By now every baseball fan knows that future first ballot Hall of Famer Derek Jeter is retiring at the conclusion of the 2014 season after what will be a stellar 20-year career – all with the New York Yankees. But there is another baseball icon also leaving the game following the 2014 World Series, not […]
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Julio-mania has officially begun
March 15th, 2014 at 5:12 pm 
by Ron Cervenka It was bound to happen this spring – everybody knew it. It was only a matter of when. That ‘when’ came on Saturday afternoon, March 15, 2014 at Camelback Ranch when 17-year-old left-handed Mexican pitching sensation Julio Urias made his MLB spring training debut against the San Diego Padres in the first game of a […]
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Minor League Baseball – Is Financial Emancipation on the Way?
March 15th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman The starting lineup – professional sports unions Major League Baseball has the Major League Baseball Players Association which negotiated the first ever Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in professional sports in 1968. The National Hockey League Players’ Association represents its membership in all matters dealing with their working conditions and contractual rights as well as serving […]
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Is there cause for concern at Dodgers lack of spring training offense?
March 14th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka As most Dodger fans know by now, the 2014 season opener in Sydney, Australia forced the Dodgers (and Diamondbacks) the begin their spring training camps nearly two weeks earlier than every other MLB team and it is forcing them to conclude it a week earlier. In fact, the Dodgers will have played only 19 spring […]
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Meet Chattanooga Lookouts new hitting coach Shawn Wooten
March 13th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Shawn Wooten was signed by the Dodgers in December 2013 to become the new hitting coach for the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Class AA Southern League. He replaces Orv Franchuk who was not offered a contract to return with the Lookouts. Baseball fans may remember Shawn Wooten from the 2002 divisional playoffs and World Series with […]
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The right man for the job probably won’t get it
March 12th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka If you were to tell me that a guy who has had only two hits in 19 at bats (.105) through 15 spring training games was absolutely guaranteed to make the Dodgers opening day roster, I would tell you that you were nuts – yet this is, in all probability, exactly what is going to […]
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Opinion Poll – The Australia Trip
March 11th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka There seems to be mixed feelings about the upcoming 2014 MLB opening series between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks to be held at the Sydney Cricket Grounds on March 22-23. Games abroad are nothing new to Major League Baseball. They have taken place in countries like Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea and even Australia. But the big […]
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What’s next for Dodgers catching prospect Tyler Ogle?
March 10th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman Spring training is well underway at Camelback Ranch so obviously the universe has righted itself again after being out of alignment since last October. I had a relaxing day yesterday doing a bit of writing, listening to my favorite music and thinking. I thought long and hard about what job I would like most to […]
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Japanese Hall of Famer Hideo Nomo returns to Historic Dodgertown
March 9th, 2014 at 12:53 pm by Ron Cervenka VERO BEACH, Fla. – Now a Founding Partner of Historic Dodgertown, Hideo Nomo has returned to visit the facility fresh off his election into the Japan Baseball Hall of Fame. Nomo partnered with former Dodgers owner Peter O’Malley, his sister Terry O’Malley Seidler and former teammate Chan Ho Park in managing Historic Dodgertown in 2012. […]
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Roster cuts looming as Dodgers enter final week of spring training
March 9th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka With only nine spring training games remaining for the Dodgers before they depart on their trip to Sydney, Australia for their 2014 season opener, the second round of roster cuts are looming large and may come as early as today or Monday. And though there are bound to me some surprises, some moves are all […]
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