Dodgers-tory: The history of the Los Angeles Dodgers

Jeff Campbell-Smith
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Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball History year by year. Not just the facts, stats, players, wins, and losses, but the actual story of each season, one leading to the next, leading us all up to today. Join us!

Episodes

  1. 01/14/2025

    1996 - Tommy's swan song

    1996 - Though baseball hadn't fully recovered from the aftermath of the strike, the Dodgers were locked in, picked in the pre-season to threaten the World Champion Braves for the best team in the NL. But, would Nomo prove to be a one year wonder? Would the three headed monster of Piazza, Karros, and Mondesi live up to their promise? And could the Dodgers keep their string of 4 straight ROY's going?

    1h 29m

  2. 03/08/2024

    1995 - Nomo-mania

    1995 - The baseball world was in turmoil, as the year began with the players strike in full force. It would be a bumpy road along the way, with the President and Congress getting involved, a salary cap, and replacement players, but we would eventually get baseball, and Dodger fans had reason to come back - Hideo Nomo.

    1h 11m

  3. 02/15/2024

    1994 - A Strike, a Straw, and Mondy makes 3

    1994 - A busy year for baseball and Americana, beginning with more Darryl drama, and ending with a players strike, the 94 season is a story of "what if"

    48 min

  4. 01/25/2024

    1993 - Piazza time

    1993 - After the disastrous 1992 which saw the team lose 99 games, the front office was stuck between a rebuild and a retool, with the big contracts of Strawberry, Hershiser, and Butler on the books, and the exciting talent of Karros, Piazza, and Martinez on the horizon? Which way would the team turn...?

    39 min

  5. 01/04/2024

    1992 - The "Outfield of Dreams"

    1992 - Despite coming one game away from the playoff the year before, 9 free agents was going to make this a season of change, so GM Fred Claire took the big gamble - trading pitcher Tim Belcher for superstar outfielder Eric Davis. But would the gamble pay off?

    40 min

  6. 12/14/2023

    1991 - Strawberry fields forever

    1991 - The Dodgers come into the season with the biggest splash of all - signing Daryl Strawberry. Would that be enough to push the team over the hump, after having come so close the year before...

    53 min

  7. 11/23/2023

    1990 - The Bulldog goes down, Ramon comes up, and El Toro's last hurrah

    1990 - The Dodgers try to prove the fluke was 1989, not 1988. Join us as we recall the story of the Bulldog, Ramon, and El Toro and the 1990 Dodgers.

    36 min

  8. 11/02/2023

    1989 - The Ailing Captain

    The year is 1989 - coming off their first championship in 8 years, the Dodgers hopes were high, and many of those hope rested on the knees and hamstrings of their captain, Kirk Gibson. And as we'll see, those hamstrings weren't able to hold...

    32 min
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Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball History year by year. Not just the facts, stats, players, wins, and losses, but the actual story of each season, one leading to the next, leading us all up to today. Join us!

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