When you’re a 23rd round draft pick pitching on a team that has a starting rotation that includes a first round draft pick, a second round draft pick and one of the highest ranked pitching prospects in all of baseball, you don’t get a lot of ink or accolades. But when you go out there […]
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It’s time for Scott Elbert to finally catch a break
June 23rd, 2014 at 6:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka If you were to look up ‘Hard Luck’ in the dictionary you will undoubtedly see Scott Elbert’s picture. I mean let’s face it, the kid has had it tough every step of the way. Elbert, who was selected by the Dodgers in the first round of the 2004 First Year Player Draft (17th overall pick), made […]
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Uribe ready to return to Dodgers line-up
June 22nd, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka * * * UPDATED Sunday, June 22, 2014 – 10:00 AM * * * Almost one month to the day after straining his right hamstring legging out a double at Citi Field in New York, Dodgers third baseman Juan Uribe says that he is ready to return to the Dodgers line-up. “I feel good, I’m ready,” […]
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While Dan Haren is ‘consistently mediocre,’ Zach Lee is consistently good
June 21st, 2014 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka It’s a quote attributed to Hall of Fame manager Earl Weaver: “Momentum is only as good as the next day’s starter.” Unfortunately for Dodger fans hoping that Clayton Kershaw’s absolutely brilliant no-hitter on Wednesday night was the spark that the Dodgers needed to propel them into this year’s version of their historic 42-8 runs (which, […]
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Dodgers getting more from Carlos Triunfel than expected
June 21st, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka When the Dodgers picked up 24-year-old Carlos Triunfel off of waivers from the Seattle Mariners on April 2, 2014, they knew that he was a smooth multi-position utility infielder. In fact, in the 27 total games in which he appeared with the Mariners in 2012 and 2013, he committed only three errors at shortstop and none […]
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Dodgers to celebrate Kershaw no-hitter with $22 ticket offer
June 20th, 2014 at 12:46 pm by Ron Cervenka In celebration of Clayton Kershaw’s first-career no-hitter last night, the 22nd no-hitter in Dodger franchise history, the Dodgers will offer a limited number of $22 tickets to Kershaw’s next scheduled home start, Sunday, June 29 (vs. STL, 1:10 p.m.). A limited number of $22 Infield Reserve (reg. $30), preferred reserve (reg. $25) and left field pavilion […]
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Kershaw gets a shot at immortality
June 20th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka When Dodgers right-hander Josh Beckett tossed his no-hitter on May 25, 2014, he became the only living soul with an opportunity to achieve what only one other person in history has ever accomplished – throwing two consecutive no-hitters. The only pitcher to have done so was Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Vander Meer against the Brooklyn […]
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Kershaw no-hitter was a matter of ‘when’ not ‘if’
June 19th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka There isn’t anyone, not one single person who follows the game of baseball even casually who didn’t expect this night to come. Clayton Kershaw pitched a no-hitter. And but for a throwing error by Hanley Ramirez on a very difficult play in the seventh inning it would have been a perfect game. But hey, now Kershaw […]
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Uribe rehab confirmed for Thursday at Rancho Cucamonga
June 18th, 2014 at 5:20 pm by Ron Cervenka As was speculated and reported here on ThinkBlueLA, Dodgers third baseman Juan Uribe will begin his rehab assignment with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes beginning on Thursday evening. “He’s going to play tomorrow (Thursday),” said Dodgers manager Don Mattingly on Wednesday afternoon. “He’ll DH tomorrow, I’m assuming as long as everything goes good he’ll play three […]
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Billingsley to undergo season-ending elbow surgery
June 18th, 2014 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Just when it appeared that Dodgers right-hander Chad Billingsley was on the cusp of returning to the Dodgers rotation after undergoing Tommy John surgery in April of 2013, the 29-year-old Defiance, OH native received some devastating news last Thursday – he has a tear in the flexor tendon in his right elbow that will require […]
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