![]() ![]() You may know how the Dodgers got their name: It was short for "Trolley Dodgers," because, at the dawn of the 20th Century, so many trolleys criss-crossed Brooklyn.īut, in the 1930s, when things were not so good for them - they didn't make a real run at the National League Pennant between a 2nd-place finish in 1924 and a 3rd-place in 1938, and didn't win a Pennant between 19 - they became known as "Dem Bums." I don't care who you're playing, that's an atrocious figure. Their team ERA isn't so bad, especially having played 2 games at Fenway Park: 3.37. ![]() Between them, Cody Bellinger, Enrique Hernandez, Chris Taylor, Austin Barnes, Brian Dozier and Joc Pederson are a combined 0-for-25 with 3 walks. David Freese and Justin Turner each have 3 hits, Manny Machado 2, and Matt Kemp, Yasiel Puig and Max Muncy 1 each. In Game 2, the Dodgers led 2-1 going to the bottom of the 5th, but the Sox tagged Hyun-jin Ryu for 3 runs, allowing a win for David Price and a save for Craig Kimbrel, both unusual in postseason play until this year. Dave Roberts, a hero for the Boston Red Sox in the 2004 American League Championship Series, but now the Dodger manager, saw his bullpen fail him every bit as much as Kershaw did. In Game 1, Clayton Kershaw couldn't get out of the 5th inning, continuing his record as the Alex Rodriguez of pitchers, a great postseason underchiever, and still hasn't had his "2009" yet. Have you seen them? Because they haven't shown up at the World Series yet. Instead of baseball cards, the Los Angeles Dodgers should be on milk cartons.
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