It’s one of those things that, unless you follow the Dodgers minor league affiliates closely, it pretty much flew under the radar. But if you are indeed one of those who do, it is akin to the Dodgers (heaven forbid) losing Justin Turner, or Max Muncy, or even Matt Kemp. During Tuesday night’s thrilling game […]
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Wednesday night’s other highlight
June 15th, 2018 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka It’s hard to argue that Kiké Hernandez‘s game-winning run on what easily should have been the second out of the bottom of the 11th inning on Wednesday night against the Texas Rangers ranks right up there as one of – if not the – most exciting wins of the 2018 season thus far. It’s also hard to […]
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Hill dominant in rehab assignment
June 15th, 2018 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka Pitching rehab assignments should always be taken with a grain of salt. After all, we’re talking about major leaguers pitching against kids who, for the most part, are all under 22 years of age and who have never seen major league pitching, except perhaps during spring training. But the simple truth is that a fastball […]
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I went to a brawl and a baseball game broke out
June 14th, 2018 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka It was the day that changed baseball forever. The date was May 25, 2011. The Miami Marlins were playing the San Francisco Giants in front of 41,037 at AT&T Park – what the Giants would call a sellout, but what Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully would call nothing more that “A nice crowd on hand […]
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Dodgers continue to be baseball’s hottest team
June 13th, 2018 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka After getting off to one of their worst starts in recent memory, the Dodgers continued their run as MLB’s hottest team when they powered their way past the Texas Rangers by a score of 12-5 on Tuesday night in front of 48,233 at Dodger Stadium, this in spite of the fact that every one of […]
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Caleb Ferguson to rejoin Dodgers
June 12th, 2018 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka Prior to Sunday’s 7-2 win over the Atlanta Braves at Dodger Stadium, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told members of the media during his pregame scrum that right-hander Kenta Maeda was about to throw a bullpen session to determine if the 30-year-old Senboku-gun, Japan native would be activated from the 10-day disabled list (right hip strain), with every […]
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Ross Stripling: From reliever to spot-starter to staff ace
June 11th, 2018 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka When you mention the words ‘Dodgers’ and ‘staff ace’ in the same sentence, it is impossible not to immediately think of seven-time All-Star, five-time ERA title winner, three-time Cy Young award winner, National League MVP, Triple Crown winner and former MLB Player of the Year Clayton Kershaw. I mean, why wouldn’t he be, right? But the […]
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Santana headed to Arizona, not surgery
June 10th, 2018 at 8:09 am by Ron Cervenka As most Dodgers fans know by now, popular 22-year-old Dodgers right-hander Dennis Santana was scratched from his second major league start this past Thursday literally minutes before he was scheduled to take the mound against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. The initial report was that the 6′-2″ / 160-pound San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic native […]
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Another day – another injured Dodgers starter
June 9th, 2018 at 8:32 am by Ron Cervenka It has become a daily question: Who’s it going to be today; not necessarily which Dodgers starter is going to get injured – Heaven knowns, they all have been – but rather who will be called up to replace them. Only minutes before his scheduled start on Thursday against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park, Dodgers […]
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Life after the MLB Draft
June 8th, 2018 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka The MLB draft is a very exciting time – for the 30 MLB teams, for the fans, and most certainly for the young men hoping to have their name called so that they can continue their lifelong journey and dream of one day playing in the major leagues. For most aspiring major leaguers it is […]
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