The instant that 21-year-old left-handed pitcher Steven Rodriguez was drafted by the Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 2012 First Year Player Draft (82nd overall), it was reported that the University of Florida junior was the most likely 2012 Dodgers draft pick to make it to the Major Leagues the fastest, and it appears […]
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Down on the Farm – Steven Rodriguez Promoted to Double-A Chattanooga
July 27th, 2012 at 6:33 pm 
by Ron Cervenka 
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Six Days
July 27th, 2012 at 12:36 pm by Ron Cervenka Have you ever noticed how baseball executives, especially general managers and field managers, have an aversion to saying “This is the most important series of the season?” For some reason they simply refuse to accept or acknowledge this fact (or at least try to minimize it) unless it is the actual last game of the season. But the cold, […]
(Read More)Dodgers Place Scott Elbert on DL – Recall Stephen Fife
July 27th, 2012 at 12:22 pm by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have placed left-handed pitcher Scott Elbert on the 15-day disabled list with left elbow inflammation (retroactive to July 26) and recalled right-hander Stephen Fife from Triple-A Albuquerque to make tonight’s start at San Francisco. Elbert has tossed scoreless relief in nine consecutive appearances (8.0 IP) since June 25 and has a 2.45 ERA […]
(Read More)Dodgers Place Kennedy on DL – Recall Shawn Tolleson
July 26th, 2012 at 11:00 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have placed infielder Adam Kennedy on the 15-day disabled list with a right groin strain and recalled right-handed pitcher Shawn Tolleson from Triple-A Albuquerque. Kennedy was hitting .250 with a home run and 15 RBI in 70 games, including a .342 batting average in 15 July games. Tolleson, who was optioned yesterday, has […]
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The Same Old Same Old
July 26th, 2012 at 5:50 am by Ron Cervenka It certainly didn’t take very long for the Dodgers to revert right back to their old ways of following a winning streak with a losing streak, did it? After winning five straight (which seems to be their limit), including a three-game sweep of the .500 Mets and starting off a four-game series against the streaky […]
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A New Challenge for Matt Kemp
July 25th, 2012 at 4:57 pm by Ron Cervenka I can honestly say that the news that Hanley Ramirez had been acquired by the Dodgers this morning didn’t really come as a total surprise to me. In fact, he’s been on my radar for about two years now… as a shortstop, not as a third baseman. But in the same breath, I can also honestly say that […]
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Spilled Milk
July 25th, 2012 at 6:03 am by Ron Cervenka “There is no sense in crying over spilled milk.” It is perhaps one of the first clichés we heard as kids, probably well before we even knew what a cliché was. Although as kids, it was undoubtedly more a fact of life – spilled milk, that is. Over the past six or eight weeks, you have […]
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Those Were the Days
July 24th, 2012 at 3:56 am by Harold Uhlman For forty years, four decades, there were three certainties in life: death, taxes and the Dodgers making it to the World Series two or three times in each of those decades. You just knew that you wouldn’t have to wait many years for another appearance in the big show. Then, along came the nineties and […]
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Lost in the Mix
July 23rd, 2012 at 7:58 am by Ron Cervenka Without question, Sunday afternoon’s 8-3 win in 12 innings was one of the most exciting games of the season (well, for me, at least). Granted, it didn’t have the electricity of a Matt Kemp or Andre Ethier walk-off home run in front of the home crowd, but instead showed the Dodgers working together as a team, […]
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Familiar Faces
July 22nd, 2012 at 5:38 am by Ron Cervenka Ok, I admit it… I was a bit flattered by it all. My daughter Christina, my dear friend Will Isabella (Truebluewill) and I arrived at Citi Field in New York for the first of three Dodgers/Mets games on Friday afternoon. It had rained pretty hard throughout most of the day and to be quite honest, […]
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