Being a professional baseball coach or manager is a lot like Wi-Fi – nobody notices they’re even there until something goes terribly wrong. (h/t to Orange County Register’s Bill Plunkett for that brilliant analogy). Seriously, when was the last time you heard baseball fans clamoring for a manager or coach to be fired on a winning […]
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Dodgers chasing 63-year-old franchise record
June 25th, 2016 at 6:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka Despite Friday night’s depressing 8-6 loss to the ice cold Pittsburgh Pirates, who have lost eight of their last 10 games, the Dodgers homered in their 14th consecutive game to tie the Washington Nationals for the longest streak this season in the majors. It was a monster 439-foot solo shot by Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig in the top […]
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Justin Turner may be better than you think
June 24th, 2016 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka When former Dodgers general manager Paul DePodesta refused to re-sign first-time free agent third baseman Adrian Beltre after the 2004 season, he did so because the then 25-year-old Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic native and his agent Scott Boras were looking for a high-dollar contract that would allow the 2004 NL MVP runner-up to again become a free agent […]
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Words cannot describe what happened on Wednesday night
June 23rd, 2016 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Here’s the box score: Here how it happened: Your browser does not support iframes. Here’s what people will remember forever: Is it time for Dodger baseball yet?
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Dodgers acquire pitcher Layne Somsen off waivers
June 22nd, 2016 at 4:32 pm by Harold Uhlman The Dodgers have claimed right-handed relief pitcher Layne Somsen off waivers from the New York Yankees. Somsen has been a man on the move having previously been claimed off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds by the Yankees back on May 24. Somsen was originally selected by the Reds in the 22nd round of the 2013 First-Year […]
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Unheralded defense sets up yet another Dodgers win
June 22nd, 2016 at 7:30 am by Ron Cervenka For the third time in the last five days the Dodgers have used dramatic home runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to turn deficits into eventual Dodgers wins. Last Friday night Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner’s eighth-inning solo shot – his second of the night – tied a game in which his exciting […]
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Arizona League Dodgers begin season on a winning note
June 22nd, 2016 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman Play in the rookie level Arizona League began on Monday, June 20th. The fourteen team league plays its 56 game schedule in and around the Phoenix area at the spring training facilities of their parent major league clubs. The The AZL Dodgers play their home games at the Camelback Ranch complex shared by the parent […]
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Monday night’s other hero
June 21st, 2016 at 9:30 am by Ron Cervenka On Monday night Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw won his 11th game of the season, thus tying Cubs Jake Arrieta and White Sox Chris Sale for most in the MLB. But without question the biggest accomplishment of the night – especially if you ask Kershaw – was Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen not only picking up his 20th save […]
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Taylor acquisition could be a bad sign for Kiké Hernandez
June 20th, 2016 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka Let’s be brutally honest here. Before his dramatic bottom of the eighth inning pinch-hit solo home run on Sunday afternoon that turned a 1-0 deficit into a 1-1 tie and eventual 2-1 Dodgers win, Dodgers super utility Kiké Hernandez has been … well … awful. I mean, in the 61 games in which he has appeared this […]
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Friedman can ‘definitely see’ Urias moving to Dodgers bullpen
June 20th, 2016 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Prior to Friday night’s exciting 10th-inning 3-2 walk-off win by the Dodgers over the Milwaukee Brewers, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman sat down with AM 570 LA Sports radio host David Vassegh for a one-on-one interview. And though the Dodgers top exec discussed a variety of hot topics with Vassegh, none was hotter than what the […]
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