If you haven’t heard by now and in an act of pure kindness and class, future first ballot Hall of Famer Derek Jeter telephoned the mother of one of the last Friday’s shooting victims. I’m not into plagiarizing the work of others, but everybody needs to know what Derek Jeter did on Wednesday morning to express his […]
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Derek Jeter Reaches Out to Mother of Shooting Victim (updated)
December 21st, 2012 at 12:10 am 
by Ron Cervenka 
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East Coast Bias – Fact or Fiction?
December 20th, 2012 at 12:14 am by Harold Uhlman I quite often hear Dodger fans mention an “east coast bias” when responding to articles posted by ESPN, CBSSports, Sports Illustrated, Fox Sports, even MLB. I live on the east coast – further east than any point in the United States, in fact. I must admit that I was not aware of an east coast […]
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Why the Diss on Luis Cruz?
December 19th, 2012 at 7:36 am by Ron Cervenka Over the past two weeks, I have read a number of posts from some of my blogging colleagues in which the focus has been on Luis Cruz not being the answer as the Dodgers everyday third baseman for 2013. What gives? Luis Cruz was nothing short of sensational in his 78 games in 2012. He committed only 2 errors […]
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Kids, Cards and Class
December 18th, 2012 at 6:28 am by Evan Bladh Harold Uhlman’s recent baseball card articles here on ThinkBlueLA got me thinking back to my childhood, remembering the days when a pack of Topps baseball cards was 10 cents and I’d open each pack with excitement and great anticipation. Flipping though the cards one by one, hoping to find a Dodger card, or the missing […]
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The Rise and Fall of Baseball Cards: Part-2 – The Fall
December 17th, 2012 at 12:11 am by Harold Uhlman (This is the second of a two-part series) I had collected baseball cards as a youngster in the fifties. Unfortunately, I gave my collection to a good friend in 1957 when my family moved from the small town of Lunenburg in Nova Scotia to the city of Edmonton, Alberta. At that point, my life was […]
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Punto & Leary Entertain Dodger Fans at Valencia Town Center Mall
December 16th, 2012 at 12:00 am by Ron Cervenka Dodgers utility infielder Nick Punto may be quick to first base with his trademark (and insanely risky) head-first slides, but even the speedy veteran infielder couldn’t outrun heavy holiday traffic on Saturday morning getting to one of Southern California’s busiest shopping malls, the Westfield Valencia Town Center Mall in Santa Clarita, California. Punto, a 35-year-old native of San […]
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The Rise and Fall of Baseball Cards: Part-1 – The Rise
December 15th, 2012 at 12:04 am by Harold Uhlman (This is the first of a two-part series) Yesterday I spent some quality time with myself organizing and cataloging my latest Clayton Kershaw and Matt Kemp baseball cards. Today, I will take my Duke Snider cards out of a shoe box and place them in order, by year, in a binder. Imagine that! Duke Snider cards in […]
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Not a Peaceful Easy Feeling
December 14th, 2012 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Back in the early 70’s the Eagles made an absolute fortune off of their platinum song ‘Peaceful Easy Feeling‘ – I know because I was a huge Eagles fan and had it in LP, 8-track, 4-track, cassette and eventually CD. But after last Tuesday’s press conference and in spite of the overwhelming confidence shared by everyone […]
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Can You Hear Me Now?
December 13th, 2012 at 9:58 pm by Ron Cervenka Anyone who has been to Dodger Stadium in recent years during one of their sell-outs or near sell-outs (like just about every bobble head night) pretty much knows that it is a complete waste of time to even try to get a cell phone or 3G/4G wireless signal while sitting just about anywhere in the […]
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Is it February Yet?
December 13th, 2012 at 12:14 am by Harold Uhlman I have noticed on different blogs recently that individuals often make statements such as, “I can’t wait until Spring Training,” or as kids often ask, “Are we there yet?” Another familiar refrain is, “Is it February yet?” Those and other such questions just reinforce the kid in us, but also reveal a much greater question. […]
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