We all know it’s coming – the last thing left between old-fashioned real baseball and the so-called modern era baseball. I am, of course, referring to the designated hitter rule coming to the National League. The writing is on the wall and actually has been for quite some time – over a hundred years, in fact. […]

It was almost a year ago – December 11, 2012 to be exact. The Stadium Club at Dodger Stadium was packed with media from across the country for a nationally televised press conference announcing that the Dodgers had just signed former AL Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke to a record setting 6-year/$147 million contract – a […]

After spending 17 seasons in the major leagues as a third baseman and first baseman, Tim Wallach knows a thing or two about baseball. During his brilliant MLB career Wallach was a five-time All-Star, a three-time Gold Glove Award winner and a two-time Silver Slugger Award winner. While attending college at Cal State Fullerton, the […]

I am not superstitious about baseball, not even a little bit… well… except for talking about a no-hitter when one is in progress, or stepping on the line when entering or exiting a baseball field, or changing T-shirts or jerseys or hats during a winning streak, or rally caps (which really do work, mind you), or sitting […]

It was announced on Monday that former Dodger players Steve Garvey and Tommy John and former Los Angeles manager Joe Torre are among the 12 finalists on the Expansion Era ballot, featuring candidates whose greatest contributions to the game were realized from 1973 through the present. A 16-member Expansion Era electorate will review and cast […]

With the Dodgers having declined to pick up their club option on 36-year-old second baseman Mark Ellis, and with the uncertainty that they will re-sign 34-year-old free agent third baseman Juan Uribe (who will be 35 in March), the Dodgers 2014 infield is in a state of flux right now – but then, isn’t it […]

Throughout Dodger history there have been quite a few big-name Dodgers to wear uniform number 12. For us old-timers the number 12 is synonymous with the great Tommy Davis, who proudly wore the number when he won consecutive batting titles with the Dodgers in 1962 and 1963. And who can forget Dusty Baker, Steve Finley and Jeff […]

The rules regarding when teams can begin negotiating with free agents other than their own are very specific and are detailed in Article XX-B of the MLB/MLBPA Collective Bargaining Agreement. The CBA specifically states that teams must wait for five days after the last game of the World Series has concluded before they can contact free […]

Baseball can be cruel – very cruel. It can pass you by in an instant. If and when you ever get that magic call up from the minors to ‘The Show’ (as the players call it), two things need to happen – 1) you cannot, absolutely cannot get hurt, and 2) you must, absolutely must […]

One of the very few highlights of an otherwise painfully long off-season are the announcements of the winners of baseball’s highest individual awards including the American and National League MVPs, Cy Youngs, Rookies of the Year and so on. If history has taught us anything, it has taught us that things are not always as […]