Four weeks from today the Dodgers open the 2019 season in pursuit of their seventh world championship, with left-hander Clayton Kershaw slated to be their Opening Day starting pitcher for a franchise record-setting ninth consecutive time. BUT, there is a problem. Kershaw has not yet pitched in a spring training game. In fact, he has […]
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Dodgers 2019 star left-hander might not be who you think it is
February 28th, 2019 at 10:00 am 
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It’s decision day for Kershaw
February 28th, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Earlier this week, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said that his staff ace and future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw, whom he has shut down from throwing activities three times over the past two weeks, would throw again on Thursday, February 28. By every indication, if the soon-to-be 31-year-old (on March 19) Dallas, Texas native and […]
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Dodgers to host local students at Camelback Ranch
February 27th, 2019 at 6:30 pm by Ron Cervenka Team to host 400 local students for gameday experience Thursday and Friday For the fourth consecutive year, the Dodgers will extend their Kids 4 Dodgers Baseball initiative to their Spring Training home at Camelback Ranch – Glendale, and host 400 fifth through eighth-grade local students for Cactus League games and educational programs on February 28 […]
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MLB calls timeout on pitch clock
February 27th, 2019 at 10:30 am by 0799291000348 This has been a COLD winter, both literally (with snow in Hawaii, Las Vegas, and even Malibu) and figuratively (with relations between Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association). But with spring just around the corner and Opening Day now less than 30 days away, there are indications that the “icy” relationship […]
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Seager could see live-game action next week
February 27th, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka With all of the anxious and uncomfortable buzz around Dodgers spring training camp over health concerns of Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw, Dodger fans finally got some much-needed good news – great news, actually – on Tuesday afternoon from Dodgers manager Dave Roberts regarding All-Star shortstop Corey Seager . For the first time since camp officially […]
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Spring Training at Camelback Ranch a must for Dodger fans
February 26th, 2019 at 1:00 pm by 0799291000348 Have you taken the opportunity to attend spring training at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona? If the answer is “no” you are missing out! Seeing the Dodgers play at Dodger Stadium, or on the road as a visiting team is terrific, but the spring training experience is very special. Spring training games are fun to […]
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Three-Back-Jacks
February 26th, 2019 at 9:00 am by 0799291000348 Unless you are a die-hard follower of the Dodgers minor league teams, the names Omar Estevez, Matt Beaty, and Donald Scott (DJ) Peters may not be familiar to you. But hitting back-to-back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning yesterday was a great way to introduce themselves. Peters with an exclamation point, as he also hit […]
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Things that make you say “Uh Oh”
February 26th, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Over the past week it has been reported – ad nauseam – that Dodgers left-hander and future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw “experienced some frustration” with his bullpen session last Wednesday, his third of the spring and first after throwing live batting practice last Monday morning. As a result, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts gave his […]
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Bryce Harper – Who knew?
February 25th, 2019 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka It was a question that immediately raised the eyebrows of those standing around me. It was a question that I very much knew that Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman would not be answering, at least not with sincerity or conviction. As such, it was a question that I asked more to get a […]
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Baseball is BACK!
February 24th, 2019 at 9:45 am by 0799291000348 Yeah, it was only a spring exhibition game – first of the Cactus League for both teams – and against the White Sox, with whom the Dodgers share the Camelback Ranch facility, BUT IT IS BASEBALL! … with actual pitching, catching, throwing, running bases, and hitting after a long, frigid Hot Stove League. Not to […]
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