Heretofore, “Emirates” was a name American sports fans saw just about only on the jerseys of prominent European soccer teams. Real Madrid. Arsenal. PSG. AC Milan. This season, the logo of the aggressive, Dubai-based airline, will be seen in a baseball stadium for the first time — behind home plate and at the foul poles […]

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Talking about the weekend that just passed. The one after the Super Bowl but before pitchers and catchers report. It is a weekend, in American sports, anyway, that has pretty much nothing that matters. Or it seems that way to me. A former colleague and I had a bit of a discussion on this — […]

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This is a good idea — extending the protective netting at Dodger Stadium to reach the edge of both dugouts. Too many objects fly into the seats near home plate, both balls and bats or even shards of bats. Major League Baseball has recommended all of its teams extend the netting, and the Dodgers were […]

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It is odd for me to follow the Dodgers in the playoffs. When I am not paying close attention, when my subconscious is the ascendant, I am rooting for the Dodgers to win. That is what I did during my formative years. I was a fan of Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale and Maury Wills […]

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This was the turning point of Game 2 of the National League Division Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets. And it was one of the most controversial moments in recent postseason baseball history. The situation: Dodgers on first and third, one out, trailing 2-1. Here is video of the event, which […]

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Nancy Bea Hefley announced today she will retire as Dodgers organist at the end of the season, whenever that is — it’s up to the players how long they last in the postseason. “Though the World Series,” she said, definitely showing an optimistic bent. Nancy Bea, 79, has been the Dodgers’ organist since 1988, which […]

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Any day now, the Los Angeles Dodgers will win the National League West, sending them to the playoffs, with the chance to win the World Series. And do any Dodgers fans really think they will do that? Win a World Series? This year? (We could ask “in their lifetimes”, but let’s not be dramatic.) It […]

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I was not old enough to fully appreciate Yogi Berra, the New York Yankees catcher, who died last night at age 90. He was a really, really good player for about a decade, from 1948 to 1958, and he was named MVP three times during that span, but I wasn’t really paying attention until the […]

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Corey Seager is the Next Big Thing for the Dodgers. Or could be. He has been talked about for a few years now … pretty much as soon as the Dodgers made him the 18th pick in the 2012 draft and gave him a $2.5 million signing bonus. The Dodgers would seem to suggest they […]

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The game we know from April through August changes markedly the final month of the season, due to Major League Baseball’s roster expansion. Limited to 25 players for the first five months, they can add eight, nine, 10, 15 extra players beginning on September 1, which allows for more one-dimensional players and a lot more […]

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