Dodger fans planning to attend the fourth annual off-season FanFest presented by State Farm will need to go online and download a ticket to the event being held on Saturday, January 30. For the first time, FanFest tickets will be required to gain entry into Dodger Stadium, meaning fans will need to visit www.dodgers.com/fanfest to obtain […]
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Dodgers to require ticket for January 30 FanFest event
The new Dodgers Way
When Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Bill Russell and Ron Cey took the field on October 28, 1981 in Game-6 of the 1981 World Series, it would be the final time that ‘The Infield” would start a game together, thus bringing an end to their historic run of playing eight full seasons (and part of a ninth) together. […]
(Read More)Two down, four to go for arbitration-eligible Dodgers
On Wednesday, right-handed reliever Chris Hatcher and the Dodgers agreed to a one-year / $1.065 million contract thus avoiding arbitration – the first of six arbitration-eligible Dodgers to do so. As is often the case, once one arbitration-eligible player agrees to a contract, the others usually soon follow and will most likely do so before Friday’s offer-exchange deadline. […]
(Read More)Dodgers have busiest day yet of off-season
On what was arguably their busiest day yet this winter, the Dodgers appeared to have finally come out of hibernation on Tuesday morning with the announcement of three new additions to the team. Within minutes of announcing that former Toronto Blue Jays general manager (and reigning Sporting News Executive of the Year) Alex Anthopoulos had been […]
(Read More)Dodgers might want to reconsider signing Howie Kendrick
When the Dodgers signed Howie Kendrick to a one-year / $9.5 million contract during the 2014 MLB Winter Meetings, they did so for a couple of reasons – the least of which was to fill the enormous void created when they decided to trade away second baseman Dee Gordon. Gordon, of course, was named to the […]
(Read More)Dodgers single-game spring training tickets now on sale
Single-game tickets for the Dodgers’ 2016 Spring Training season at Camelback Ranch, the spring home of the Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers, are on sale now online and by phone. To order online, visit www.dodgers.com/spring or www.camelbackranchbaseball.com. To order by phone, call 800-905-3315. Season, mini-plan, group and single game presale ticket sales are […]
(Read More)Dodgers likely to accrue more frequent-flyer miles in 2016
It is a well established fact in major league baseball that a team’s starting rotation on Opening Day rarely resembles the one at season’s end. In fact, you’d be hard pressed to name even one that has. The two biggest reasons, of course, are injuries and poor performance. During the 2015 season, the Dodgers used a […]
(Read More)My Dodger Mom
Baseball is a man’s game – or so they say. Although it is true that there are no professional female baseball players, in North America at least, the influence of women in the game is seen every time a team takes the field. We can’t measure it but we can see it and even feel […]
(Read More)Retiring a number not as easy as it seems
On Wednesday, ThinkBlueLA conducted a poll among its readers asking them if the Dodgers should retire the number of newly elected Hall of Famer Mike Piazza. Of the nearly 100 votes cast, roughly 70 percent felt that Piazza’s number should not be retired by the team that drafted him in the 62nd round (1,390th overall pick) of the 1988 MLB First […]
(Read More)‘In Sod We Trust’
It’s a question that comes up every once in a while, and with good cause: Is this a real baseball card? It’s also a question that once you know the answer to, you never forget it. The question came up again on Friday afternoon – this time on Twitter – and it was asked by my […]
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