We'll always remember the first week of the 2026 Dodgers baseball season: a new iconic trumpet intro, 5 a.m. lines for promotional giveaways, and a triumvirate of Japanese starting pitchers... Richard breaks it down, so you don't have to.

We'll always remember the first week of the 2026 Dodgers baseball season: a new iconic trumpet intro, 5 a.m. lines for promotional giveaways, and a triumvirate of Japanese starting pitchers... Richard breaks it down, so you don't have to.

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.

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 &mdash; in this case Dodgers fandom &mdash; 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.

Dodger Blue Dream

Named a "Best New Podcast" in 2024 by Audible and Vulture. A documentary about the Los Angeles Dodgers "made in real time, as the season unfolds" by writer, documentarian, and lifelong Dodger fan Richard Parks III. For fans, casual fans, and non-fans alike. "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.

"A First Week To Remember"

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Follow Richard as he follows the Dodgers across the last week of road games against the Cardinals, in St. Louis, and the Trashstros, in Houston.

Follow Richard as he follows the Dodgers across the last week of road games against the Cardinals, in St. Louis, and the Trashstros, in Houston.

"Weekly Re-Cap"

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/7b8992da-6ae9-4cc6-b1a4-b4440022ec69/transcript

He calls opposing players names... He slides hard into second base... which is disallowed in today's game. He gets drilled in the ribs by fastballs... and when he does, he hardly blinks.

Is Dalton Rushing the most hated man in baseball?

Dalton Rushing, the Dodgers backup catcher, is off to a historically great start to the 2026 season, offensively speaking. At the same time, he's attracting even more attention than that merits, going "viral" on baseball social media viral for some allegedly untoward comments and epithets hurled at opposing players.

Richard dives in, breaks it down, gets into the backstory, and all that good stuff.

He calls opposing players names... He slides hard into second base... which is disallowed in today's game. He gets drilled in the ribs by fastballs... and when he does, he hardly blinks.
Is Dalton Rushing the most hated man in baseball?
Dalton Rushing, the Dodgers backup catcher, is off to a historically great start to the 2026 season, offensively speaking. At the same time, he's attracting even more attention than that merits, going "viral" on baseball social media viral for some allegedly untoward comments and epithets hurled at opposing players.
Richard dives in, breaks it down, gets into the backstory, and all that good stuff.

"Dalton Crushing"

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/949e93d3-0dcf-4953-9846-b43d0137f93e/transcript

In this quasi-"Raw Dog" live-produced ep, Richard seamlessly weaves narratives from the last week of Dodgers baseball into the story of Game 3 of the Giants-Dodgers series, riffing and producing live, during Thursday's ballgame, with the Dodgers in the crosshairs, in danger of getting swept by their rivals to the North. This episode also covers: Shohei Ohtani's 53-game on-base streak, pitching pro's and cons, and "the sky is falling" thoughts from your host.

In this quasi-"Raw Dog" live-produced ep, Richard seamlessly weaves narratives from the last week of Dodgers baseball into the story of Game 3 of the Giants-Dodgers series, riffing and producing live, during Thursday's ballgame, with the Dodgers in the crosshairs, in danger of getting swept by their rivals to the North. This episode also covers: Shohei Ohtani's 53-game on-base streak, pitching pro's and cons, and "the sky is falling" thoughts from your host.

"Bay Area Blues" (a quasi-"Raw Dog" live-produced ep)

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/fe87d7c8-831f-4d97-9ed3-b436000e00e8/transcript

"A First Week To Remember"

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