Category Archives: Pro Baseball

Dodgers Notes:8/18/2025

By Those Deferred BenchWarmers What a difference a weekend makes. Heading into the weekend, the Dodgers had lost four straight, were a game back of first in the NL West, and the vibes were at an all time low. Now, heading into a new week, the Dodgers just swept their chief competitor in the NL […]

Athletics Notes:8/18/2025

  By Tim Byrnes The LA Angels have been the “Newman” of A’s baseball all season; sweeping them twice, and coming into the weekend series 7-0 versus the Athletics in 2025.

Dodgers Notes: 8/15/2025

Those Deferred BenchWarmers Now, the sky is really falling (not really), as the Angels swept the Dodgers – AGAIN – and the Dodgers fell out of first place in the NL West. Oh no! Again, we are not that worried. The team has too much talent to get overly worked up about day-to-day performances. 

Athletics Notes: 8/15/2025

By Tim Byrnes Athletics Notes: Having the least experienced pitching rotation in baseball will come back to haunt a team but the A’s have held it together the last few weeks. A starter giving up more than 3 earned runs has been rare occurence since the Astros series but there were issues against the Rays. […]

Athletics Notes: 8/11/25

By Tim Byrnes With a tight win on Sunday, the A’s have quietly begun to string series wins together.

Dodgers Notes: 8/11/25

By Those Deferred BenchWarmers The Dodgers might be back. We say might because Sunday’s last two innings left a bit of a bad taste in our mouth, but you can’t win them all.

Athletics Notes: 8/5/25

By Tim Byrnes Prior to the series with the Arizona Diamondbacks the trade deadline passed and the Athletics came out with some promising prospects.

Dodgers Notes:8/4/2025

By Those Deferred BenchWarmers The Dodgers capped off their road trip with an early 3-0 win, giving them another series win in the second half. They maintained their 3 game lead in the west.

Dodgers Notes: 8/1/2025

By Those Deferred BenchWarmers The Trade Deadline ended yesterday to mixed reviews from Dodger fans. On one hand, fans felt like the Dodgers were smart, keeping top prospects while still adding a quality arm and bat to help fill in the gaps of the current roster. The thought is the Dodgers made all the big […]

Athletics Notes: 7/31/25

By Tim Byrnes Drums Please! Final Nick Kurtz tally for July: 34-for-89 (.410/.490/.988/1.478) with 13 doubles, a triple, and 11 home runs.