On April 30, 2015, Dodgers team physician and orthopedic specialist Dr Neil ElAttrache performed Tommy John surgery on (then) 31-year-old right-hander Brandon McCarthy. If everything went as planned, the Glendale, California native would hopefully be back on the mound for the Dodgers in roughly 14 months. Everything went as planned and on Sunday, July 3, 2016, […]
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Kershaw – ‘The DL sucks’
July 4th, 2016 at 6:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka For the first time since being placed on the disabled list on July 1 (retroactive to June 27), Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw met with the media on Saturday afternoon; and make no mistake about it, he is not a happy camper. The 28-year-old Dallas, Texas native flew back to Los Angeles last Wednesday morning to meet with renowned […]
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McCarthy hopes to accomplish what Kazmir did
July 3rd, 2016 at 12:49 pm by Ron Cervenka On Thursday Dodgers manager Dave Roberts informed the media that right-hander Brandon McCarthy would be making his first start of the 2016 season and first since undergoing Tommy John surgery on April 30, 2015. And though the Glendale, California native, who turns 31 on Thursday, spent a relatively quick 14 months recovering and another four weeks […]
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This game’s for you, Bud
July 2nd, 2016 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka When word spread on Thursday afternoon that the Dodgers had acquired 31-year-old right-hander Bud Norris from the Atlanta Braves, it was received with much skepticism. After all, the eight-year MLB veteran was being asked to do something which, quite frankly, no other human being is capable of doing – fill the void in the Dodgers starting […]
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Down on the Farm – Oklahoma City Dodgers
July 2nd, 2016 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman During the past three days several announcements have been made by the Dodgers. On June 28th it was announced that Dodgers second baseman Willie Calhoun and right-hand pitcher Jharel Cotton have been selected to represent the organization in the 2016 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game, which will be played at 4 p.m. PT on Sunday, July […]
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Poll: Dave Roberts’ first half report card
July 1st, 2016 at 9:52 am by Ron Cervenka With the 2016 season officially at the halfway mark and the Dodgers sitting in second place in the NL West with a record of 44-37 (.543), what letter grade would you give to first-year Dodgers manager Dave Roberts on the job that he has done thus far? Feel free to leave comments below.
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Dodgers kickoff longest homestand of season tonight
July 1st, 2016 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka This is the one we’ve been waiting all season for – the Dodgers single-longest homestand of 2016. It’s a 10-gamer that begins tonight with three games against the NL West third-place Colorado Rockies, followed by three games against the red-hot AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles and concludes with a four-game set with the NL West last […]
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