When you stop and consider that likely 2013 National League Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw is the only pitcher in all of baseball who could allow two earned runs in seven innings and actually have his ERA go up instead of down, it puts into perspective two very important things: one – Kershaw is […]
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Kershaw – “It’s a good time for us to lose some games”
September 9th, 2013 at 7:31 am 
by Ron Cervenka 
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The Best Job In Dodgertown
September 9th, 2013 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman Who has the best job in the entire Los Angeles Dodgers organization, including the minor league affiliates? Is it Ned Colletti now with purse strings he perhaps could not have hoped for in his wildest dreams? Is it Don Mattingly with a stable of thoroughbreds? How about Logan White directing his staff to uncover baseball […]
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Baseball & Softball out as Olympic events
September 8th, 2013 at 10:44 am by Ron Cervenka ABC News and other news outlets are reporting that Baseball and Softball have been outvoted by Wrestling as the final sport to be included in the 2020 Olympics to be held in Tokyo, Japan. Wrestling, which has been a part of the modern Olympics since 1896 and part of the ancient Games in Olympia, Greece […]
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Billy Hamilton – A game-changer
September 8th, 2013 at 9:21 am by Ron Cervenka It’s pretty easy to see why Cincinnati Reds prospect Billy Hamilton draws comparison to Herb Washington, especially when each of Hamilton’s four major league appearances thus far (including his MLB debut on September 3) have been solely as a pinch runner. Washington, who was a World Class sprinter and world record holder but who hadn’t played […]
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Attitude is everything
September 8th, 2013 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka On Saturday the Dodgers lost their third straight games for the first time since June 8-10. That was three months ago and without looking it up, I would be willing to bet that no other team in Major League Baseball this season has gone three months without losing three in a row, so there is […]
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Quakes eliminated in Cal League playoffs
September 7th, 2013 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka The Inland Empire 66ers are moving on to the 2013 California League Southern Division playoffs and the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes are going home for the long cold winter – it’s as simple as that. But anyone who attended the three-game Wild Card Mini-Series or listened to longtime Quakes play-by-play man Mike Lindskog’s call of the […]
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A look at the Reds
September 6th, 2013 at 6:00 am by Evan Bladh At the risk of turning off all readers that lay credence to the baseball superstition that we don’t talk about post-season baseball until the team qualifies for it, my plan over the next several weeks is to provide a detailed look at the potential post season opponents that the Dodgers may face. Talking about post-season […]
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Timely hitting & untimely miscues give Quakes new life
September 6th, 2013 at 5:59 am by Ron Cervenka With their backs to the wall and on the verge of playoff elimination, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes pulled a rabbit out of their collective hats on Thursday night to force a third and deciding game in the Cal League South best-of-three Wild Card Mini Series with an exciting 10-inning 8-5 win over the Inland Empire 66ers at San […]
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Vin Scully named Rose Parade Grand Marshal – What took so long?
September 5th, 2013 at 1:41 pm by Ron Cervenka There is nowhere that you can go to in the continental United States and find someone… anyone who has never heard of Vin Scully – the man who is not only ‘The Voice of the Dodgers’ but who has also been proclaimed ‘The Voice of Baseball.’ On Thursday morning, Scully, who will celebrate his 86th […]
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Arizona Fall League – Well worth the trip to Phoenix
September 5th, 2013 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka In case you haven’t noticed, there are several of us here at ThinkBlueLA who closely follow the Dodgers minor league affiliate teams – very closely, in fact. Why? That’s simple – because they are the future of the Dodger organization, ether they themselves or veteran players who are acquired through trades for them. As such, […]
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