One year ago today, April 17, 2012, we launched the ThinkBlueLA.com blog site. Although we had been up and running as an interactive fan-based Dodger forum since 2009, it wasn’t until a year ago today that we made the decision to expand our site to include a Dodger blog. And though we’ve made a few […]
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Carl Crawford talks shoes, hitting and throwing
April 17th, 2013 at 9:17 am 
by Ron Cervenka Dodger outfielder Carl Crawford was proud on the Air Jordan baseball shoes that he wore on Jackie Robinson Day – extremely proud of them. After all, they had the number 42 on them as a tribute to the man who broke baseball’s color barrier. Carl had a blue pair and a white pair and couldn’t […]
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It’s only weird if it doesn’t work
April 16th, 2013 at 10:09 am by Ron Cervenka Last week I posted an article about several Dodger players wearing high socks trying to emulate Carl Crawford in hopes of having some of the tremendous success that Crawford is having thus far in the 2013 season possibly rub off on them. Did it work? Well, Matt Kemp was wearing high socks a week ago Sunday and […]
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Thank You 42
April 16th, 2013 at 6:10 am by Ron Cervenka About this same time last year, I had an opportunity to interview Dodger team historian Mark Langill about… well, Dodger history. During that interview, I asked Mark a relatively simple question, to which he gave me a very profound answer that basically puts into prospective the most significant moment in not only Dodger history, but […]
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Down on the Farm – These are not your 2012 Quakes
April 14th, 2013 at 8:23 am by Ron Cervenka Having attended more than a dozen Rancho Cucamonga Quakes games last season, I had developed a pretty good feel for the Dodgers Advanced Single-A affiliate. The team was loaded with mashers such as Joc Pederson, C.J. Retherford, Leon Landry (until the Dodgers traded him to the Mariners for Brandon League), Jonathan Garcia and some guy named Yasiel […]
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Zack Greinke’s actual recovery time
April 14th, 2013 at 6:04 am by Evan Bladh In a 24 hour period, the Dodgers lost their number 2 pitcher and the Lakers lost their best player on the verge of the start of the playoffs. For those that believe significant events happen in threes – be leery of what happens with the Los Angeles Kings this week. I’m always reluctant to accept […]
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Is Carl Crawford slumping?
April 13th, 2013 at 10:25 am by Ron Cervenka Is it just me being hypersensitive or is Carl Crawford suddenly slumping? After going 13 for 28 in the first eight games of the season for a torrid .464 batting average, Crawford is 1 for 6 (.166) in his last two games. And while this is certainly nothing to cry wolf about, three of those last […]
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He is… the most important man in the Dodger rotation
April 13th, 2013 at 6:01 am by Ron Cervenka Twitter regular and fellow ThinkBlueLA forum member Gordon Moody had a field day this past Tuesday. Leading up to the Dodgers vs. Padres game in San Diego in which Chad Billingsley would make his 2013 season debut following a brief stint on the disabled list, Moody posted a series of tweets that were a spoof […]
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Photos from the brawl at Petco Park
April 12th, 2013 at 7:15 am by Ron Cervenka Here are several of the photos that I took of Thursday night’s brawl from my seat at Petco Park. Although I missed Carlos Quentin’s initial charge to the mound, I got on the brawl pretty quickly. I was amazed at how quickly everybody got out to the mound. Unfortunately, the damage had already been done to Zack […]
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The Puig Predicament
April 11th, 2013 at 6:24 am by Ron Cervenka Like most Dodger fans, I am a huge Yasiel Puig fan and can’t wait for him to make his major league debut with the Dodgers. But as we all know, there is a contractual logjam in the Dodgers outfield that prevented Yasiel from breaking spring training camp with the Dodgers, this in spite of having one […]
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