It’s a continuing saga in Dodgers history – they pick up reclamation projects off the trash heap (usually pitchers) who initially do exceptionally well in their first few games with their new team and then one-by-one they begin to show exactly why they were either traded away from their previous teams or let go completely. […]
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Dodgers put even more pressure on Clayton Kershaw’s shoulders
August 21st, 2014 at 11:50 am 
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Jose De Leon – A game to remember
August 21st, 2014 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman On Tuesday evening I listened to the Great Lakes Loons game against the Fort Wayne TinCaps. I was particularly interested in the game as just turned twenty-two year old Jose De Leon started for the Loons and was a bit disappointed it wasn’t being carried by MiLB.TV. The game was delayed by rain for 53 […]
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Brooklyn Dodger alum Dick Teed passes at age 88
August 20th, 2014 at 1:39 pm by Evan Bladh Unless you are among the most passionate of Dodger fan or someone who loves to dabble into Brooklyn Dodgers history, chances are you have never even heard of former Brooklyn Dodger Dick Teed – and with good cause. Teed’s entire professional baseball career consisted of exactly one professional at bat – a pinch hit appearance with […]
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Carlos Frias just became extremely important to the Dodgers
August 20th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka When the Dodgers called up right-hander Carlos Frias from Triple-A Albuquerque on August 4, they did so to replenish their bullpen which had suddenly been decimated by injuries. First it was left-hander Paul Maholm who is lost for the season with a torn ACL in his right knee; then it was Chris Perez who landed […]
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Dodger Stadium chef to appear on the Cooking Channel
August 19th, 2014 at 12:46 pm by Ron Cervenka Longtime Dodger Stadium sous chef Dave Pearson will be a special guest on an episode of My Grandmother’s Ravioli, a popular show on the Cooking Channel, which will air on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 5 PM (PT) and again at 8 PM (PT). The episode is titled A Home Run in the Kitchen. Pearson, who was profiled here […]
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Dodgers owe a HUGE Thank You to Cardinals manager Mike Matheny
August 19th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka When St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny selected his favorite son Adam Wainwright to start the 2014 All-Star Game over Clayton Kershaw, baseball fans were livid – and not just Dodger fans. To compound matters, Wainwright later admitted that he intentionally gave retiring Yankees shortstop (and future Hall of Famer) Derek Jeter “a couple pipe shots” – shots […]
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In the Dodgers world some days are like that
August 18th, 2014 at 8:00 am by Harold Uhlman Sunday was supposed to be a day for me to simply enjoy baseball. My wife left at noon to go to our daughter’s, as they are off on a mother-daughter shopping trip to Bangor, Maine. So, I settled in for a day of relaxing baseball. It turned out to be a little less than relaxing […]
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If the NL Cy Young award voting were today the winner might not be who you think
August 18th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw is the best pitcher in the game today – you know it, I know it, baseball experts and analysts know it, everybody knows it. But if the 2014 National League Cy Young award voting were to be held today, right now, on Monday, August 18, 2014, Clayton Kershaw, arguably the greatest […]
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Are the Dodgers preparing for a postseason without Juan Uribe?
August 17th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka UPDATED: Sunday, August 17, 2014 at 12:45 PM * When Dodgers third baseman Juan Uribe was pulled from Friday night’s game for a strained right hamstring strain, there wasn’t a Dodger fan alive who wasn’t thinking ‘Oh no, not again’ – and why wouldn’t they? It was the same hamstring that he first strained on […]
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Darwin Barney happy to be a Dodger – and he really means it
August 16th, 2014 at 3:07 pm by Ron Cervenka It’s to be expected. When a player joins a new team, especially one in contention for a playoff berth, he’s going to tell you that he’s happy to be with his new team. Heck, he might even tell you this if he’s traded to a non-contending team. I mean, what else is he going to […]
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