Unless you follow the Dodgers farm teams, there’s a pretty good chance that you never heard of Nick Chili Buss until he made his major league debut with the Dodgers on September 14, 2013. Buss, along with fellow Triple-A Albuquerque Isotope Alex Castellanos, were called up to fill in for the injured Andre Ethier (ankle) […]
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Ned Colletti weighs in on Julio Urias and Corey Seager
During last week’s annual Blogger’s Night at Dodger Stadium, Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti fielded a variety of questions from the group regarding the state of the Dodgers organization, particularly the Dodgers farm system and several of their top prospects. Without question the two prospects drawing the most attention were 17-year-old left-handed pitching prospect Julio […]
(Read More)A Personal Dodger Story (part 1 of 2)
Since the Dodgers have wrapped up their historic season and we are currently in the lull before the post season begins on Thursday, I thought I would divert your attention from the hard news stories to my own personal feel-good story of a recent trip to LA to see the Dodgers. My son Matias is a […]
(Read More)The stuff that legends are made of
Overcoming adversity is nothing new for the Dodgers. One need look no further than game-1 of the 1988 World Series to see this when a seriously injured Kirk Gibson said to (then) clubhouse attendant Mitch Poole “You know Mitch, this could be the script” only moments before Gibson’s date with destiny. That was exactly 25 years […]
(Read More)Frank Robinson Celebrity Golf Invitational set for November 11 at Wilshire Country Club
The inaugural Frank Robinson Celebrity Golf Invitational is scheduled for Monday, November 11th at Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles. The event will be hosted by Frank Robinson, the Hall of Famer and MLB Executive Vice President of Baseball Development who oversees all MLB Urban Youth Academies. This event will support the MLB Urban Youth Academy in Compton, which […]
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