Suppose your name is Stan Kasten and you are the new president and CEO of the Los Angeles Dodgers. During a recent interview on a major sports radio talk show, you said that you are going to “grow the arms and buy the bats.” And while this catchphrase has been around for decades, you are now in […]
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The New Kid on the Block
May 10th, 2012 at 12:33 am 
by Ron Cervenka It always warms my heart when a kid that I have been following through the Dodger Minor League system finally makes it to the Bigs. Last season it was Jerry Sands, Javy Guerra and Dee Gordon; and while Guerra and Gordon are still with the Big club, Jerry Sands struggled horribly in Spring Training in […]
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It’s Time to Get Rid of the Sow
May 9th, 2012 at 10:29 am by Ron Cervenka “You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.” It’s as corny of a cliché as you will ever hear and one that a very dear late friend of mine used quite often. Its meaning is simple – you can’t make something good without having good material to work with, and there is […]
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The New Magic Kingdom
May 8th, 2012 at 10:47 am by Ron Cervenka Much has already been written about the Dodgers 9-1 pounding of the San Francisco Giants on Monday night at Dodger Stadium so there is no need to rehash that, but having been at the Ravine for the game, I was blessed to have witnessed first-hand the changing of the guard from the disgraceful McCourt era […]
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Ivan De Jesus Reinstated from DL – Optioned to Albuquerque
May 7th, 2012 at 11:56 am by Ron Cervenka In a move that was anticipated, the Dodgers today announced that 24-year-old second baseman Ivan De Jesus Jr. has been reinstated from the 15-day Disabled List and immediately optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque. As disappointing as this may be for De Jesus, it could very well work to his advantage in the long run, as it squarely places him […]
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Is Reality About to Set In for the Dodgers?
May 7th, 2012 at 8:15 am by Ron Cervenka It should come as no surprise that even the biggest of baseball skeptics are impressed with how well the Dodgers have started the 2012 season. No one in the sports media world gave the Dodgers a chance, and I mean no one. During all of the spring training hype and hoopla on nearly every major sports […]
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Down on the Farm – Austin Gallagher Becoming Quakes Version of Matt Kemp
May 6th, 2012 at 5:00 am by Ron Cervenka It seems that the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes might have their very own version of Matt Kemp in the making. Like Kemp and his three consecutive Player of the Week honors in the MLB, Quakes first baseman Austin Gallagher, who earlier this week was named the Dodgers’ April Pride Award winner in the Single-A division, appears […]
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A Day at the Park
May 5th, 2012 at 1:49 pm by Scott Harvey On April 29, 2012 I took my daughter, Lexy, to watch the Dodgers in the final game against the Washington Nationals and to get her a Kershaw kids jersey that they were giving away. The crowds seem to have returned to Chavez Ravine with the new ownership and the winning record, but I started to […]
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It is Time Dodger Fans – It is OUR Time
May 5th, 2012 at 10:09 am by Ron Cervenka (Photo by Daniel Sofer) There’s a lot going on this Monday, May 7, 2012 – The Dodgers return home from a 6-game road trip to kick off an 8-game home stand of which the first three games will be against the hated Giants for the first time this season; and the first home game where fans will […]
(Read More)Down on the Farm – Dodgers Announce April Dodger Pride Award Winners
May 4th, 2012 at 5:19 pm by Ron Cervenka The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced the April winners of the Dodger Pride Awards. The Dodger Pride Awards were created in 2008 by General Manager Ned Colletti and are given on a monthly basis to the players at each level of the club’s minor league system who play the game with a hustling, smart, aggressive […]
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