Archive for March, 2018

John Legend to headline Dodgers Blue Diamond Gala

The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) announced that its fourth annual Blue Diamond Gala will take place on Monday, June 11 at Dodger Stadium and will feature a concert by multi-award winning, platinum-selling singer-songwriter John Legend.  The evening will kick off with a star-studded blue carpet and pre-show dinner party, followed by two hours of entertainment […]

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Maeda’s Gold Glove-caliber defense no fluke

Fans watching Sunday night’s spring training Freeway Series opener between the Dodgers and Angels at Angel Stadium got to witness exactly why Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and general manager Farhan Zaidi spent $20 million in posting fees to acquire soon-to-be 30-year-old (on April 11) right-hander Kenta Maeda from the Hiroshima Carp on January […]

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Dodgers offer Opening Day tips

Opening Day is more than just another baseball game. Opening Day is… well… Opening Day. It is Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Easter, Fourth of July, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and every other National – an increasingly International – holiday wrapped up into a single day. Oh sure, there are opening days for football, hockey, […]

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The Dodgers hanged the wrong man

Remember that old saying “Money talks and…” well, you know the rest. By every indication, it reared its ugly head again on Saturday morning when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told the media at his daily morning scrum that switch-pitcher Pat Venditte, whom the Dodgers had signed to a minor league contract on November 27, 2017 […]

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There will be no Kershaw-Bumgarner match-up on Opening Day

Remember that sick, helpless, and hopeless feeling that every Dodger fan on the planet had this past Monday when Oakland A’s right-hander Kendall Graveman came inside with a 95+ MPH fastball that hit Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner, causing what was later confirmed to be a non-displaced fracture of his left wrist that will keep the Dodgers best hitter and unofficial […]

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Dodgers announce 2018 Special Events Calendar

The Dodgers have announced that the club will offer more than 24 unique ticket packages this season as part of its 2018 Special Events Calendar. Each special event date will include a ticket to the game and feature unique pregame ceremonies plus an exclusive promotional item. Fans are invited to display school pride on our […]

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Puig is ready

The box score from Thursday night’s spring training game between the Dodgers and Angels at Camelback Ranch shows that Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig went 2-for-3 on the night, with a solo home run and a single to right in the eventual 4-3 Dodgers win. But for those watching the game on television, they saw […]

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Steve Garvey captures the room

It was one of those things which, for the most part, flew under the media radar. Oh sure, there was mention of it during Dodgers manager Dave Roberts’ morning media scrum outside the Dodgers Camelback Ranch clubhouse that generated a few tweets from a couple Dodgers beat writers on hand. But it didn’t get the […]

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LA Dodgers Foundation named finalist for field refurbishment grant

Major League Baseball and Scotts Company LLC have announced the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation has been chosen as a finalist for a $50,000 field refurbishment grant towards its 50th Dodgers Dreamfield at Algin Sutton Recreation Center in South Los Angeles. In addition to Algin Sutton Recreation Center, finalists include: Austin Park field in Austin, IN; City […]

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Dodgers to commemorate historic Gibson home run with marked seat

As part of the team’s continuing celebration of 60 seasons in Los Angeles, the Dodgers will pay tribute to one of the most dramatic moments in baseball history by permanently marking a commemorative seat located in the area of the Right Field Pavilion where Kirk Gibson’s historic walk-off home run landed during Game 1 of […]

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