On one hand, the Dodgers have lost 8 of their last 9 games. On the other hand, they still have a 13.5-game lead on the Diamondbacks in the NL West and a 9-game lead on the Astros for best record in baseball. Mostly through answers to questions from listeners like you, Jeff and Vince talk about why, while they haven't loved the past couple weeks, they are no more concerned about October now than they always have been.
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We said several weeks ago that the Dodgers would eventually lose three games in a row again, but we had started to think maybe we were wrong. But here we are -- the Dodgers have lost three in a row, and their lead in the division is down to ... 18.0 games.
In this episode, Jeff and Vince answer listener questions about postseason rosters, Cody Bellinger's absence, slumping players, and a few other things. Later we talked about potential first-round playoff matchups and Yasiel Puig somehow becoming underrated.
Oh, and we did this Sporcle quiz, which you should do along with us at the appointed time: Can you name the Baseball Stat Leaders 2000-2010?
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Vince and Jeff answered a lot of Dodgers mailbag questions. Topics covered include: Postseason rosters, Joc Pederson, Pedro Baez, Brandon Morrow, Clayton Kershaw, Alex Wood, Curtis Granderson, and a ton of others. Literally every player on the current roster was mentioned.
We also played On This Date, going back in time to a game against the Cardinals on August 23, 1991. It was not a noteworthy game, but we talked about it for a bit anyway.
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Jeff and Vince answer all your Dodgers questions, battle for Sporcle supremacy, and then demand that Andrew and Farhan go acquire Giancarlo Stanton.
Today's Sporcle quiz is: Can you name the Los Angeles Dodgers starting rotations from 1980 to 2016? Take the quiz with us and let us know how you did.
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Jeff and Vince discuss the Dodgers' historic run in a lot of different ways. We also played a fun new game where we looked at a random Dodger game from the past on this date. Our random number generator sent us to August 8, 2000, which turned out to be a historic game in Dodgers history!
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Former Cy Young Award winner Eric Gagne joined Vince and Jeff today to talk about his days with the Dodgers, what he's up to these days, his comeback attempt earlier this year, and a ton of other things. Thoroughly enjoyable talk with a man who bleeds Dodger Blue.
We also answered a bunch of mailbag questions, mostly related to the trade deadline deals from yesterday and their ramifications going forward. Lots of good questions and decent answers today.
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We mentioned at the beginning that we were on a time crunch, and then we did our longest episode in a while. Lots of mailbag questions and some talk of the three-game sweep of the Marlins. Thanks for listening!
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Today's Sporcle quiz was a fun one: Can you name the MLB All-Star Game starters from 2000 to 2009? Take the quiz and let us know how you did.
We answered some mailbag questions, many of which were about possible trades, but lots of other good questions, too. Then we talked about the Home Run Derby and the Dodgers' remaining schedule for the season.
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It's your right as an American to vote for Justin Turner for the All-Star Game. Go to www.dodgers.com/vote and spend the entire 45 minutes that you listen to this podcast voting for JT. It will be fun!
Plenty of Dodger talk in here, too. Lots of good mailbag questions, so we talked trading deadline stuff, Austin Barnes, Kenley Jansen's comments about the ASG, and a ton of other stuff.
Today's Sporcle quiz is: Can you name the last MLB player to accomplish the specified statistical feat? Let us know how you did!
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In this episode, we focused mostly on mailbag questions from you and listeners like you. A lot of topics were covered, so even if you didn't send in your question, we probably answered it anyway. Then we talked about Julio Urias's season-ending surgery, Cody Bellinger's amazing awesomeness, and some other stuff.
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In this episode, Vince and Jeff answered some mailbag questions and then talked about the Cody Bellinger/Adrian Gonzalez conundrum, the relative struggles of Rich Hill and Clayton Kershaw, and the general goings-on in the land of the Dodgers.
We also did a Sporcle challenge, and Vince finally won one! Here is this week's quiz, which you can take along with us early in the episode: Can you name the baseball team RBI leaders from 2000 - 2009?
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It's a special episode! Dodgers fifth-round draft pick Riley Ottesen stopped by Jeff's house to talk about his experience being drafted and what we can expect from him going forward. Vince couldn't make it, but it was great anyway. Thanks to Riley for stopping by, and thanks to everyone for listening!
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This episode started with Jeff telling Vince about his night in the Dodgers broadcast booth, which was amazing. You can watch the slideshow his wife made for him to present his birthday gift here.
The rest of the episode was mailbag. We had some great questions and decent answers, like always. Be sure to tweet your questions at us, and if you have any questions for Jeff about his booth experience, tweet those too.
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On this episode, Vince and Jeff talk about the Giants/Nationals brawl that was started by crybaby Hunter Strickland being a big crying crybaby. We analyzed it from every angle, really. Crack analysis, guaranteed. We also did some live research into whether there is a Dairy Queen for Strickland to work at in his hometown of Thomaston, Georgia.
Later, we talked about the Dodgers' use of the 10-day disabled list and how awesome it is that our favorite team has a front office that is smart.
This week's Sporcle quiz was:
It was harder than we thought it was going to be.
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Vince and Jeff talk about a lot of different Dodgers topics in this episode, thanks to some great questions from Listeners Like You! There's also one really stupid question from a guy who represents all that is bad about Angry Dodgers Twitter, and Jeff takes the opportunity to scold him and encourage the rest of you to not be like him.
Today's Sporcle quiz, which you can take along with us at the prescribed moment during the podcast:
Can you name the players in the National Baseball Hall of Fame?
Let us know how you did on the quiz. You can tweet at us @ScullyAve @VinceSamperio and @snidog. Follow us, and thanks for listening!