Strength, Conditioning and Baseball coaches, as well as students in the field of Human Health and Performance are invited to learn from the Dodgers award-winning Strength and Conditioning staff at the club’s inaugural Strength and Conditioning Symposium to be held December 14-15 at Dodger Stadium. Registration and travel information, a list of presenters and the […]
(Read More)Archive for September, 2019
Dodgers to Host Strength and Conditioning Symposium December 14-15
Madison Bumgarner a Dodger?
In just a few weeks, 30-year old left-handed starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner will become a member of the 2019-20 Major League Baseball free-agent class, and the Dodgers could be interested. I can hear the outcry of Dodger faithful now: “NEVER! No ex-Giants on the Dodgers roster, especially the supremely arrogant, annoying, and antagonistic Bumgarner!” But […]
(Read More)It Wasn’t in the Ocean But It Was Close
Dodger fans who were hoping for a rematch of the verbal exchange between San Francisco Giants hotheaded left-hander Madison Bumgarner and (normally) extremely quiet Dodgers utility infielder Max Muncy for his now-famous (or infamous) ‘Go get it out of the ocean’ homerun back on June 9 will have to wait at least until next season, […]
(Read More)History Made
I have a confession to make. When the Dodgers traveled to New York earlier this month for a three-game series with the Mets at Citi Field – a series for which my son and I also traveled to The Big Apple to visit his sister and my daughter and to take in the three games […]
(Read More)104 Wins – Check
It was around June 1st when we began hearing it. Or was it May 1st? Or April 17th? “The Dodgers are on pace to win 104 games.” Whenever it was, it was definitely early in the 2019 season – very early. On Friday night, September 27, with exactly three games remaining in the 2019 regular […]
(Read More)Dodgers Announce Partnership with LA County Department of Mental Health
The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH), the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) have announced a multi-year partnership focused on bringing issues surrounding mental health out of the shadows and into the public through a multi-faceted awareness campaign. “Sports and the tremendous reach of players and world class […]
(Read More)The Send of the Season
In the big scheme of things, the Dodgers 1-0 win over the NL West fourth-place and long ago eliminated San Diego Padres on Thursday afternoon at Petco Park was as meaningless of any game the Dodgers have played all season. That is, of course, unless you think that having home-field advantage in the World Series […]
(Read More)Dodgers Have Their Postseason Set-up Man
When the Dodgers signed right-hander Joe Kelly to a lofty 3-year / $25 million contract last December, they did so with one specific goal in mind – that he would do for the Dodgers what he did against them in the 2018 World Series as the primary set-up man for Boston Red Sox closer Craig […]
(Read More)Lux Named Minor League Player of the Year
Baseball America recently named 21-year old Gavin Lux as its 2019 Minor League Player of the Year. He is in good company with the last three award recipients: Chicago White Sox Yoan Moncada (2016); the Atlanta Braves Ronald Acuna Jr. (2017), and Toronto Blue Jays Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (2018). A terrific honor for Lux, and […]
(Read More)Dodgers Toss Combined No-hitter … Almost
Although the line score shows otherwise, seven Dodgers pitchers threw a combined no-hitter against the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night in front of a sparse Petco Park crowd of 29,708, a good many of whom were Dodger fans. Unfortunately, eight Dodgers pitchers were used in the eventual 6-3 Dodgers win over the friars. This, […]
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