For many baseball fans, spring training is little more than that boring six to eight weeks between the off-season and real baseball. In fact, chances are exceptionally good that at some point during those six to eight weeks, you will hear the phrase “meaningless spring training games” at least once … only once if you’re […]

Under the category of worst kept secrets, the Dodgers officially announced on Saturday morning what has been unofficially known for nearly a week – that 39-year-old veteran second baseman Chase Utley would be returning to the Dodgers. “Early on I let the Dodgers know I’d like to continue to play, and staying in L.A. would […]

When the Dodgers announced that they had signed 32-year-old switch-pitcher Pat Venditte to a minor league deal with an invitation to major league spring training camp this past November, there is a pretty good chance that many Dodger fans said “a switch-what?” I mean, let’s be honest here, how many Dodger fans have ever heard of […]

Remember when the Dodgers had five consecutive National League Rookies of the Year from 1992 through 1996? The recipients were Eric Karros, Mike Piazza, Raul Mondesi, Hideo Nomo and Todd Hollandsworth respectively. It was a tremendous accomplishment not only for the quintet who won baseball’s most prestigious rookie honor, but also a credit to the […]

When Dodgers outfielder Andrew Toles arrived for spring training on Tuesday morning, he had a bit of a hitch in his gitalong. Not a full blown limp or the appearance of pain, he just looked a little stiff. Then again, why wouldn’t he? If you recall, the 25-year-old Decatur, Georgia native and former fourth-round draft […]

The Dodgers and the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) will partner with the Kirk Gibson Foundation during the opening week of the 2018 season to raise money and awareness for Parkinson’s Disease, the team announced today. Gibson will be on hand for the fundraising efforts, which include the donation of the proceeds of the Opening […]

During an interview before his first official bullpen session of the spring on Wednesday morning, Dodgers star closer Kenley Jansen kidded with reporters about how the media has portrayed him as somewhat of a rabble-rouser over labor issues between the MLB Players Association and MLB commissioner Rob Manfred. But within a heartbeat, the normally soft-spoken 6′-5″ […]

It was something that was on the mind of every one of the dozen or so media members gathered in front of Matt Kemp‘s spring training locker on Tuesday morning, but it was something that no one dared mention … no one except Bill Plunkett from Southern California News Group (SCNG), who has a reputation […]

For many, this baseball off-season has flown by … unless you’re a Dodger fan, that is. Let’s be honest here, losing Game-7 of their first World Series appearance since 1988 ripped the hearts out of every Dodger fan on the planet; many of whom weren’t even born for that last one. As a result, this baseball […]

My, how time flies. It’s hard to believe that 2018 will mark the Dodgers’ 10th spring training at beautiful Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, when pitchers and catchers report on Tuesday. It seems like only yesterday that guys named Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale; and more recently Andre Ethier, A.J. […]