Dodger outfielder Matt Kemp has been voted Budweiser Presents National League Player of the Month for September. Budweiser, the official beer sponsor of Major League Baseball and sponsor for 24 of 30 MLB clubs, is also the presenting sponsor of the American League Player of the Month Award. Kemp led the Majors with nine home […]
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Dodgers renew radio broadcast agreement with AM 570
September 30th, 2014 at 11:18 am 
by Ron Cervenka The Los Angeles Dodgers and iHeartMedia today announced a multi-year agreement renewing AM 570’s broadcast rights of the Dodgers regular season games, select Spring training games and potential post season games. In addition, the new partnership will include an equity position in the station for the Dodgers owners as well as the opportunity for collaborative […]
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Don Newcombe – A positive influence on today’s Dodgers
September 30th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka The empty Champagne bottles were gone, the clear plastic sheets that protected the players’ personal effects were nowhere to be seen and the carpet was miraculously dry (although a bit sticky). The Dodgers celebration of clinching their second consecutive National League West title was now nothing more than a pleasant memory and it was time […]
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Former Brooklyn Dodger George ‘Shotgun’ Shuba passes at 89
September 29th, 2014 at 6:35 pm by Ron Cervenka It was reported on Monday that former Brooklyn Dodger George Shuba has passed away at his home in Youngstown, Ohio. He was 89 years old. Shuba, who was given the nickname “Shotgun” because of his ability to scatter hits everywhere on the field like a shotgun blast, is best known for being the first white […]
(Read More)MLB announces Division Series start times
September 29th, 2014 at 3:55 pm by Ron Cervenka Major League Baseball today announced the start times for Division Series games through Sunday, October 5th. FOX Sports 1 and MLB Network will combine to air all National League Division Series games and TBS will exclusively televise all American League Division Series games. The Dodgers take on the St. Louis Cardinals at 3:37 p.m. PT […]
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Gonzalez named Dodgers nominee for 2014 Hank Aaron Award
September 29th, 2014 at 12:10 pm by Ron Cervenka Major League Baseball and MLB Advanced Media announced that Adrian Gonzalez was named the Dodgers’ nominee for the 2014 Hank Aaron Award. Fans can vote exclusively online at MLB.com and the 30 Club sites. For the fifth consecutive year, a special panel of Hall of Fame players led by Hank Aaron will join fans in […]
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These are not the 2013 Dodgers
September 29th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka It was arguably one of the most painful games for Dodger fans to watch since the Bobby Thompson home run game in 1951 – Game-6 of the 2013 NLCS against the St. Louis Cardinals. It was a game that wouldn’t have even been necessary had Dodgers manager Don Mattingly not removed his best player in the […]
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Dodgers win marathon game in unlikely fashion
September 28th, 2014 at 9:07 am by Ron Cervenka Whether Dodgers utility outfielder/infielder Scott Van Slyke saw something in Colorado Rockies’ reliever Franklin Morales’s delivery that he liked or he just simply wanted Saturday night’s four hour and six minute 12-inning marathon game to end we may never know, because he bolted from the Dodgers clubhouse before reporters could ask him. But by all […]
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Brito not surprised Julio Urias named Dodgers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
September 27th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka When legendary Dodgers scout Mike Brito discovered and signed 16-year-old left-hander Julio Urias, he knew immediately that this kid was special. So special, in fact, that Brito proclaimed that Urias would be pitching in the big leagues by age 18. “I think he’s ready to pitch [in the major leagues] right now,” said Brito on […]
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Urias, Seager, Pederson named Dodgers Pitcher and Players of the Year
September 26th, 2014 at 11:44 am by Ron Cervenka The Los Angeles Dodgers today named left-handed pitcher Julio Urias as the Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher of the Year and infielder Corey Seager and outfielder Joc Pederson as co-Minor League Players of the Year. Urias, who turned 18 on August 12, spent the season with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga and went 2-2 with a 2.36 […]
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