Anyone who has followed the Dodgers farm system closely knows first hand of the trials and tribulations of the handful of guys who were odds on favorites to make it to the Big team – guys like Jason Repko, Xavier Paul, Tony Abreu and Andy LaRoche just to name a few. And even though each one of these guys […]
(Read More)Archive for May, 2012
Will Mark Ellis Injury Finally Open the Door for Ivan De Jesus Jr.?
May 19th, 2012 at 11:14 am 
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“Grab a Bat”
May 18th, 2012 at 12:54 pm by Ron Cervenka For those of you old enough to remember it, the popular 1980 Super Bowl commercial featuring former Pittsburgh Steelers great ‘Mean’ Joe Greene limping down a stadium tunnel when a young boy offers him his Coca-Cola and is ultimately rewarded when the ailing superstar tosses the kid his jersey, you witnessed what is still considered one of […]
(Read More)Kempless Dodgers Fall to 1-2
May 17th, 2012 at 7:31 am by Ron Cervenka The earliest that Matt Kemp can return from the 15-day Disabled List is Tuesday, May 29 and simply put, it can’t happen soon enough. Whether anyone is willing to admit it or not, the impact of Kemp’s absence is clearly written on the face of his teammates and, quite frankly, it is a bit concerning. Oh […]
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The True Test Has Arrived
May 16th, 2012 at 6:13 am by Evan Bladh Three starters and one key reserve are on the disabled list, but can we simply say that Kemp is just a starter? He’s an absolute masher, the best player in the league that is on his way the the MVP. Perhaps it evens out because one of the other starters hitting the D.L. is Uribe […]
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Is This Sands’ Last Stand?
May 15th, 2012 at 9:54 am by Ron Cervenka Anyone who has been paying even the slightest attention to the Dodgers’ minor league affiliates knows that there is an abundance of outfield talent down on the farm – guys like Scott Van Slyke (who was recently called up to the Big club as a replacement for the injured Juan Rivera and who is currently […]
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What are Your Favorite Baseball Statistics?
May 15th, 2012 at 7:15 am by Harold Uhlman Baseball, among all of the major sports, is the one most closely linked to statistics. There seems to be a stat for just about every circumstance one can imagine. Each year the game becomes more and more saturated with statistics. The use of statistics in the greatest game of all is not new. The practice […]
(Read More)Minor Moves may have Major Impact
May 14th, 2012 at 6:12 am by Ron Cervenka Since last Friday there have been some significant moves made in the Dodgers Minor League system. Our friend and resident farm watcher Harold Uhlman has been keeping us up to date on some of these moves which could very well impact the Big league club in the next few days. The rumblings started when the top closers […]
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Dodgers Have Rich History of Recycling ‘Has-Beens’
May 12th, 2012 at 11:30 am by Evan Bladh Al Downing, Jerry Reuss, Burt Hooton, Tim Leary, Jose Lima, Aaron Sele, Mike Morgan, Tim Belcher, Jim Gott, Wilson Alvarez, Pat Zachry, Terry Forster, Kevin Gross. There are others and the list continues to grow – Major League pitchers thought to be past their prime or even washed up who the Dodgers took a gamble […]
(Read More)Down of the Farm – Closer Movement
May 12th, 2012 at 8:04 am by Harold Uhlman There was some significant movement of closers within the Dodgers Minor League system on Thursday: Shawn Tolleson was promoted to AAA from AA; Logan Bawcom was promoted to AA from A+; Eric Eadington was promoted to A+ from A Tolleson and Eadington were immediately put into action on Friday night with Tolleson having a rough debut […]
(Read More)Matt Kemp’s Nemesis
May 11th, 2012 at 2:54 pm by Ron Cervenka While doing my daily blog stroll, I found an excellent piece by Dan Braunstein over at ESPN’s Dodgers Report (Tony Jackson’s blog site) entitled Dodgers Finding Ways that had some very interesting facts about the recently concluded Dodgers vs. Giants series at the Ravine this past week. The most notable (and unpleasant) fact is that in spite of […]
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