The announcement that Yasiel Puig was arrested for reckless driving, speeding and failure to produce insurance is beyond disappointing. We don’t know the details and it could be that a young man, with few English skills in the middle of Tennessee in a sporty new car is a huge target in that region of the […]
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Another Koufax-like performance from Kershaw
April 29th, 2013 at 6:11 am 
by Ron Cervenka It was actually a difficult decision – Do I skip Sunday’s game at Dodger Stadium and drive the extra hour to Rancho Cucamonga to watch Hanley Ramirez make his second and likely final rehab assignment with the Quakes and run the risk of missing Clayton Kershaw’s first ever perfect game or no-hitter; or do I go to the Dodger […]
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Over-thinking costs Magill chance for MLB debut win
April 28th, 2013 at 9:29 am by Ron Cervenka First and foremost I have a disclaimer to make: I have been following the minor league career of Dodger right-hander Matt Magill closely for a little more than a year now – since spring training 2012 in fact*. And though Matt has experienced the normal struggles that minor leaguers experience on the road to the […]
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Anatomy of a Slump
April 28th, 2013 at 6:00 am by Robb Anderson A big topic of discussion in the early part of this season has been the focus on the dreaded ´S´ word . . . slump. . . particularly as it relates to Matt Kemp. It appears he has started to get his swing back, hitting his first home run of the season against the Mets […]
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Still think Josh Beckett has a bad attitude? Think again
April 27th, 2013 at 8:16 am by Ron Cervenka We’ve heard it over and over since the Dodgers blockbuster trade with the Boston Red Sox – “Josh Beckett has a bad attitude.” Well guess what Boston fans, perhaps it was you who brought out the worst in Beckett because he has been nothing but the consummate team player since his arrival in Los Angeles last August. During his […]
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Hanley Ramirez about to “shock the world”
April 27th, 2013 at 6:13 am by Ron Cervenka True to his word, Dodger shortstop Hanley Ramirez is taking the first step to “shock the world” as he will be making his first rehab start at Rancho Cucamonga with the team’s Advanced Single-A affiliate Quakes on Saturday evening. Dodger manager Don Mattingly made the announcement during his pre-game media briefing in the Dodger dugout on Friday […]
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The power of social media
April 26th, 2013 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Who knew? Who knew that when longtime ThinkBlueLA forum member Joe Pierre (known by many Dodger fans as OldBrooklynFan) was taking the number 7 subway train from his home in Brooklyn to Citi Field last July to meet up with fellow ThinkBlueLA member Will Isabella (Truebluewill), my daughter Christina, her roommate Whitney and myself for the Dodgers-Mets series, he […]
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Is this Justin Sellers’ final week in the Big Leagues?
April 25th, 2013 at 9:44 am by Ron Cervenka With every indication that Hanley Ramirez will be returning to the Dodger line-up as early as this coming Tuesday (on Hanley Ramirez bobble head night, no less), the Dodgers will have to make a corresponding roster move. The question is – who stays and who goes? Because Tim Federowicz, who was brought up exclusively for […]
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.600 Baseball
April 25th, 2013 at 6:22 am by Ron Cervenka No sense writing about the Dodgers meltdown in Wednesday night’s ugly 7-3 loss to the Mets at Citi Field – lord knows everybody else already has. Instead I’ll write about the huge, and I mean humongous need for the Dodgers to win the series finale against the Mets in a couple of hours. Why, you […]
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The most important start of Ted Lilly’s career
April 24th, 2013 at 10:25 am by Ron Cervenka Make no mistake about it, Dodger left-hander Ted Lilly is about to make the most important start of his 14-year major league career tonight against the New York Mets at Citi Field. Not only will it be the first start of the 2013 season for the oft injured 37-year-old southern California native, but it may very […]
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