A season ago, the Los Angeles Dodgers put together a dominating regular season, winning the National League West. At the 2015 All-Star break, the Giants were the closest competitor to the division-leading Dodgers, trailing Los Angeles by 3.5 games. By the end of the season, however, the Dodgers won the division by eight games over second place San Francisco. Los Angeles Dodgers Under new general manager Farhan Zaidi, the Dodgers underwent a dramatic overhaul in the 2014-2015 offseason. Most notably
In the heart of downtown Los Angeles nestled within the valley of Chavez Ravine lies Dodger Stadium. Overlooking green valleys and rolling hills with the skyscrapers of the city behind it, Dodger Stadium appears as the epitome of peace in bustling Los Angeles. Few would fathom that beneath this sanctum of the Los Angeles Dodgers resides a village of Mexican Americans. Critics ranging from muralist Judy Baca, to academic writers Tara Yosso and David García, to the people displaced themselves argue
The Los Angeles Dodgers have been nothing short of spectacular since June 27 which was the day after Kershaw pitched his last game and the Dodgers have gone 23 – 13 since then. The storyline here unfortunately is that Yasiel Puig really hasn’t been part of the surging Dodgers and has almost hindered them rather than helped them. Just last week Puig was sent down to the minors to work on his baseball game and his own attitude towards the game. Unfortunately, just after a few days in the minors Puig
The official team store of the Los Angeles Dodgers located in Los Angeles, California at Dodger Stadium carries a variety of products officially licensed by Major League Baseball (MLB). Expenditures for MLB apparel in 2015 totaled over $2.3 billion. The percentage of buyers at team stores equaled 7.5%. The total number of buyers was almost 37,000 (Market research / demographics, 2015). These numbers divided by the thirty MLB franchises equals the average total number among each team’s official store
The Los Angeles Dodgers were expected to make a playoff runs this year, but by the time Clayton Kershaw fell injured with a back problem, their chances looked grim, but somehow the Dodgers got all the way to Game 6 of the NLCS. Look, Dodger fans felt like they could have gotten to the World Series, but just getting to the NLCS was something incredible. This year in particular saw a record number of players on the DL, especially pitchers. Between August and October, pitchers like Julio Urias, Jose
The first base for the Los angeles Dodgers is Cody bellinger he was the first person to hit ten home runs to start off a season of baseball in the MLB.Cody first started when he was about 19 or 20 years old he plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers which I think is a great team for Cody and he is a big help to the Dodgers.Cody played travel ball when he was 11 years old and his dad was an baseball player too when he wasn't playing he coached the travel ball team his son played on. He is famous for the
The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants have been two of the oldest teams to play at a pro level, both established in 1883 in New York. The Giants were originally known as the New York Gothams and then became the New York Giants in 1886, and the Dodgers were originally the Brooklyn Atlantics and changed to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1932. In 1958 they would both move to California and the Giants would go to San Francisco and the Dodgers, Los Angeles. As the rivalry has grown, it is regarded
Dodger fever is high pitch in Hollywood. With the World Series in the final stretch and winning Game 7 is the only way to get the trophy, the world is watching Los Angeles. Most fans might be looking at the field during the plays, but even the fair weather fans are wanting a glimpse of the stands. Dodger fever has Hollywood wrapped up in blue too. Famous people are getting excited at the prospects of the Dodger finally winning the biggest reward in the MLB. Dodger fever slowly grows The interest
athlete in his family, his older brother Mathew won the silver medal in the 200-meter dash in the Berlin Olympics. Mathew inspired Jackie to do his best. Jackie attended Pasadena Junior College before moving onto the University of California, Las Angeles or UCLA for short. Jackie Robinson was the first to ever win four different letters for sports at UCLA, meaning that he participated in four different sports. This achievement is quite impressive in today’s world because many athletes only participate
in 1947 he got called up to play for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Jackie is now the first official african american player to play in the big leagues and changed the game of baseball. Jackie robinson in his first season played pretty well with “The first year with the Dodgers, he hit 12 home runs and the Dodgers won the National League pennant. The same year, Robinson was chosen as the Rookie of the Year and he elevated his playing