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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Shohei Ohtani hits 1st Dodgers HR after (relatively) slow start  Yahoo Sports Source link

Shohei Ohtani will make his Dodgers debut against the Padres in MLB’s first regular season game in Korea. (Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images) Opening Day is still eight days away, but the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres are kicking things off early Wednesday with MLB’s first regular season game in South Korea. At the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, Shohei Ohtani will make his long-awaited regular season debut in Dodger blue, while Tyler Glasnow will also make his Dodgers debut when he takes… Source link

Fans who want to watch Shohei Ohtani‘s debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers will have to wait until 3 a.m. PT for the team’s opener against the San Diego Padres in South Korea on March 20. They can at least feel confident he’ll actually be playing that game. Appearing at DodgerFest on Saturday, Ohtani told reporters through an interpreter he feels “very confident” he will be ready for Opening Day after undergoing surgery for a torn UCL at the end of last season. He went into further detail while… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The Dodgers needed Shohei Ohtani. They still need a few other pieces  Yahoo Sports Source link

MLB’s 12-team postseason bracket has already been whittled down to eight contenders. Now, the top two seeds from each league have joined the fray in the Division Series. After advancing directly to their ALDS and NLDS slots via byes, the Astros, Yankees, Dodgers and Braves are taking on challengers. Some of those challengers are proving more than worthy. In the National League, the top-seeded Dodgers and Braves will both stare down elimination on Saturday. The Phillies took a 2-1 series lead… Source link

Associated Press Yankees’ Chapman ruled out for ALDS after skipping workout Yankees reliever Aroldis Chapman has been ruled out for the American League Division Series after he skipped a mandatory workout, leading to a fine and likely ending the All-Star’s seven-year tenure with New York. Chapman, who has not gotten a save since May 17, had been scheduled to pitch batting practice Friday at Yankee Stadium but the team said he instead was in Miami. After speaking with Chapman, manager Aaron… Source link

Albert Pujols became a legend in a St. Louis Cardinals uniform. He rejuvenated his career at Dodger Stadium last season. On Friday, he made history in both. The Cardinals first baseman hit one home run, then another against the Los Angeles Dodgers to join MLB’s exclusive 700-homer club. He joins the rarified air of Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth. Pujols, who took fourth position on the MLB homer list when he passed Alex Rodriguez’s 696 earlier this month, is also the first player born… Source link

The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the NL West on Tuesday with 21 games left to play. Mookie Betts made sure that they did so in style. The five-time Dodgers Gold Glove winner robbed a would-be hit with a catch-of-the-year candidate in the Dodgers’ 4-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. With no outs in the seventh inning, outfielder Jake McCarthy skied a Clayton Kershaw pitch down the right-field line that looked destined for extra bases. Betts had other ideas. He sprinted from right-center… Source link

Midway through last month, Los Angeles Dodgers closer Craig Kimbrel was in the middle of one of the worst seasons of his career. Once the most feared reliever in baseball, Kimbrel’s name was only feared at Dodger Stadium, which regularly jeered his name. By Aug. 21, he had seen his ERA climb to 4.46 and hadn’t successfully protected a one-run lead until four days earlier. The Dodgers kept him on as their closer, but that spoke more of their injury woes and continued success than any… Source link

How much money have you ever wagered on a regular-season baseball game? Whatever the amount is, it’s likely not nearly as much as one better at the Beau Rivage Casino wagered on Tuesday. Someone at the Biloxi, Mississippi, casino wagered a staggering $150,000 on the Los Angeles Dodgers to cover a 2.5-run spread against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The bettor got the Dodgers at -115 to cover the spread. He or she clearly thought that was better value than on the moneyline as Los Angeles is -350 to… Source link