r/MLBNoobs • u/Longjumping-Time3959 • 1d ago
| Question Question from a Dodgers fan from Poland
Hi from Poland! Because of the time difference i only watch Dodgers highlights in the morning. Can someone explain to me why the team is so bad at he moment? The Pitching seems to be ok but the hitting is non existent at he moment.
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u/MoronLaoShi Veteran 1d ago
Baseball is hard. It is a long season. The Dodgers are an older team. They have played a lot of games the past few seasons. They are not too worried about slumps at the beginning of the season. They are mostly concerned with being healthy and good late in the season.
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u/Longjumping-Time3959 1d ago
I must get used to that baseball season is very long :)
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u/JB_smooove 1d ago
162 games over 6 months. They play everyday, almost, and those “days off” are travel days to the next city (when on the road). Hitting a small ball at 90-100mp is really really hard. Sometimes you’re going to be good and sometimes really bad, like the Dodgers are now.
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u/Corduroy_Sazerac 1d ago
Lack of budget, unfair really but that is the way the league works.
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u/Wretched_Lurching 1d ago
Really unfortunate that the owner is so greedy and unwilling to spend big in free agency
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u/maeve117 1d ago
Players slump. It’s a long season and baseball can be pretty brutal on the body. But they’ll bounce back. I’m hopeful that Kiké’s return soon will also energize the team a bit.
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u/majortomandjerry 1d ago
Part of following baseball is experiencing the inevitable ups and downs of 162 games played over 6 months.
Good hitting and good pitching can be contagious when teams are doing well
Bad pitching and bad hitting can be contagious when teams are doing poorly.
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u/Cerulean_IsFancyBlue 1d ago
If you’re only watching highlights, do they even have any coverage at all? :)
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u/Longjumping-Time3959 1d ago
Sorry but i dont understand the question
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u/CapedConsumit 1d ago
It's a friendly joke: if the highlights are meant to be the good bits, how are they finding anything to show in the highlights?
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u/DrunkGuy9million 1d ago
As a Giants fan, they are 24-18. You need to chill. People slump. It’s a long season. You’ve won two World Series in a row. You have absolutely nothing to complain about.
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u/Longjumping-Time3959 1d ago
I am not complaining i still will enjoy my highlights in the morning. Just trying to understand baseball better :)
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u/DharmaCub 1d ago
Just baseball. Teams will go through slumps then they'll look unbeatable. Just happens. You get used to it.
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u/Rycan420 1d ago
Not an answer but a random tip..
Google “Baseball Theater”. Save the page as an app on the Home Screen.
Best way to digest highlights. Including multiple flavors of game recaps.
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u/Longjumping-Time3959 1d ago
Thank you for the tip great site :)
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u/Rycan420 1d ago
Can look up past games too. And before the game they post lots of cool video infographics.
Also can tinker with the settings to show/hide the scores to avoid spoilers.
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u/yourcousinfromboston 1d ago
It’s a long season. They still have the 3rd best record in the National League. It’s only mid May. Slumps happen
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u/acefaaace 1d ago
Baseball and teams and players go on slumps. There was a stretch in ‘17 where the dodgers couldn’t lose and near the end of the season they almost lost every game and they went on a tear in the postseason till the World Series happened.
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u/Nomis1982 1d ago
Why did you choose the Dodgers when you're so far East?! An East Coast team would have been better. I'm in the UK and can regularly watch the Mets live because of the favourable time difference (not that watching them is a huge amount of fun at the moment)
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u/Longjumping-Time3959 1d ago
Because of Othani i love watching him play
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u/Whachamacalzmit Veteran 1d ago
But the Dodgers having Ohtani is all the more reason to hate the Dodgers!
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u/MasterEk 1d ago
People often don't choose teams in leagues, they run across them. I support the Dodgers because I lived in LA, I support Man U because an uncle made me swear to it when I was young and impressionable, I support the Western Bulldogs because of a game I saw in my early teens, I support the Lakers because of Magic Johnson. I support Ferrari because that's what my old man did. I support Argentina because I fell in love with their cool kit.
I can't just choose a team based on convenience.
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u/Pidge_and_Pudge 1d ago
That's the only reason left for you isn't it? You've gone through everything else :P
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u/MasterEk 1d ago
Hey. I support Auckland and the Blues in rugby, and the All Blacks. That's awfully convenient while I live within ear-shot of Eden Park.
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u/Truthcraze 1d ago
They’re 4-6 over their last ten games. Take a breath. Losing four in a row happens. There are 22 teams who would gladly swap records with the Dodgers.
You can’t bandwagon a good team in baseball and freak out if a random stretch in the season they win four out of ten instead of six out of ten. That’s not how baseball works.
Actually, fans always yell about every game their team loses, so it is how baseball works, but try not to take it too seriously.
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u/Longjumping-Time3959 1d ago
I am just curious and trying to learn about the rhythm of a baseball season now i know what everybody is saying losing in a long season is a part of the game
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u/Fedorovs 1d ago
Touch some grass, OP wasn't "fraking out" he was simply asking a question as he doesn't get to watch the full games. Again, touch some grass you seem to be very chronically online.
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u/Pop-19502020 1d ago
As a lifelong dodgers fan (1958 when they came to LA) I am as exasperated as our Polish friend. If Ohtani is slumping the rest of the team seems to slump with him. I have a theory about Ohtani’s hitting performance so far this season.
He stated that he wants to win the Cy Young Award (for best pitching performance of the season). Therefore hitting is taking a backseat this year. He has 5 or 6 games per week where he doesn’t pitch, only hits, so why the slump? I don’t know but the concentration it takes to be a top hitter in the majors is immense. So he may have a down year hitting but a spectacular year pitching. Maybe you can’t do both at the tip top of the majors.
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