* * * * Edited April 4, 2017 at 2:15 pm PT * * * * Monday’s Opening Day at Dodger Stadium was great on so many levels. In addition to their usual great opening ceremonies, the Dodgers themselves put on a record-setting spectacle that will be remembered by Dodger fans for a very […]
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Base running gaff by Toles forces smart base-running by Puig … yes, Puig
April 4th, 2017 at 12:00 pm 
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Dodgers third base prospect Brock Carpenter could be Great Lakes bound
April 4th, 2017 at 7:39 am by Harold Uhlman Brock Carpenter was selected by the Dodgers in the 20th round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft out of Seattle University. He was the only player picked by the Dodgers in that draft that was designated as a third baseman. Carpenter is a native of the Tacoma, Washington area and attended high school at Fife […]
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Kershaw, Pederson, Grandal fuel Opening Day rout over Padres
April 4th, 2017 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka In the past two Opening Days – 2016 at Petco Park and 2017 at Dodger Stadium – the Dodgers have scored 29 runs to the San Diego Padres’ three. In fact, over the past seven Opening Days, the Dodgers have won them all. When they did so on Monday, April 3, 2017 by a lopsided […]
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It’s Opening Day!!!
April 3rd, 2017 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka It’s Time for Dodger Baseball!
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Dodgers best power-hitter in 2017 may not be who you think it will be
April 2nd, 2017 at 7:38 am by Ron Cervenka As we have been force-fed over the past six weeks, spring training games don’t count; that is unless you happen to be a guy named Chris Taylor or Julio Urias or Bobby Wilson, or any of the other guys who were sent down to Triple-A for (apparently) not doing well enough to make the Dodgers […]
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Meet Dodgers pitching prospects James Carter and Jeff Paschke
April 2nd, 2017 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman What do James Carter and Jeff Paschke have in common? First, they are both right-handed pitchers selected by the Dodgers in the 2016 First-Year Player Draft. Secondly, they both have a connection to Santa Barbara, California and both pitched exactly one inning with the Arizona League Dodgers in 2016. Coincidentally enough, they were selected by […]
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Quakes roster loaded with top Dodgers prospects
April 1st, 2017 at 12:00 pm by Ron Cervenka When LA Daily News Dodgers beat writer J.P. Hoornstra posted the 2017 Dodgers minor league rosters on his InsideSoCal.com blog on Friday afternoon, chances are my neighbors thought that there was some type of problem going on inside my house, and understandably so. Upon looking at the 2017 roster for the Dodgers Advanced Single-A Rancho […]
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Dodgers outfield prospect Luke Raley moving on up
April 1st, 2017 at 9:00 am by Harold Uhlman Outfielder Luke Raley was selected by the Dodgers in the seventh round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft out of Lake Eric College in Painesville, Ohio. Raley is only the second player to ever be drafted out of Lake Eric College. Versatile infielder, Ryan Rua, was the other drafted in the 17th round of the […]
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Forsythe embracing and flourishing in leadoff role
April 1st, 2017 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka In addition to death and taxes, there are a couple of other absolutes in life. First: Despite what we have been told by Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, there really is no such thing as a ‘long man’ in the Dodgers bullpen – at least not in the traditional sense of the word. In fact, the […]
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