There is no doubt in anybody’s mind that Matt Kemp is one of the best players in the game today, if not THE best player. To have the MVP-type year that he did in 2011 (a title which very few would argue that he was robbed of) and to come out of the chute as […]
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Follow-up on Kemp’s All-Star Game and Home Run Derby Participation
June 23rd, 2012 at 9:40 am 
by Ron Cervenka Last week I posted an article on a brief pre-game interview that I had with Dodger manager Don Mattingly on June 13 regarding Matt Kemp’s participation in the 2012 All-Star Game. In that article (entitled Mattingly Expects Kemp to “look out for the club” at All-Star Game), Mattingly said that he expected Matt to put […]
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A Fantasy Come True… and Then Some
June 22nd, 2012 at 1:54 pm by Ron Cervenka Having been a Dodger fan my entire life – since 1953, I had long heard about an adult baseball camp held at the Dodgers legendary spring training facility in Vero Beach, Florida. At this adult baseball camp, or fantasy camp as it is more commonly called, former Dodger players and coaches would share their knowledge […]
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Who is your All-Time Favorite Dodger Player?
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:42 am by Ron Cervenka Anybody who has known me for more than ten minutes knows that Dodger Hall of Fame pitcher Don Drysdale is my all-time favorite Dodger player. Yes, my nickname around the stadium and on various forums and blog sites is “FanSince53” and my custom jerseys read this, but this nickname is not only an indication that I have been a […]
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Pop!
June 21st, 2012 at 11:27 am by Ron Cervenka What was that? Was that the sound of the Dodgers magic bubble finally bursting? Face it, when the Dodgers broke spring training camp this past March, nobody, and I mean nobody gave them a chance to finish above third place in the NL West… nobody but the Dodgers themselves, that is. Quite frankly, to almost […]
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Where Will It Stop? – An Opposing View Point to “Enough!”
June 20th, 2012 at 5:52 am by Harold Uhlman It seems we are quite often declaring years to be special in some way. We recall the war years, Jackie Robinson Year, 1947, Y2K, the Year of the Snake, this year, the Year of the Water Dragon. In 1949 George Orwell wrote “1984” with all kinds of outrageous predictions, or so we thought. Looking back […]
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When Did You Fall in Love with the Dodgers?
June 19th, 2012 at 12:02 pm by Ron Cervenka After running the “Love of Dodgers Spans Five Generations for one L.A. Family” article last week, I received several emails from other loyal Dodger fans who wanted to share their great stories of how and when they fell in love with the Dodgers. Their stories are far too wonderful not to share with you. Here are […]
(Read More)Enough!
June 18th, 2012 at 3:10 pm by Ron Cervenka It happened again, and it seems to be happening more frequently than ever before – umpires blowing calls; and I don’t mean missed balls and strikes… I mean game changing calls, and it happened yet again on Sunday afternoon and it happened yet again to the Dodgers – and yes, it was a game changer. Fortunately, the […]
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The History of Dodger History
June 18th, 2012 at 12:04 pm by Ron Cervenka If you have attended any games at Dodger Stadium this season or even if you have watched them on TV, you have probably seen several of the Dodger Stadium 50th anniversary video clips highlighting the greatest moments in Dodger Stadium history. Now I don’t know about you, but I absolutely love these short video clips, […]
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A Father’s Day Gift
June 16th, 2012 at 6:02 am by Evan Bladh “Hey Dad, where do you wanna sit, the 2nd row on the first base side or the 6th row on the third base side?” “What are you talking about, Ev?” I said. “Your Father’s Day gift,” he replied. “I’m on Stub Hub right now. You know, Oakland, the Dodgers game on Tuesday.” Something tells me […]
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