The Dodgers continued their push to “get younger” on Wednesday morning with the completion of a three-team trade with the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox, acquiring right-handed pitcher Frankie Montas, outfielder Trayce Thompson and second baseman Micah Johnson. In exchange, the Reds get infielder Jose Peraza, outfielder Scott Schebler and minor league infielder Brandon Dixon and the […]

On August 24, 1989, former major leaguer and manager Pete Rose was banned from Major League Baseball for life for illegally betting on baseball. The ban was issued by then MLB Commissioner Bart Giamatti, who died suddenly eight days later. Giamatti was replaced by Faye Vincent (1989-1992), Bud Selig (interim 1992-1997, permanent 1998-2014) and Rob Manfred Jr. […]

Just prior to the 2015 MLB Winter Meetings in Nashville, we conducted a poll here on ThinkBlueLA to see what letter grade our readers gave Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and general manager Farhan Zaidi after their first full season in their respective positions. And while both Dodgers executives received an above average […]

I hate the Giants. I have always hated the Giants. Why? Because I’m a Dodger fan and they’re the Giants – it’s as simple as that. And while the players, coaches and managers today may claim that the intense rivalry between the two franchises is only a fan thing, the truth of the matter is that the […]

Free agency changed baseball forever. If you are a major league baseball player, its implementation in 1976 was the greatest thing to come along in the 147-year history of the game. If you are an owner of a major league baseball team, it is the worst. That being said, it was the owners who brought about the inevitability […]

Several years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Dodgers team historian Mark Langill while at Dodger Stadium. Mark has been with the Dodgers organization for nearly twenty-five years and if you like talking Dodgers history, Mark is a walking encyclopedia and absolutely loves talking about the team’s rich history. After our all-too-brief chat, we exchanged business cards […]

Based on the court of (social media) public opinion, there aren’t many Dodger fans happy with the job that Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and general manager Farhan Zaidi did at this year’s Winter Meetings in Nashville, TN, which wrap up today. In fact, it’s quite possible that the two Dodgers execs are […]

The Dodgers have announced that, in accordance with the recommendations issued by Major League Baseball, the protective screen behind home plate will be extended to cover the seating areas to the near side of the dugouts – a distance of 70 feet from home plate. The result will be an area of protection that will be […]

It was Wednesday, December 10, 2014 – the third full day of the 2014 MLB Winter Meetings in San Diego, CA. Up to that point Dodgers newly appointed president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and new general manager Farhan Zaidi had been extremely quiet at the annual event at which baseball’s biggest deals are made every […]

Around 6:00 am (PT) on Monday morning, Dodger fans on the West Coast awoke to the news that the Dodgers had acquired prized left-handed closer Aroldis Chapman from the Cincinnati Reds – news that immediately put them into a state of euphoria. But by midday there had still been no official announcement from either team that the trade had gone […]