Dodgers Notes: 8/25/2025

By Those Deferred Benchwarmers

Well, the sky is falling again. Oh wait, hang on, we are getting reports that the Dodgers won Sunday, so now everything is good! Either the Dodgers will lose in the playoffs and all the worriers will be like “Yeah, we knew it” or the Dodgers will win the World Series and all the worriers will deny they were ever worried. The truth of the matter is, and we’ll likely repeat this several times over the next two months: If the Dodgers’ stars perform, they will be tough to beat, but if they don’t the Dodgers will not go back-to-back. The return of the bullpen arms and the Muncy/Kim/Edman trio increases the margin of error for the Dodgers, but the stars need to perform if they are going to win again. 

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Athletics Notes: 8/25/2025

By Tim Byrnes

Athletics Notes: The A’s concluded a fine 4-2 road trip on a bad note, getting pounded by the Seattle Mariners 11-4. In the finale Seattle’s Cal Raleigh put the Athletics on the wrong side of history when he hit home runs 48 and 49 on the year, to set an MLB record for the most home runs by a catcher, in a season. The teams split the first two games of the series with two fine pitching duels, while the A’s struggled at the plate the entire series.

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