Question: What is a first-round number-one overall draft pick worth for the Dodgers? Answer: Who knows… they’ve never had one. As strange as it may sound, since the MLB First-Year Player Draft began in 1965, the Dodgers have had exactly zero number-one overall draft picks – not one. In fact, in its 50 years of existence, […]

Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois is naming its nationally renowned Sports Communication program in honor of four-time Emmy Award winner, National Radio Hall of Fame inductee and Dodger broadcaster Charley Steiner. The Charley Steiner School of Sports Communication becomes the first named sports communication school in the nation. The announcement was made during Bradley’s 15th […]

Under most circumstances no one enjoys seeing a grown man cry. But when that grown man is Tommy Lasorda and the tears are the result of enormous pride and emotion for leading Team USA to the Gold Medal during the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, there probably wasn’t an American anywhere who didn’t shed a tear […]

When the Dodgers traded Matt Kemp to the Padres last month, they did so for several reasons – one of which made perfect sense, one a little sense and one absolutely no sense whatsoever. The reason that made perfect sense is that sending Kemp to the Padres, along with $32 million cash, actually saved the Dodgers $75 million […]

With opening day still three months away it’s probably safe to say that the furthest thing on Dodgers manager Don Mattingly’s mind right now is who he will bat in the leadoff spot now that Dee Gordon is gone. Ironically, although Gordon’s 64 stolen bases led all of baseball in 2014, he was actually a sub-par […]

It is an indisputable fact that there are certain hitters that even the very best pitchers in the game absolutely hate to face. Granted, no pitcher particularly enjoys facing guys like Albert Pujols, Giancarlo Stanton, Matt Holliday, Jose Batista or Mike Trout (to name a few), but it is often times a non-superstar or a lesser-known player that […]