Nobody, and I mean absolutely nobody needs to tell Dodgers veteran second baseman Mark Ellis that he made the biggest mistake of the season and quite possibly of his entire career, because nobody, and I mean absolutely nobody knows it more than he does. Mark Ellis’ split-second decision to try to stretch a double into a triple is going to be the source […]
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I Just Don’t Get It
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:03 pm 
by Ron Cervenka Although I am a lifelong Dodger fan and a longtime Dodgers season ticket holder, I am an absolute rookie at this blogging stuff. As such, I’m sure that you can imagine how excited I was to receive approval to participate in the Dodgers blog spot within the Vin Scully Press Box this past season. I […]
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Herrera Walk-off Keeps Dodgers Playoff Hopes Alive for Another Day
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:44 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers playoff hopes remain alive, albeit by a thread, thanks to a bottom of the 9th one-out, bases loaded single by Dodgers left fielder Elian Herrera off the glove of Giants second baseman Marcos Scutaro, as the Dodgers beat the Giants 3-2 before a small but lively crowd of 33,624 at Dodger Stadium on […]
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34 and 62
September 30th, 2012 at 10:25 pm by Ron Cervenka Did you know that the Dodgers have scored 34 runs and collected 62 hits in the past five games? I mean, I knew that the Dodgers had done quite a bit of both this past week, but it wasn’t until Dodgers broadcasters Rick Monday and Charlie Steiner interviewed third base coach Tim Wallach on their post-game show […]
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Good Stuff
September 29th, 2012 at 1:52 pm by Ron Cervenka Although the Dodgers playoff hopes are hanging by a thread and their fate is no longer solely in their hands, they are playing as good of baseball right now as they have all season. Too little too late? Probably. But some pretty incredible stuff has been happening with this ball club during the past week and especially […]
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John Ely Credits Hard Work and Commitment for Success
September 29th, 2012 at 11:16 am by Ron Cervenka Prior to Friday night’s game at Dodger Stadium, right-handed pitcher John Ely and outfielder Joc Pederson were presented with the 2012 Branch Rickey Award for being the top pitcher and player within the Dodgers minor league system. Named after the legendary former Dodger executive who broke baseball’s color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson, the Branch Rickey […]
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Rockies Could Be Bigger Challenge for Dodgers than the Giants
September 28th, 2012 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka No one can argue that it is going to take a miracle for the Dodgers to win the final NL Wild Card spot. Simply put, the Dodgers must win out the season and need the Cardinals to lose four of their final six games or the Dodgers will be watching the playoffs on TV instead of being in […]
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Ely & Pederson Named Dodgers Minor League Pitcher & Player of the Year
September 27th, 2012 at 4:07 pm by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have named right-handed pitcher John Ely and outfielder Joc Pederson as the Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher and Player of the Year, respectively. General Manager Ned Colletti made the announcement. Ely, 26, was selected as the Triple-A Pacific Coast League’s 2012 Pitcher of the Year by vote of the league’s managers and media […]
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Did Secret Deal Between McCourt and MLB Fuel Spending Spree by New Dodgers Owners?
September 27th, 2012 at 12:31 pm by Ron Cervenka Bloomberg Businessweek is reporting that former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt entered into a secret agreement with Major League Baseball which reportedly may limit the revenue the team is obliged to share with less prosperous clubs. According to a Bloomberg News article released earlier today, the settlement that ended McCourt’s 2011 battle in U.S. Bankruptcy Court gives […]
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Seven
September 27th, 2012 at 9:54 am by Ron Cervenka Seven – it’s as simple as that. With only seven regular season games remaining for the Dodgers, they absolutely positively must win every one of them to have any chance at winning the second and final NL Wild Card spot. This is not a 5 out of 7 or 6 out of 7 thing, this is […]
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