The Second Longest Tenured Dodger Employee (Re-posted from Opinion of Kingman’s Performance – June 2011) He is the second longest tenured Dodger employee, behind Vin Scully. He has a face you would easily recognize, but many don’t recognize him because he has been a background fixture for years. He has never sought the limelight or recognition. […]
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The Longest 15 Minutes of Spring Training
March 23rd, 2013 at 6:56 am 
by Ron Cervenka Okay I admit it – I was an absolute wreck for about 15 minutes and I make no bones about it. After all, we are talking about the most incredible prospect I have seen in decades, perhaps even my entire life. I am, of course, talking about the unbearable time between watching 22-year-old Cuban outfielder Yasiel Puig suffer a […]
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Should the WBC be eliminated?
March 22nd, 2013 at 8:51 am by Ron Cervenka Although I have heard a lot of positive comments about the recently concluded World Baseball Classic, I have heard even more negative comments about it – most notably its poor timing in relationship to the MLB’s spring training, and for the potential for injury to MLB players, which has reared its ugly head for the Dodgers (Hanley […]
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Different Day – Same Results
March 21st, 2013 at 6:11 am by Ron Cervenka When things are going well 91 pitches will usually get a starting pitcher into the 7th or 8th inning, but if you are Aaron Harang, for whom little has gone well this spring, 91 pitches didn’t even get him through the 5th inning in Wednesday’s ugly 7-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals at Surprise […]
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Puig continues to prove naysayers wrong
March 20th, 2013 at 7:28 am by Ron Cervenka It seems that the harder that some folks try to find fault in Yasiel Puig’s youth and “rawness,” the more he continues to prove them wrong – almost daily In Tuesday’s game against the Oakland A’s, it was “The Yasiel Puig Show – Part Three” (or was it four or five?), yet in spite of […]
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Meaningless games?
March 19th, 2013 at 6:04 am by Ron Cervenka We all know that spring training games are meaningless, right? I mean, isn’t that what players, coaches and managers always say after losing a spring training game? It’s kind of interesting that you never seem to hear players, coaches and managers that win spring training games say this – kind of like you never hear winning […]
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It’s Time
March 18th, 2013 at 6:19 am by Ron Cervenka Dodger left-hander Ted Lilly is a nice guy and you would probably have a difficult time finding anyone who disagrees with this, especially his teammates and coaches. But as we all know, it takes a lot more than just being a nice guy to be successful in the MLB, and any way you slice it, Ted Lilly […]
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Is Mattingly About to make the Wrong Decision?
March 17th, 2013 at 8:16 am by Ron Cervenka Dodger manager Don Mattingly is about to make a huge decision – one that will have a direct effect on the Dodgers opening day roster. And guess what? It doesn’t involve spring training sensation Yasiel Puig. Oh sure, the decision whether or not Puig will be on the opening day roster is a major one, but Carl […]
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Mark Ellis – The Unsung Hero
March 16th, 2013 at 7:28 am by Ron Cervenka Thanks to the free live-stream on Dodgers.com, I was able to watch every pitch of Friday night’s 8-1 spring training win over the Kansas City Royals on my computer. With both teams playing spit squad games on Friday, and with most of the Dodgers starting nine playing against the Padres earlier in the day in Peoria, the nightcap […]
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The Dodgers Outfield Dilemma
March 15th, 2013 at 6:20 am by Ron Cervenka We all know that no one can predict the future, at least not with any degree of certainty. But being able to collect and evaluate available data and then making an intelligent, informed and educated guess (i.e. a hypothesis) is what separates a good scientist from a brilliant scientist. The same can be said for general managers […]
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