Current National League top All-Star vote getter Matt Kemp was named as the captain of the National League’s Home Run Derby squad today by Major League Baseball. The 2012 State Farm Home Run Derby will take place on Monday, July 9th at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City at 5 p.m. PT and will be televised nationally […]
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Dodgers Draft Corey Seager – A Surprise Or Not
June 4th, 2012 at 11:52 pm 
by Harold Uhlman The Dodgers selected Corey Seager in the first round of the First Year Player Draft on Monday, June 4. In selecting Corey the team departed from its extended tradition of selecting pitchers in the first round of the annual draft. This break from standard procedures was not all that surprising in that the Dodger farm […]
(Read More)Dodgers Place Guerra on DL – Call Up Tolleson from Albuquerque
June 4th, 2012 at 2:02 pm by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have placed right-handed reliever Javy Guerra on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to June 3) with right knee inflammation and have purchased the contract of right-handed reliever Shawn Tolleson from Triple-A Albuquerque, and transferred right-hander Matt Guerrier to the 60-day disabled list to make room on the 40-man roster for Tolleson. Guerra, 26, […]
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Blog Site Blues
June 4th, 2012 at 11:51 am by Ron Cervenka Even though our ThinkBlueLA.com blog site is relatively new, most of our loyal readers and followers know that our TBLA interactive forum has been around for several years. As we go through the anticipated growing pains with our new blog site (which I assume most new blog sites go through), we are well established and quite comfortable […]
(Read More)Dodgers Reinstate Rivera – Option Van Slyke
June 4th, 2012 at 11:29 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have reinstated outfielder/first baseman Juan Rivera from the 15-day disabled list after optioning outfielder/first baseman Scott Van Slyke to Triple-A Albuquerque following yesterday’s game at Colorado. Van Slyke, 25, batted .194 with two doubles, a home run and six RBI in 17 games with Los Angeles. Rivera, who has been on the disabled list […]
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D-Day In Major League Baseball
June 3rd, 2012 at 3:53 pm by Harold Uhlman June fourth is D-Day, that is, decision day for major league baseball teams. The scouting, watching countless high school and college games, compiling mountains of data, trying to come up with some ringers, all comes to a screeching halt with the June 4-6 MLB First Year Player Draft, also known as the Rule 4 Draft. […]
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Elian Herrera – Not Just Another Flash in the Pan
June 3rd, 2012 at 9:42 am by Ron Cervenka I will be the first to admit that like most Dodger fans, I had never heard of Elian Herrera until his call up to the Dodgers on May 15. And even then I had my doubts that he would stay long, believing that as soon as Jerry Hairston Jr. came off of the DL Herrera […]
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Down of the Farm – Pericht Has Career Night as Quakes Rout the Storm
June 2nd, 2012 at 12:09 am by Ron Cervenka Dodgers catching prospect Michael Pericht went a perfect 4 for 4 on Friday night as the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes routed the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres) 8 to 3 at the Epicenter. The 24-year-old Palos Park, IL native had two home runs, a double and a single, falling only a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. He […]
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Eric Karros Bobble Head Images Released
June 1st, 2012 at 10:07 pm by Ron Cervenka All-time Los Angeles Dodgers home run king Eric Karros will be featured on the club’s fifth bobblehead night, as part of the Dodger Stadium Greats Bobblehead Series, on Thursday, June 28 when the Dodgers face the New York Mets at 7:10 p.m. Karros blasted 270 home runs over his 12 seasons in Los Angeles and won the […]
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2012 First Year Player Draft
June 1st, 2012 at 1:19 pm by Evan Bladh This coming Monday, June 4th, is the 2012 first year player draft. The Dodgers will be selecting in the following positions during the first ten rounds. 18th (1st round) 51st (as compensation round between 1 and 2, for losing Rod Barajas) 82nd (2nd round) 113th (3rd round) 146th (4th round) 176th (5th round) 206th (6th […]
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