On Friday, the Dodgers claimed right-handed pitcher Chris Heston off waivers from the Seattle Mariners. In his last option year, he was immediately optioned to the Oklahoma City Dodgers in the Pacific Coast League. Heston is a three-time draftee having first been selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 47th round of the 2007 First-Year […]
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Solid Wood is Solid Gold


Skeptical baseball fans waiting for Dodgers left-hander Alex Wood‘s consecutive scoreless innings streak to end will have to wait at least another five days, as the 26-year-old Charlotte, North Carolina native added another five innings to it on Friday night in front of 45,017 at Dodger Stadium. Although Wood’s pitch count rose faster than he would […]
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Is LA’s love affair with Sergio Romo over?


It was a sight to behold. Sergio Romo – a guy with three World Series rings earned while a member of the hated San Francisco Giants – was now wearing a Dodgers uniform, a uniform that his father and grandfather had dreamed that he would one day wear. After all, they and Romo himself had […]
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‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hill’


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?


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


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


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


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


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


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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