The Dodgers have a new slugger. His name is Matthew Ryan Kemp and he has the potential to become an MVP-caliber hitter. Okay, that’s a bit of an overkill statement for a guy who has been in the big leagues for nine seasons and who was the NL MVP runner-up in 2011, but the truth […]
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Kemp’s new batting stance has him heading in a new direction
August 5th, 2014 at 6:00 am 
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Kershaw named NL Player of the month
August 4th, 2014 at 3:31 pm by Ron Cervenka Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw has been voted the National League Pitcher of the Month for July. In five outings last month, Kershaw was 4-0 with a N.L.-best 1.07 ERA, allowing just five earned runs in a League-high 42.0 innings of work. The southpaw tossed a Major League-high three complete games last month and tied for […]
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Pitching woes not the only problem facing Colletti and the Dodgers
August 4th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Anyone who was at Dodger Stadium on Friday night or Sunday afternoon undoubtedly felt it whether they want to admit it or not – the feeling that the Dodgers were going to lose because Dan Haren and Josh Beckett were pitching on those days. Oh sure, Dodger fans were hoping their team would win, but […]
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Sunday’s game could dictate roster moves by Ned Colletti
August 3rd, 2014 at 10:38 am by Ron Cervenka To say that the Dodgers have three great starters in their rotation is an understatement. In fact, they have three starters with 10 or more wins. Where things get dicey for the Dodgers is with their number four and number five starters who have a combined 14-14 record and an atrocious 1-9 record in their […]
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Justin Turner has a ‘Mike Davis’ moment
August 3rd, 2014 at 8:48 am by Ron Cervenka Most Dodger fans will agree that Kirk Gibson’s epic home run in Game-1 of the 1988 World Series was one of, if not the greatest moment in Dodger history. In fact, Gibson’s home run still ranks as either the number one or the number two greatest home runs of all time depending on whose list […]
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Free Andre Ethier
August 2nd, 2014 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman One of the predominant themes with the Dodgers in 2014 has been the glut of outfielders and what should happen to resolve that glut or what may happen. The general consensus is that one of the outfielders should be traded even knowing the situation in which the Dodgers find themselves means that they most likely […]
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Dodger Hall of Famer Don Sutton shares a Vin Scully memory
August 1st, 2014 at 7:49 am by Ron Cervenka Long before the days of SportsNet LA or Fox Sports West or PrimeTicket, and even long before Dodger games were aired on local or network television, if you wanted to catch a Dodger game you either had to drive to Dodger Stadium or you listened to the games on the radio which, of course, were called by Hall […]
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