego Padres October 11, 2020October 11, 2020Wesley Xiao The San Diego Padres’ postseason run came to an end last Thursday. With a 12–3 win, the Los Angeles Dodgers swept the Padres ...
Hey Baseball, Get Your Act Together and Pause the Season July 27, 2020July 27, 2020Jack Dorfman 2 More than any other professional American sports league, Major League Baseball has completely botched its restart. Since much of the country shut down ...