Mark this date down on your calenders – Wednesday, October 3, 2012. It is the date of the final game of the 2012 regular season for the Dodgers. It is an afternoon game with a rare 4:15 pm start time. The Dodgers entire season could hinge on the outcome of this single game against the San […]
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Colletti and Kasten Deliver ‘State of the Dodgers’ Message
July 14th, 2012 at 12:46 pm 
by Ron Cervenka As part of Friday night’s fifth annual blogger’s night at Dodger Stadium, the group of assembled bloggers were addressed by Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti and team president and CEO Stan Kasten. After sharing some basic information about the current state of the team on the very night that Dodger sluggers Matt Kemp and Andre […]
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Down on the Farm – Angelo Songco’s Long Road Back
July 13th, 2012 at 9:33 am by Ron Cervenka Angelo Songco had it made. Everything was going great for the 23-year-old Granada Hills, California native. Songco was drafted by the Dodgers in the 4th round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft (127th overall) out of Loyola Marymount University and was on the fast track through the Dodgers farm system. He spent the 2010 season with […]
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Calling Out the Prognosticators – Over/Under at Mid-Season
July 12th, 2012 at 7:50 am by Evan Bladh As we prepare for the official second half of the 2012 season, let me throw out some numbers and get your feelings as to whether the Dodgers will accomplish some of them. With half a season to gauge things, let’s see who the true Nostradamus is out there. It’s not like we are going in […]
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Down on the Farm – Moving Up
July 12th, 2012 at 3:31 am by Ron Cervenka It is a natural progression and it happens every year right about this time. It is a happy time and a sad time all at once. It is the promotion of Minor League baseball players from one level to the next and it is, of course, exactly what every Minor League baseball player hopes and dreams […]
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Down on the Farm – Dodgers Announce June Dodger Pride Award Winners
July 11th, 2012 at 6:49 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have announced the June winners of the Dodger Pride Awards. The Dodger Pride Awards were created in 2008 by General Manager Ned Colletti, and are given on a monthly basis to the players at each level of the club’s minor league system who play the game with a hustling, smart, aggressive style. The […]
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2012 Home Run Derby – A Blessing in Disguise
July 10th, 2012 at 1:09 pm by Ron Cervenka Just prior to last year’s Home Run Derby at Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ, I posted a comment over on the ThinkBlueLA.com forum in which I said that Matt Kemp was not a home run hitter. My comment was not intended to dis Matt Kemp or his ability to hit home runs (and I later […]
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Could There Soon Be a Flyin’ Hawaiian at Dodger Stadium?
July 9th, 2012 at 4:56 pm by Ron Cervenka Former baseball GM and current ESPN and MLB Network Radio analyst Jim Bowden recently ranked his top ten players to be traded by the deadline. His list includes the obvious choices such as Zack Greinke, Matt Garza, Ryan Dempster and Carlos Quentin, but of specific interest to Dodger fans is Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino. This […]
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A Much Needed Break
July 8th, 2012 at 11:52 pm by Ron Cervenka You would think that by being in first place at the All-Star break that the break itself would be the last thing that the Dodgers and Dodger fans would want. I mean heck, let’s keep rolling along; let’s keep the momentum going; let’s keep winning, right? Perhaps this would be true if the Dodgers came into […]
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Between Two Palm Trees
July 8th, 2012 at 1:12 am by Ron Cervenka Between Two Palm Trees – Special All-Star Edition
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