The fourth annual Arizona Fall League (AFL) home run derby is scheduled for Saturday, October 8 beginning at 6:35 at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. Fans attending the event will be treated to the Bowman Hitting Challenge. The event was born and raised by Bowman Baseball Cards back in its inaugural season in 2013. […]
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Arizona Fall League – A home run competition with a difference
Few surprises as Roberts reveals NLDS roster
The Dodgers held their final full-squad workout at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday afternoon before they hit the road for Friday’s National League Division Series opener in our nation’s capital. But before joining his team on the field, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts met with reporters to answer questions. Without any smoke and mirrors or cloak and […]
(Read More)NLDS could boil down to the better manager
According to the numbers, beloved former Dodger and current Washington Nationals manager Dusty Baker is a very good manager. In fact, over his 21-year managerial career he is 1,766 – 1,571 (.529). But during his 21 years of managing the Giants (10), Reds (6), Cubs (4) and Nationals (1), he has won exactly one more National […]
(Read More)Dodgers lack of ‘killer instinct’ may lead to their demise
Let me start this by saying that this is an opinion piece. My Dodger editorial. This is my third re-write of it. Ron felt that perhaps I went a little too far in my first draft. I re-read it and he was right. So I re-wrote it again…and again. What is it they say? Never […]
(Read More)Thank you Vin, just thank you
This is it. Today is the day that every Dodger fan – every baseball fan – has dreaded for days, weeks, months, years, even decades. Today is the day that Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully will call his final game … ever. And make no mistake about it, it will be a very emotional […]
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