(Re-posted from 1-21-13) Let’s face it, there has never been another Jackie Robinson and there never will be. However, there was another young man who broke the color barrier in major league baseball as a pitcher. Some time ago I heard a trivia question to which I knew the answer. The question was: “Who was […]

Although the sample size is small, since being activated from the disabled list after his recent acquisition by the Dodgers, former Giants closer and current Dodger reliever Brian Wilson has yet to allow a run. In his three appearances since being activated on August 22, Wilson has allowed only three hits and one walk while […]

Prior to Monday night’s game against the Chicago Cubs, Dodger manager Don Mattingly told members of the media that he was disappointed with the way his first place team had played in the just concluded three-game series against the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox. “It was a series that we pretty much got outplayed,” said […]

With the Dodgers having won 51 of their last 65 games (.748) since June 22, it’s tough to be overly critical of them. That being said and in spite of having one of the most feared line-ups and most dominating bullpens in all of baseball right now, there is one glaring weakness with the team – […]

A few days before opening day 2013, I attended a press conference that detailed the many great Dodger Stadium renovations that had taken place during the off-season to the tune of $100 million. Among the many improvements was a monumental landscaping project that brought thousands of beautiful new trees, plants and flowers to Dodger Stadium […]

Prior to the 9th inning of Thursday’s series finale against the Marlins in Miami, Dodger manager Don Mattingly didn’t know exactly how or when he was going to fit recently acquired reliever Brian Wilson into a game. After all, his bullpen is… well… really good and he doesn’t want to mess with it. So when the […]

Although no official word has come yet from the Dodgers, Bill Shaikin of the L.A. Times is reporting that Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully has agreed to return for an unprecedented 65th season in 2014. “It has been such an exciting, enjoyable, wonderful season – the big crowds in the ballpark, everybody is talking […]

It was a subtle tweet. So subtle, in fact, that perhaps it went unnoticed by many of his 636,000 Twitter followers and/or recipients of their retweets. It was a tweet from new Dodger reliever (and once hated former Giants closer) Brian Wilson – the Brian Wilson of “Fear the Beard” fame who was absolutely loathed […]

During Wednesday’s radio program ‘Inside Pitch’ on MLB Network Radio, show co-host and former general manager Jim Bowden made an interesting comment about his concern for 22-year-old superstar phenom Yasiel Puig during the upcoming off-season. Bowden said (and I am paraphrasing) I’m not concerned about what Yasiel Puig does from now through the post season, I’m […]