With last Sunday’s Dodgers game being the nationally televised ESPN game with a 5 PM (PT) start time, I had some time to kill before the game so I went to see Clint Eastwood’s new movie Trouble with the Curve. Now I have to tell you that I am and always have been a huge Clint Eastwood fan dating […]
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Dee Gordon is Making Things Difficult
September 24th, 2012 at 6:03 am 
by Ron Cervenka There isn’t a person alive who will argue that Dee Gordon isn’t a game-changer. Because of his blazing speed, when Gordon gets on base he immediately gets into the opposing pitcher’s and catcher’s heads and he flat out makes things happen. Unfortunately, that’s about where Dee’s value to the Dodgers seems to end. When Dee is on […]
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Get Off My Lawn! Damn Kids…
September 23rd, 2012 at 8:16 pm by Evan Bladh Who could have imagined the technological advances that we have today, just a short time period ago? Say, 25 years or so when I had bought my first home desk top computer and the choice for the 50 lb. computer monitor connected to it was Green screen or Amber screen. It is mind boggling the […]
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2012 NL MVP – They Better Get it Wrong Again This Year
September 23rd, 2012 at 6:20 am by Ron Cervenka In 2011, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) got the NL MVP Award wrong, and anybody who has issue with this need look no further than the cold hard facts – the statistics themselves. Yet even with the indisputable numbers right there in front of them in black and white, the BBWAA awarded Major League Baseball’s most […]
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Mattingly’s “Honesty is the best Policy” Approach Might Just Be the Ticket
September 22nd, 2012 at 5:10 am by Ron Cervenka After Thursday night’s painful 4-1 loss in the nation’s capital to give the Washington Nationals their first playoff berth since 1933, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly finally came clean. He was asked by reporters if he felt that the Dodgers playoff hopes were slipping away. “Honestly, it does. It feels like it is a little bit,” Mattingly […]
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It’s ok
September 21st, 2012 at 12:06 pm by Ron Cervenka It’s ok to admit that the Dodgers are done. It’s ok to accept the reality that the Dodgers do not have it within themselves (pitching or offense) to make it to the post season – second Wild Card or otherwise. Hey, the Dodgers were never really expected to make the playoffs this season anyway, right? […]
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Could It Be?
September 20th, 2012 at 6:55 am by Ron Cervenka Could it be that Matt Kemp has finally… finally emerged from his career-worst slump? The one in which he went 6 for 50 (.120) with 14 strikeouts since September 1st heading into Wednesday’s doubleheader against the team with the best record in baseball? As much as I want to believe it, I’m not about to go […]
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Let’s Play Two!
September 19th, 2012 at 9:44 am by Ron Cervenka Although doubleheaders aren’t all that uncommon for teams located on the East Coast and Midwest regions of our great country because of summertime thunderstorms (and an occasional hurricane), they are quite rare for us out here on the Left Coast; and I have to admit that I am actually quite excited about today’s twin bill. […]
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Come on Guys, Let’s Get Real Here
September 19th, 2012 at 6:54 am by Ron Cervenka This is nonsense. Why are the Dodgers even considering allowing Clayton Kershaw to pitch again this season? The guy is hurt, for crying out loud. Not just sore, not just feeling the effects of a long and grueling season, but hurt, genuinely hurt, hip impingement hurt; and hip injuries are nothing to screw around with. Remember a guy named […]
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Farewell Jon Weisman
September 19th, 2012 at 3:00 am by Ron Cervenka As I normally do before shutting down the computer for the night (or early morning as is usually the case – including tonight), I made one last run through a few of the more popular Dodger blog sites. Upon doing so, I stumbled upon one of those posts that you dread seeing. No, it wasn’t a […]
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