Podcast
Dodger Blue Dream
Named a "Best New Podcast" in 2024 by Audible and Vulture. "This is no simple sports-recap podcast. Instead, each episode plays a bit like a dispatch from a foreign land — in this case Dodgers fandom — in which a local correspondent (that would be Parks) walks you through present concerns." (Vulture) Noted for its storytelling, sound design, and original music. A love letter to baseball and radio by a born-and-raised Angeleno.
To support Dodger Blue Dream, please visit: http://www.patreon.com/DodgerBlueDream.
- Episodes
- 130
- Releases
- Twice a week
- Typical length
- 31 min
- On air since
- 2024
- Latest episode
- 2 weeks ago
Episodes
130 episodes, from the first
Season 1
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23 min
"Normal Japanese Woman"
Episode 1
Show notes
Shohei Ohtani shocks the world with an Instagram post.
The first installment in Dodger Blue Dream, a documentary chronicling the 2024 Los Angeles Dodgers baseball season, from start to finish.
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41 min
“The Talented Mr. Ippei”
Episode 2
Show notes
The Dodgers fire Shohei Ohtani's interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, after he allegedly steals millions of dollars from Ohtani to pay off gambling debts to a bookmaker in Orange County, who is now federal investigation for illegal gambling.
PARTIAL SOURCE LIST:
• ESPN: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39784809/dodgers-shohei-ohtani-mizuhara-theft-line
• ESPN: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39827116/rob-manfred-hopes-shohei-ohtani-investigation-takes-short
• Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-27/how-could-ohtanis-translater-pull-off-alleged-gambling-heist-with-no-red-flags
• Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-28/shohei-ohtani-sports-betting-investigation-dodgers-yasiel-puig
• The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/5364216/2024/03/23/shohei-ohtani-ippei-mizuhara-biography-inaccuracies/?source=user_shared_article
• The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/5375358/2024/04/01/mlb-ohtani-mizuhara-scandal-illegal-gambling/
• The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/5361794/2024/03/26/shohei-ohtani-espn-media-gambling/?access_token=11093551&redirected=1
• Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/03/21/sports-gambling-scandals-legalization-00148243See https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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1 hr 2 min
"The Complaint Against Ippei"
Episode 3
Show notes
A 37-page federal criminal complaint answers questions about how Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, allegedly stole $16 million from Ohtani to pay debts Mizuhara had accrued with an allegedly illegal bookmaker.
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43 min
"Mookie's Best"
Episode 4
Show notes
In his quest to become "a legend in the game," Mookie Betts, the Dodgers dapper and diminuitive leadoff man, attempts the impossible: playing shortstop at the professional level for the first time, at the age of 31.
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17 min
"Mookie's Hand"
Episode 5
Show notes
On Father's Day at Dodger Stadium, the baseball gods appeared out of a cloudless Los Angeles sky, and struck down one of our best player with a ruthless blow. A companion piece to our previous episode, "Mookie's Best."
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26 min
"Shohei At The Bat"
Episode 6
Show notes
Shohei Ohtani is the first player to both pitch and hit simultaneously at the Major League level since Babe Ruth. But this year, Shohei is not pitching. What is Shohei capable of when he puts down the ball and the mitt, and focuses instead on the stick?
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17 min
"Shohei's Breath"
Episode 7
Show notes
A listener submits a question — "Is Shohei Ohtani holding his breath when he swings?" — and we answer.
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29 min
"The Five Faces of Freddie Freeman"
Episode 8
Show notes
A long-distance podcast portrait of the fabulous and famously friendly firstbaseman, Freddie Freeman. In 5 parts.
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14 min
"River & The Rookies"
Episode 9
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This week is an inflection point in the Dodgers 2024 season — especially for our starting pitching — in a year where we have seen many rookies take the mound.
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10 min
"Freddie's Return"
Episode 10
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At Dodger stadium on Monday, we saw an ovation to remember for the Dodgers' firstbaseman, Freddie Freeman, as he returned from caring for his 3-year-old son Maximus, who had been stricken with a rare illness 10 days earlier.
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20 min
"First Place Problems"
Episode 11
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The dog days of August are here. As we take stock of where this billion-dollar Dodgers team is at, we find we've got... first-place problems. With chef, lifelong Dodger fan, and friend Wesley Avila, and Fabain Ardaya of The Athletic.
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16 min
"Mookie Is Spookied"
Episode 12
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Mookie Betts — the dapper and diminutive darling of the 2024 Dodgers — returns! After almost two months away with a broken hand. But why isn’t Mookie bedding down with his teammates on their road trip? Turns out this superstar spurns the supernatural. And we play musical positions with Mr. Mook, with analysis on why Number 50 is heading back to Right Field.
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13 min
"This Is (Almost) 40-40"
Episode 13
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Shohei Ohtani is on the precipice of making history, by becoming the sixth player in Major League history to hit 40 homeruns and steal 40 bases in a single season.
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16 min
"Back To The Max"
Episode 14
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A portrait of Max Muncy — one of the funkiest, fieriest Dodgers of all — as he returns from the injured list. And not a moment too soon. Plus, tacos with chef Wesley Avila.
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14 min
"40-40 Vision"
Episode 15
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Shohei Ohtani becomes the first Dodger (and sixth player ever) to hit 40 homeruns and steal 40 bases in a single season. And he got there in the most-dramatic way imaginable, at Dodger Stadium this weekend.
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17 min
"Kershaw's Complication"
Episode 16
Show notes
On Friday night in Arizona, after giving up a homerun to Corbin Carroll, Clayton Kershaw unceremoniously walked off the mound, into the dugout, and disappeared into the darkened tunnel to the visiting clubhouse. And I remember thinking, "I might have just watched Clayton Kershaw throw the last pitch of his Hall of Fame career."
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18 min
"Teo Time"
Episode 17
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A portrait of Teoscar Hernandez — the Dodgers' big-smilin', hard-hittin', sunflower seed-tossin' leftfielder. (He's clutch.)
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25 min
"Yo Yo Yamamoto!"
Episode 18
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto was supposed to be the Dodgers golden boy in 2024. But he missed most of the season with a rotator cuff injury. His return comes at a time of uncertainty for the Dodgers starting rotation, in the middle of the fight for the NL West title, with October just around the corner.
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6 min
DBD DAILY: Dodgers Rout Braves
Episode 19
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Re-capping the Dodgers 9-0 win over the Braves in Atlanta.
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5 min
DBD DAILY: Dodgers Fall To Last-Place Marlins
Episode 20
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Re-capping the Dodgers 11-9 loss against the Marlins in Miami.
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