The game is fun again. The Dodgers are playing their best ball of the year. The injuries from earlier weeks are slowly becoming a somewhat distant memory. The bullpen is lights out. There are always at least two hot hitters in the lineup every game and the starting pitching is providing quality start after quality […]

When Yasiel Puig broke onto the baseball scene a short seven weeks ago, his meteoric rise to success and fame had every Puig hater (which is pretty much every non-Dodger fan) wishing, hoping and perhaps even praying for him to fail. And while the 22-year-old Cuban defector may be experiencing his first slump and a […]

His lips keep moving, his hands keep flapping, yet nothing has happened. I am, of course, talking about Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig’s perpetual lie that he plans to expand the use of video replay in baseball – a lie that we have been listening to for more than four years now. The players want it, the […]

As with all baseball fans, I am sure Dodger fans begin the second part of the season with a series of expectations. I have some expectations although they are based primarily on the Dodgers becoming and remaining a healthy club for the duration of the season. Under those circumstances I expect the team to compete […]

Anyone who follows the game of baseball closely knows exactly how good Cleveland Indians outfielder Grady Sizemore is, or perhaps I should say was. In his first five seasons in the Big leagues, Sizemore appeared in three All-Star Games, won two Gold Gloves, one Silver Slugger, became a member of the 30-30 club and led […]

As you might have imagined, last week’s article about Dodger rookie sensation Yasiel Puig giving his jersey to a severely handicapped Dodger fan during the annual On-Field Photo Day event was warmly received and generated many great comments and re-tweets. One such comment came from a Cuban fan by the name of Ralp Lavner who now […]

Okay I admit it – I’m an old guy with old guy beliefs, but when I saw the photograph that Dodger superstar rookie Yasiel Puig posted on Twitter (via Instagram) earlier this morning with him, Snoop Dog and Chris Brown together at a popular L.A. nightclub, I was a bit upset. In fact, I’ve been […]

When Dodger president and CEO Stan Kasten announced at a press conference last January that Dodger Stadium was going to have the best cell phone and Wi-Fi services than any other ballpark in the MLB, he absolutely meant it – and anyone who knows Stan Kasten knows that he is a man of his word. In fact, […]

Going through baseball withdrawals during the MLB All-Star break? Well, fear not baseball-holics – there will be a nationally televised baseball game on Wednesday, July 17. 2013 and it figures to be a good one. The California Collegiate League has announced that they will be televising the 2013 CCL All-Star Game and Prospect Showcase. The players representing […]