The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced the signing of outfielder Bobby Abreu to a one-year contract and optioned infielder Justin Sellers to Triple-A Albuquerque. General Manager Ned Colletti made the announcement. “Bobby has consistently performed throughout his career and brings his winning experience to the clubhouse,” said Colletti. “He gives us a left-handed bat off the bench and […]
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Photo Gallery Added to ThinkBlueLA
May 4th, 2012 at 7:57 am 
by Ron Cervenka A Fan Photo Gallery page has been added to ThinkBlueLA. To access the gallery, click on the Photo Gallery tab located at the top of the Home page. If you wish to submit photos for the gallery, simply attach them to an email and send them to: Ron@ThinkBlueLA.com. Please be sure to describe the circumstances of […]
(Read More)Dodgers Designate MacDougal for Assignment – Add Belisario to Roster
May 3rd, 2012 at 4:40 pm by Ron Cervenka The Los Angeles Dodgers today designated RHP Mike MacDougal for assignment while Major League Baseball reinstated Ronald Belisario from the Restricted List. Belisario, 29, has made four appearances with Triple-A Albuquerque and Single-A Rancho Cucamonga this season, including tossing 1.2 scoreless innings in his two appearances with the Isotopes. Belisario last pitched yesterday and fired a scoreless […]
(Read More)Down on the Farm – Jarret Martin
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:14 am by Harold Uhlman Each year it seems that a pitcher in our farm system unexpectedly claims the spotlight. That is, a young pitcher who was not an early round draft pick comes to the head of the class. Nathan Eovaldi was an eleventh round pick, Allen Webster an eighteenth round pick and Angel Sanchez came to us as […]
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“I’m the luckiest guy in the world”
May 3rd, 2012 at 7:45 am by Ron Cervenka For the most part they go completely unnoticed by most baseball fans, yet they are just as important to the success of every professional MLB player as any trainer, coach or even manager. Their pay is a pittance, especially when you consider the insane amounts of money that their clients make, yet they are every […]
(Read More)Is This Dodger Team Good Enough to Overcome the Intentional Walks?
May 3rd, 2012 at 7:12 am by Evan Bladh Can this statistic be right? Before yesterday’s 8-5 loss to the Rockies, Matt Kemp had not been walked intentionally once this season? I have watched almost every inning of every game this season, and I swear I had seen Kemp get an intentional pass this year. I know there have been a number of “unintentional-intentional walks” that he […]
(Read More)Kemp Named Budweiser NL Player of the Month
May 3rd, 2012 at 7:01 am by Ron Cervenka Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp has been unanimously voted the Budweiser Presents National League Player of the Month for April. Budweiser, the official beer sponsor of Major League Baseball and sponsor for 24 of 30 MLB clubs, is also the presenting sponsor of the National League and American League Player of the Month […]
(Read More)Dodgers Press Conference Update
May 2nd, 2012 at 2:18 pm by Ron Cervenka Jon Weisman has an excellent recap of today’s press conference on his DodgerThoughts blog – definitely worth a look.
(Read More)New Ownership Vows Commitment to Fans
May 2nd, 2012 at 12:05 pm by Ron Cervenka Over the next couple of days, much will be written and blogged about the sweeping changes promised at today’s press conference by the new owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers, but here is a brief recap of the press conference in a nutshell: Mark Walter: “As much as this is a big day for us, […]
(Read More)Jerry Hairston Jr. Named April’s Top Defender
May 2nd, 2012 at 9:32 am by Ron Cervenka Although Ned Colletti’s fate as the Dodgers’ general manager is still in question with a new Dodger ownership group now firmly in place, his off-season signing of 35-year-old veteran utility player Jerry Hairston Jr. will never be in question and could very well be remembered as one of his best signings as the Dodger GM. On Wednesday, Hairston was […]
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