The Dodgers' offense is struggling at Coors Field, but also just about everywhere for the last month, when LA has only been a .500 team. Jake Lamb is the latest veteran added to the bench, as the team navigates its lineup without Mookie Betts for the immediate future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 29, 2022•16 min•Season 22Ep. 16
Looking back to Tommy Brown, the youngest player in Dodgers history, who played for Brooklyn from 1944-50, hit three home runs in a game once, and is the only AL/NL player ever to homer before his 18th birthday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 28, 2022•18 min•Season 22Ep. 5
Dodgers pitchers Andrew Heaney and Daniel Hudson are on the injured list, including Hudson out for the season with a torn ACL. That adds to the Dodgers' trade deadline needs. Plus, reaction to Freddie Freeman's return weekend in Atlanta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 27, 2022•25 min•Season 22Ep. 15
Eric Stephen and Craig Minami talk about the Dodgers' sweep of the Reds, then delve into questions about famous Los Angeles and Brooklyn June performances, doubles and home run hitters, and of course, bagels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 24, 2022•52 min•Season 22Ep. 1
Stefen Romero was called up from Triple-A, the second veteran right-handed outfielder the Dodgers have added to the roster in two days. A look at how the Los Angeles bench looks now and for the next few weeks, plus more time missed for the injured Edwin Ríos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 23, 2022•19 min•Season 22Ep. 14
The Dodgers quenched their outfield thirst by bringing back an old friend, trading for Trayce Thompson, who was on a minor league deal with the Tigers. Thompson played for the Dodgers in 2016-17. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 22, 2022•18 min•Season 22Ep. 13
With the Dodgers about to play the Braves, we look back at a third baseman who played for only those two teams, but in Brooklyn and Boston over a century ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 21, 2022•24 min•Season 22Ep. 4
Mookie Betts is on the injured list with a broken rib, and is expected to miss at least two weeks. It comes at an interesting time for the Dodgers, who will need to reduce to 13 pitchers on Monday and bring up an extra position player on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 20, 2022•22 min•Season 22Ep. 12
A recap of a rather weird week for the Dodgers, which included getting swept in San Francisco and Walker Buehler needing to miss three months with a flexor tendon strain. But Los Angeles is being kept afloat by the likes of Tony Gonsolin, and his resurgent season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 18, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 22Ep. 17
Dodgers pitcher Tyler Anderson took a no-hitter into the ninth inning before the Angels' Shohei Ohtani, the reigning American League MVP, broke it up with a triple. Anderson had to settle for another win in a resurgent season with Los Angeles, improving to 8-0. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 16, 2022•15 min•Season 22Ep. 11
Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler is already on the injured list with a Grad 2 right flexor tendon strain. On Monday, he also had surgery to remove bone spurs in his right elbow, which he says won't affect his timetable for returning to the majors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 15, 2022•24 min•Season 22Ep. 10
A look back at longtime outfielder, first baseman, and announcer Tom Paciorek, who started his playing career with the Dodgers, played in the majors for 18 seasons, and broadcasted games for another two decades after that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 14, 2022•25 min•Season 22Ep. 3
Dodgers opening day starter Walker Buehler suffered an elbow injury and will be shut down for 6-8 weeks, putting his return this season in jeopardy. For now at least, it looks like he won't need surgery, which is a sliver of good news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 13, 2022•19 min•Season 22Ep. 9
Answering several Dodgers questions, like whether the team would use a six-man rotation once Andrew Heaney returns from the injured list, what's going on with Walker Buehler, what is Dellin Betances up to now, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 10, 2022•24 min•Season 22Ep. 8
Now that the Dodgers season is one-third over, we take guesses at some performances for the middle 54 games of the 2022 campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 10, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 22Ep. 16
Dodgers right-hander Tony Gonsolin is on the best run of his career, lowering his ERA to 1.58 through 11 starts, with a 7-0 record, making a bid to make the All-Star Game, which this year is in his home stadium in Los Angeles. That included six innings to beat the White Sox Wednesday in Chicago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 09, 2022•16 min•Season 22Ep. 7
A single in the seventh inning on Tuesday night in Chicago was the 1,000th hit of Justin Turner's time with the Dodgers. That was one of the few highlights of the Dodgers' series-opening loss to the White Sox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 08, 2022•17 min•Season 22Ep. 6
A look back at third baseman Ken McMullen, who started twice on opening day for the Dodgers and in between was involved in a pair of star-studded trades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 07, 2022•20 min•Season 22Ep. 2
Recapping the four-game weekend series between the Dodgers and Mets, a split for the teams with the two best National League records. Plus, Clayton Kershaw makes a rehab start and is close to a return to the Los Angeles rotation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 06, 2022•28 min•Season 22Ep. 5
Heading into the weekend with updates on several injured Dodgers. Kevin Pillar fractured his shoulder and will be out a while. Clayton Kershaw makes a minor league rehab start this weekend and could return next week. Max Muncy and Andrew Heaney are headed to Oklahoma City and could be back soon as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 03, 2022•16 min•Season 22Ep. 4
Looking back on the Dodgers' May, plus injury updates. But the most important thing is the MLB-wide glorious distraction that is the Tommy Pham vs. Joc Pederson fantasy football kerfuffle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 02, 2022•54 min•Season 22Ep. 15
A look back at the incredible May for Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts, which he carried over into June with a home run in his first game of the month. But it wasn't enough to prevent a sweep at the hands of the Pirates at Dodger Stadium for the first time in 22 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 02, 2022•16 min•Season 22Ep. 3
The Dodgers lost two games in a row at Dodger Stadium to the Pirates, something that hadn't happened since 2016. After winning 23 of the last 25 meetings between the two teams, the Dodgers have dropped four of five games in 2022 to lose the season series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 01, 2022•13 min•Season 22Ep. 2
Joe Pignatano, a Brooklyn native who debuted with his hometown Dodgers in 1957 and caught the final five innings of the last game at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, died at age 92 in Florida. Here's a look back at his career, which included four years with the Dodgers and about 15 years as a coach across baseball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 31, 2022•19 min•Season 22Ep. 1
The True Blue LA podcast is branching out, and adding a weekday morning podcast that will run every Monday through Friday, called Leading Off with True Blue LA, hosted by Eric Stephen. We will bring you insights, analysis, interviews, and reaction to Dodgers news on a daily basis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 30, 2022•13 min•Season 22Ep. 1
The Dodgers are currently operating with four starting pitchers and a series of fill-ins while Clayton Kershaw and Andrew Heaney rehab their injuries. What that means for the next few weeks, especially with active rosters reducing to a 13-pitcher limit beginning Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 26, 2022•58 min•Season 22Ep. 14
The Dodgers played their first home doubleheader in 23 years, part of four games in a 45-hour span. It was a weird week for Los Angeles, with a long losing streak followed by a long win streak, with two starting pitchers making major league debuts along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 19, 2022•58 min•Season 22Ep. 13
A look at the Dodgers’ start to the season, which has their offense leading the majors in runs scored per game but still feeling like not everyone is clicking just yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 13, 2022•56 min•Season 22Ep. 12
Recapping April for the Dodgers, in which scoring was way down across MLB. Also, the Trevor Bauer situation moved closer to a resolution, with the pitcher getting suspended two years by MLB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 05, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 22Ep. 11
The stacked Dodgers lineup hasn’t looked so hot through four games, outside of two big innings. We also wonder what’s up with Julio Urías and his decreased velocity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 16, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 22Ep. 10