Have you ever made a high-end purchase – a new car, a new big screen television, a new laptop, or whatever – and as soon as you get it home you immediately ask yourself “Was this a smart idea? Did I really need this? Can I actually afford this?” It’s called buyer’s remorse and at […]
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Could this be a timely injury for Joc Pederson?
May 24th, 2017 at 11:30 am 
by Ron Cervenka No true fan of the game of baseball ever likes to see a player get injured – not one on their most hated rival’s team and most certainly not one on their favorite team – and anyone who does is neither a true fan of the game nor a good person. Oh sure, when you […]
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Dodgers to host ‘Grilling With The Garv’ event
May 23rd, 2017 at 12:48 pm by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers and King’s Hawaiian will host their first “Grilling With The Garv” event prior to the Dodgers’ series opener with the World Champion Chicago Cubs on Friday, May 26. The event will be held at the King’s Hawaiian Grill in the left field plaza beginning at 6:15 p.m. It will feature Dodger great Steve […]
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Alvarez brilliant in Quakes 2-0 loss to Visalia
May 23rd, 2017 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka When the Dodgers signed Cuban phenom right-hander Yadier Alvarez as an international free agent back on July 2, 2015, they did so because he had what MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez called “…a fastball that touches 98 mph with a plus-slider and an above-average changeup.” “He threw in front of 70 local scouts in the Dominican Republic earlier this month and […]
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Dodgers lineup could be most feared in all of baseball
May 22nd, 2017 at 11:00 am by Ron Cervenka Remember that uncomfortable feeling whenever the Dodgers had to face a 2009 St. Louis Cardinals lineup that included guys named Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina, Matt Holliday, Ryan Ludwick, Troy Glaus, Mark DeRosa and David Freese? Or worse, a 2008 Philadelphia Phillies lineup that included guys like Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley, Pat Burrell, Jayson Werth, […]
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‘Here to stay’ doesn’t always mean ‘here to stay’ – Urias optioned to OKC
May 21st, 2017 at 4:30 pm by Ron Cervenka When 20-year-old lefty phenom Julio Urias wasn’t in the Dodgers opening day starting rotation, Dodger fans were incensed. After all, what more could the popular Culiacan, Mexico native prove in the minor leagues, right? But within days of the first game of the 2017 season, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts assured fans and the media that the hard-throwing […]
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History is unfolding before our eyes with Cody Bellinger
May 21st, 2017 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka I hope you’re paying attention Dodger fans, because we are witnessing history. Never before in the 134-year history of the Dodger franchise has a player reached nine career home runs faster than Dodgers rookie sensation Cody Bellinger, doing so in only his 24th major league game. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning […]
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But what the heck do we know anyway
May 20th, 2017 at 4:00 pm by Ron Cervenka When the Dodgers broke spring training camp back on April 1, chances are there wasn’t a Dodger fan on the planet who wasn’t disappointed that utility infielder / outfielder Chris Taylor, utility first baseman / outfielder Cody Bellinger and, to a lesser extent, outfielder Brett Eibner were not on the team’s opening day roster. I mean, all […]
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Alex Wood has Orel Hershiser in his sights
May 20th, 2017 at 1:00 pm by Ron Cervenka When Hall of Fame left-hander Carl Hubbell set baseball’s all-time consecutive scoreless innings record at 45.1 innings on August 1, 1933, many (most) baseball historians believed that such an incredibly difficult record would never fall. It did. On June 8, 1968, Dodgers Hall of Fame right-hander Don Drysdale bested Hubbell’s mark substantially when he tossed 58.2 consecutive […]
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Spitzbarth moving quickly through Dodgers minor league ranks
May 20th, 2017 at 7:00 am by Jacob Rudner It’s not often that fans get to hear about the inner workings of their favorite team’s minor league system. In most cases, unless it is a top prospect being moved up or down, it rarely even makes the social media rounds. But recently, Dodgers minor league right-handed pitcher Shea Spitzbarth was promoted from the Advanced Single-A […]
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