This is not going to be a long drawn out dissertation about the how bad the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) have been when it comes to their Hall of Fame selections – Heaven knows I don’t need to point out their shortcomings when they’ve been perfectly capable of doing it themselves. (Yes, I’m […]
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Social Media – Then and Now
December 30th, 2013 at 6:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka Last week a photograph was posted on Twitter by ‘Just Baseball Photos’ (@Baseball_Photos) showing an enormous crowd gathered in front of the Washington Post headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue near our nation’s capital watching the historic 1912 World Series on an electro-mechanical scoreboard resembling a large pinball game. I smiled when I first saw the photograph because every […]
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Hamate bone injury – What is it and is it preventable?
December 29th, 2013 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman Kyle Farmer, a Dodger rookie catcher in the Advanced A Pioneer League in 2013, has already experienced some of the major challenges of baseball beyond the biggest challenge of all – trying to hit a round ball less than three inches in diameter traveling upwards of 90 MPH with a round bat. Add to that […]
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Perez and Wright signings put Seth Rosin in a bad spot
December 28th, 2013 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka To say that the recent acquisitions of relievers Chris Perez and Jamey Wright by the Dodgers was a bit of a surprise would be a gross understatement. After all, re-signing Brian Wilson and J.P Howell, bringing back Paco Rodriguez and Chris Withrow (and even newcomer Onelki Garcia) and having a healthy Jose Dominguez meant that aside […]
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Down on the Farm – Kyle Farmer
December 27th, 2013 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman Kyle Farmer was drafted by the Dodgers in the eighth round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft, also known as the Rule 4 Draft. He was a bit of a surprise selection, a 22-year-old senior from the University of Georgia who was not ranked as a top ten round pick although Jim Callis of Baseball […]
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Two former Dodgers get another shot at ‘The Show’
December 26th, 2013 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Major League Baseball is tough. When you stop and think about the millions of little leaguers around the world who grow up with the dream of someday playing in the MLB; and the hundreds of thousands who go on to play high school and college ball; and the thousands who go on to play minor […]
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Merry Christmas from ThinkBlueLA
December 25th, 2013 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Wishing you and yours a wonderful and joyous Christmas. Scott, Harold, Evan, Robb & Ron
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And the beatings continue
December 24th, 2013 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Dodgers President and CEO Stan Kasten’s proposed “Phase II” of his master plan to “get younger” took yet another Ned Colletti hit late Sunday night when it was reported by LA Times Dodgers beat reporter Dylan Hernandez that the team was near to closing a one-year deal with former Indians closer Chris Perez. And while […]
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Peter O’Malley unveils historicdodgertown.com website
December 23rd, 2013 at 10:53 am by Ron Cervenka VERO BEACH, Fla. –The new historicdodgertown.com website has been unveiled, with a wealth of content and functionality that is easy to navigate, it was announced today by Peter O’Malley, president and CEO, Historic Dodgertown – Vero Beach, Florida. “With our recent name change to ‘Historic Dodgertown – Vero Beach, Florida,’ we are in the midst of rebranding […]
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Chad Billingsley’s (almost) invisible contract
December 23rd, 2013 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Before all of the hubbub over the $147 million Zack Greinke contract, the $175 million Felix Hernandez contract, the $180 million Justin Verlander contract and what figures to soon be the first $300 million contract to Clayton Kershaw, the Dodgers snuck in a high-dollar contact that, for the most part, went under the radar. Granted, […]
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