Alexander: Dodgers’ home opener gives fans another chance to celebrate 2024

After a pregame ceremony with plenty of Hollywood touches, the star-studded team extends its head start to 2025 by beating Detroit to improve to 3-0.
Tue, Apr 1
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Dustin May shines in return as Dodgers stifle Braves, improve to 7-0
In his first major-league start since 2023, May allows one unearned run in five innings and Mookie Betts hits a two-run homer in a 3-1 win.
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Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman sits out again after ‘freak accident’ in shower
The World Series MVP, who could be back in the lineup as soon as Wednesday, considers himself fortunate that his Sunday bathtub slip didn’t result in a more serious injury.
Mon, Mar 31
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Dodgers beat Braves, run season-opening winning streak to 6 games
Making his first start since Aug. 11, Tyler Glasnow gives up just one hit in five scoreless innings and Teoscar and Kiké Hernandez hit home runs in a 6-1 series-opening win.
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Torpedo talk: Dodgers hitters are ‘curious,’ will try new bat design
The Yankees hit 15 home runs in three games with several players using the uniquely-shaped “torpedo bat,” and some Dodgers have ordered some to try them out.
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Freddie Freeman re-injures right ankle, out of Dodgers’ lineup on Monday
According to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, Freeman had a “mishap” in the shower over the weekend and re-injured the ankle he had surgery on over the winter.
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Sun, Mar 30
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Dodgers’ Mookie Betts says transition to shortstop is about winning
The perennial All-Star finished last season back in right field, but he is more prepared for the mid-career challenge this time and he and the team see plenty of short- and long-term upside to the move.
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Sat, Mar 29
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Dodgers overcome rough outing by Roki Sasaki to win 5th straight, sweep Tigers
Sasaki lasts just 1 2/3 innings in his home debut, but the Dodgers’ offense responds as Teoscar Hernandez’s tiebreaking double and homers from Freddie Freeman, Will Smith and Tommy Edman lead the team to a 7-3 win over Detroit, marking their first 5-0 start since 1981.
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Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani throws bullpen session, still ‘a ways away’ as pitcher
Ohtani throws first bullpen session in a month on Saturday, but manager Dave Roberts says Ohtani still has "awhile" to go in his pitching rehab.