Here’s a question for you. Who has the more difficult job, the President of the United States or the Commissioner of Major League Baseball? I say the ‘Commish’ does. About 50 percent of the people happy with the decisions he makes and about one half who are unhappy. He has a relatively large percentage of […]

Two of the most storied programs in college baseball will once again meet at Chavez Ravine when UCLA takes on USC in the Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic on Sunday, March 5, 2017, the Dodgers announced on Monday. In the first game of the Sunday doubleheader, the University of San Diego Toreros of the West […]

With Dodgers pitchers and catchers due to report for spring training on Wednesday morning and position players five days later, the Dodgers will need to trim their current 40-man roster to accommodate recently acquired veteran right-hander Sergio Romo, veteran outfielder Franklin Gutierrez and returning veteran second baseman Chase Utley. And while the one obvious move […]

Major League Baseball is at it again. That is, kicking the tires on making more changes to the GOG (Grand Old Game). Changes to the game stimulate endless debate among the baseball purists, myself included in that group, and those that want changes in the game for a variety of reasons. Debate is always good […]

On Friday the Dodgers announced their 40-man roster and list of non-roster invitees scheduled to attend major league spring training camp, which officially begins on Wednesday morning, February 15, 2017 at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona. As of this writing the team will send 33 position players and 32 pitchers to camp, including 22 non-roster […]

When East coast Dodger fans woke up on Saturday morning, they did so to the news that 38-year-old / 14-year MLB veteran second baseman Chase Utley is once again a Dodger; news which was reported shortly before 9 pm on Friday night on the West coast. But for as excited as Dodger fans are – […]

With Dodgers pitchers and catchers set to report to spring training next week, SportsNet LA has announced the team’s programming and broadcasting line-up for live 2017 Dodgers Spring Training coverage. SportsNet LA, the exclusive 24/7 TV network of the Los Angeles Dodgers, will televise 16 Dodgers Spring Training games, beginning with the club’s first contest […]

During Wednesday’s press conference at Dodger Stadium to announce the 2017 World Baseball Classic Team Mexico staff and roster, newly acquired Dodgers reliever Sergio Romo was asked what it would be like, Lord willing, for him to play in the WBC finals at Dodger Stadium, having grown up a Dodger fan. And while the question […]

This is the second of a three-article series that will serve as a guide for the key position battles that will take place at spring training. Last week’s article talked about the outfield and whom I thought would win the starting spots for opening day. This article will focus in on the starting rotation and […]

When Dodgers right-hander Joe Blanton gave up that devastating grand slam home run to Chicago Cubs pinch-hitter Miguel Montero in the bottom of the eighth inning of Game-1 of the 2016 National League Championship Series, followed by a solo home run on the very next pitch to Cubs center fielder Dexter Fowler, there’s a pretty […]