One of the most confusing parts of Major League Baseball is free agency; more specifically, the actual rules that govern when it can and cannot occur and what can and cannot be discussed. The rules governing free agency are covered under Article XX-B of the 2012-2016 MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and let me tell you, […]
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Dodgers Formally Welcome Carl Crawford
October 26th, 2012 at 6:18 pm 
by Ron Cervenka Shortly after the Dodgers completed what is arguably the biggest trade in MLB history on August 25, they held a unique post-game on-field press conference with new additions Josh Beckett, Adrian Gonzalez and Nick Punto. Noticeably missing from this near-midnight (albeit creative) press conference was the fourth and final piece of what many say was nothing more […]
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“DodgerTalk Off-Season Edition” to Premiere October 31
October 25th, 2012 at 11:55 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have announced that beginning on Wednesday, October 31, Dodgers Spanish-language broadcaster Jorge Jarrín will host a weekly one-hour radio show called “Dodger Talk – Off-Season Edition” on AM 570 FOX Sports LA. The English-only show will air on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m (PT). The show will feature the latest Dodgers news and […]
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Has it really been 40 years?
October 24th, 2012 at 2:25 pm by Ron Cervenka It seems like what, maybe 15… 18… 20 years ago tops, but it was actually 40 years ago today that the one man who had the single biggest impact in the 136-year history of major league baseball passed away. I am, of course, speaking of the great Jackie Robinson, who died of a heart attack at his home […]
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Sometimes the Truth Hurts
October 23rd, 2012 at 10:09 am by Ron Cervenka “Sometimes the truth hurts.” It is something that I heard many times growing up from a great man (my father). As a Dodgers-based blog site, the last thing that our readers want to hear is praise for the San Francisco Giants; but the cold, hard and painful truth is that what the Giants accomplished over the past […]
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Playing Hungry
October 22nd, 2012 at 1:10 pm by Ron Cervenka You’ve all seen it before if you’ve watched baseball for any period of time – it’s called “playing hungry.” If you were watching Fox Television at 5 PM PT (8 PM ET) last night, you saw playing hungry at its absolute finest. They were the guys dressed in orange and black and they played hungry […]
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Pederson Ends 0 for AFL Slump
October 21st, 2012 at 1:27 am by Ron Cervenka Dodgers top outfield prospect Joc Pederson finally collected his first hit of the 2012 Arizona Fall League on Saturday afternoon, thus ending his painful 0 for 19 slump. Pederson went 2 for 5 with two singles and drove in two for the Mesa Solar Sox. Unfortunately 2 for 24 equates to a dismal .083 batting average, but […]
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Down on the Farm – Great Lakes Loons Year in Review
October 20th, 2012 at 9:53 am by Harold Uhlman When I first started to do some research on the Loons, I came across this reminder: “The Vero Beach Dodgers of the Florida State League had been affiliates of the Los Angeles Dodgers since the club’s inception in 1980. After the 2006 season, the Dodgers ended the affiliation…” Vero Beach Dodgers Needless to say, that brought back, […]
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Stepping on Their Throats
October 19th, 2012 at 11:20 am by Ron Cervenka One of baseball’s oldest unwritten rules is that a player (or team) should never ‘show up’ the other team when leading by a large margin. In fact doing so will, in most cases, get one (or more) of your teammates plunked by an opposing pitcher. And while some may cry foul about this violation of The […]
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Another Red Patterson
October 19th, 2012 at 6:01 am by Harold Uhlman Many Dodger fans remember Arthur “Red” Patterson who joined the Dodgers in 1954. Red was a public relations innovator and became known as the father of the “tape measure home run” when he paced off Mickey Mantle’s 656-foot shot on April 17, 1953, the longest home run in baseball history. Red died in 1992 at […]
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