If Alex Rodriguez had begun serving his original 211-game suspension immediately when it was imposed by MLB on August 5, 2013 and throughout his appeal process (which ultimately got it reduced to 162 games), he would have been eligible to return on July 28, 2014 – 11 games after the 2014 All-Star Game. You sure […]
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(Blast from the Past) Dodgers Sign Puig to 7-Year Deal
January 12th, 2014 at 6:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka (Note: This article first appeared on ThinkBlueLA.com on June 29, 2012) The Dodgers have officially announced the signing of Cuban outfielder Yasiel Puig to a seven-year Major League contract. General Manager Ned Colletti made the announcement. “Scouting and signing talent in Latin America is critical and this signing shows ownership’s commitment to reengage in the […]
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‘Catching’ up on the 2013 Draft
January 11th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman Major League Baseball’s First Year Player Draft, also known as the Rule 4 Draft, is the most extensive and elaborate draft in all of professional sports. The National Hockey League entry draft lasts seven rounds as does the National Football League draft. The National Basketball Association draft lasts for just two rounds drafting a maximum […]
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How did we miss this one?
January 10th, 2014 at 8:29 am by Ron Cervenka With all of the hype and hoopla over the Hall of Fame voting the past two or three weeks and with the Dodgers PR Department holding an on-line Twitter poll on who Dodger fans want as their ‘People’s Choice’ promotional bobblehead for the upcoming 2014 season, how on earth did we not put these two […]
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Justin Sellers – Hidden in plain sight
January 10th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka During Wednesday’s media conference at Dodger Stadium, Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti made it very clear that the team still has a glaring need before spring training begins a little over a month from now. “I’d like to get another infielder in here just to give us a little more versatility, a little more presence,” […]
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The two biggest phone calls of Jarret Martin’s life
January 9th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka One can only imagine how exciting it must be to receive that magic phone call informing you that you have just been selected in the MLB First Year Player Draft, something that left-hander Jarret Martin experienced not once but twice – the first in 2008 when he was selected in the 19th round by the […]
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Healthy Hanley key to Dodgers success in 2014
January 8th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Yasiel Puig is good… very good. But Hanley Ramirez is better. “No way,” you say. “Way,” I say – at least he was in 2013. Check this out: In 432 plate appearances in 2013 (104 games), Puig hit .319 (122 for 382) with 19 home runs and 42 RBIs. He had an OBP of .391 and […]
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Dodgers Select-A-Seat and FanFest dates set
January 7th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Just as they have done for the past six years, the Dodgers will once again host their annual ‘Select-A-Seat’ event on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, January 29, 30 and 31 at Dodger Stadium. The Select-A-Seat event allows current season ticket holders the opportunity to upgrade their season seat locations based on seat availability from former […]
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Maddux, Glavine, Thomas and Biggio elected into IBWAA Hall of Fame
January 6th, 2014 at 8:48 pm by Ron Cervenka In what might very well be a preview to Wednesday’s BBWAA Hall of Fame announcement, the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) revealed their own 2014 Hall of Fame winners on Monday morning as first-ballot candidates Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas, and second-year candidate Craig Biggio made the cut for the IBWAA Hall […]
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Will the Dodgers retire uniform number 31?
January 6th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Trying to figure out who the Baseball Writers Association of America will select for the Hall of Fame is always a crap shoot at best. I mean, who would have ever thought that they would snub all 37 guys on the ballot last year? Sure, it’s easy to see why the BBWAA excluded confirmed or […]
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