UPDATE: April 1, 2014 ‘Bring in the Right-Hander’ is now available at book stores and online at Amazon.com in hardcover and Kindle editions. When most people hear the name Jerry Reuss, the first thing they usually think of is the former Dodgers World Series Champion left-hander known for his outlandish pranks – and they’d be right. […]

Although it looked as though the Dodgers 2014 season opener against the Arizona Diamondbacks at the famed Sydney Cricket Ground in Australia might be postponed due to rain, the game went off without a hitch. Here is a quick (and sleepy) ‘look’ at the game: Yasiel Puig looked just like he did in spring training – […]

If there is one baseball statistic that every MLB hitting coach hates more than any other it has to be leaving runners on base (LOB). Regardless of how a team gets runners on base, stranding them there is usually the kiss of death. In its simplest form, LOB = Loss. Having been a Dodger fan […]

When the Dodgers selected Zach Lee in the first round of the 2010 First Year Player Draft (28th overall pick), there wasn’t anyone who honestly believed that the then 18-year-old high school pitcher/quarterback would sign with the Dodgers – or any other team for that matter. After all, the McKinney, Texas native had not only committed […]

While cleaning out a number of links in my favorites, I came across one that had piqued my interest but that I had forgotten about – Mark Monninger, the Dodgers Rally Bear. I watched the video that accompanied the article and certainly enjoyed the performance as apparently did the fans around the mascot before he was removed by […]

With the Dodgers having completed their spring training camp a full two weeks earlier than every other MLB team (except the Diamondbacks, of course), now would be a good time to reflect back on the past 37 days since pitchers and catchers reported on February 8. During that time the Dodgers played only 19 spring […]

Immediately following their spring training finale against the Rockies at Camelback Ranch on Sunday afternoon, the Dodgers, whose plane will be landing in Sydney, Australia in a couple of hours, announced their third round of cuts and posted their ‘who’s going and who’s not’ list for next weekend’s season opening series against the Diamondbacks at […]

Okay I admit it – I am a bit uncomfortable trying to correctly pronounce the first and last name of recently signed Dodgers shortstop Erisbel Arruebarrena. In fact, it is difficult for me to pronounce his name correctly two times in a row without stopping what I am doing, staring at the name closely and trying […]