I will be the very first to admit that I am ridiculously biased when it comes to 23-year-old Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler, but with good cause. I was blessed to have personally witnessed the Lexington, Kentucky native and Dodgers 2015 first-round draft pick out of Vanderbilt University during his five games with the Dodgers Advance Single-A affiliate […]
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Do not miss Albert Pujols’ date with baseball immortality
May 4th, 2018 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka Although very few of us – if any – will be around to see it, there is a relatively good chance that 100 years from now, the game of baseball will look pretty much as it does today. Oh sure, there will undoubtedly be some changes to the game that we all know and love, […]
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Robb’s (hopefully wrong) take
May 3rd, 2018 at 12:25 pm by Robb Anderson Dodger fans, the train is now officially off the tracks. This is not a good team, and it is not going to get much better. I squint a lot watching games trying to conjure up the 2017 team but alas even blurry vision won´t help. Corey Seager´s injury is almost insurmountable for a team which lacks consistent starting pitching, a reliable bullpen, and a […]
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Dodgers call up Garcia and Locastro
May 3rd, 2018 at 10:24 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have recalled right-handed pitcher Yimi Garcia and infielder / outfielder Tim Locastro from Triple-A Oklahoma City, while optioning infielder/outfielder Breyvic Valera to OKC and placing left-handed pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu on the 10-day disabled list with a left groin strain. Garcia, 26, will make his return to the big league mound for the first […]
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Still trying to figure out this Facebook MLB Live thing? Here’s some help
May 3rd, 2018 at 10:00 am by Ron Cervenka It’s probably safe to say that most people aren’t particularly thrilled that the only way to watch Thursday’s series finale between the Dodgers and the red hot Arizona Diamondbacks live at Chase Field today is through Facebook, especially with their recent security breaches and related pending international lawsuits; everybody except for Facebook multi billionaire founder […]
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Roberts needs to rethink his shortstop selection
May 3rd, 2018 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Shortly after the news broke that Dodgers All-Star shortstop Corey Seager would be out for the remainder of the 2018 season, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts addressed the media. During that scrum, the Dodgers skipper was asked who he planned to use in place of his star shortstop. His answer was both surprising and confusing. “I […]
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If Dodgers are willing to gamble, they may already have Seager’s replacement
May 2nd, 2018 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka There is no denying that Monday’s breaking news that Dodgers two-time All-Star, two-time silver slugger, and 2016 National League Rookie of the Year Corey Seager will miss the remainder of the 2018 due to a sprained right ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow that will require Tommy John surgery was both devastating and, judging by […]
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Quakes Gavin Lux named Cal League Player of the Week
May 1st, 2018 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka On the same day that the baseball world received the devastating news that the Dodgers were going to be without star shortstop Corey Seager for the remainder of the 2018 season, there was another Dodger shortstop in the news … and the news was good. Earlier in the day on Monday, it was announced that […]
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Worst fears realized – Seager out for the season
April 30th, 2018 at 6:00 pm by Ron Cervenka No catchy headlines, no clever puns or wise cracks. Here is the official press release from the Dodgers PR department: LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers today recalled infielder/outfielder Breyvic Valera from Triple-A Oklahoma City and placed shortstop Corey Seager on the 10-day disabled list with a right UCL sprain. Seager will undergo Tommy John […]
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A blemish on the Dodgers’ shining star
April 30th, 2018 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka The moment … the very instant that I first laid eyes on a then 19-year-old Cody Bellinger when he walked onto LoanMart Field, the home of the Dodgers Advanced Single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, I knew this kid was special. Even at 19, Bellinger played right field better that anyone I had ever seen at […]
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