It’s no secret that over the past three years some of the biggest names in major league baseball are players who defected to the U.S. from Cuba. We’ve all heard the horrific stories of what some of these guys went through to finally achieve their lifelong dreams (and financial security) of playing in the MLB […]

Anyone who has ever been to Chase Field to watch a game between the Diamondbacks and the Dodgers has undoubtedly noticed two things – One: Chase Field is a really nice ballpark complete with a TGI Fridays and a Fatburger, in addition to many other great food choices (not to mention their wonderful “community” swimming pool); and […]

There are so many things in life that I miss and to which I would gladly return. One that I especially miss is the “Dodger Way”. Following Branch Rickey’s lead Al Campanis wrote “The Dodger Way to Play Baseball” in 1954 . In short, his book became the Dodger organization bible. Campanis’ commandments included pride […]

For those old enough to remember, there was actually a time when us common, hard-working, blue-collar baseball fans could actually look at an upcoming Hall of Fame ballot and could easily pick who the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) would vote into the sacred halls of Cooperstown – guys like Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, […]

It’s no secret that Zack Greinke loves to hit. In fact, he loves it so much that he actually spends a lot of time in the cage working on his hitting – which probably accounts for that shiny new Silver Slugger trophy on his mantle. But are you aware that the newest Dodger, 33-year-old right-hander […]

The very mention of Ryan Braun’s name causes most Dodger fans to see red. After all, the admitted cheater (albeit he admitted it two years later and only after being confronted with irrefutable evidence) not only cost Matt Kemp his place in baseball history as the real 2011 NL MVP, but he attacked the integrity […]

It’s no secret that the free agent market for third basemen is extremely thin this off-season. In fact, there are only two who can legitimately be put into the top-tier category – 31-year-old Jhonny Peralta and 34-year-old Juan Uribe. Late Saturday afternoon rumors were flying through the Twittersphere that Peralta, the same guy who accepted a 50-game suspension […]

By now most baseball fans are aware that WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon is sending custom made WWE Championship-type belts to 2013 Cy Young Award winners Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer and to MVP Award winners Andrew McCutchen and Miguel Cabrera. And though these championship belts are… well… interesting, are they really something that we want in […]

When the Dodgers signed right-hander Dana Eveland to minor league contract with an invitation to big league spring training camp on November 22, 2010, they did so knowing that he had been designated for assignment by the Pittsburgh Pirates the previous June. But within days of arriving at the Dodgers spring training facility at Camelback […]