After picking up his first of what figures to be many Rawlings Gold Glove Awards this past Sunday, Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger won his first Louisville Silver Slugger Award for the 2019 season on Thursday afternoon. The Scottsdale, AZ native and Dodgers fourth-round draft pick in 2013 MLB out of Hamilton High School in Chandler, […]
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All That Glitters is Not Gold – Bellinger Wins Silver Too
November 8th, 2019 at 8:00 am 
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Time to Pass the Torch
November 7th, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka There is no disputing that future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw isn’t the dominating lights-out pitcher that he once was; but then none of us are what we once were, right? (Rhetorical). The simple truth is that like every great pitcher who has ever played the game, father time eventually catches up with them, regardless […]
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Kicking-off the Dodgers Hot Stove Season
November 6th, 2019 at 8:00 am by 0799291000348 After reviewing the 2019 Dodgers performances by position (the ‘Looking Forward’ series), we can now begin to speculate on what changes will be made to improve the roster for 2020. The following is one person’s viewpoint intended to generate discussion amongst Dodgers fans as we enjoy Hot Stove League musings while waiting for spring training. […]
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Dodgers Could Reap Benefits of Puig (et al.) Trade This Season
November 5th, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Dodger fans who were paying close attention to the return that their team received from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for one-time fan-favorite Yasiel Puig and two-time fan-favorite Matt Kemp (along with left-hander Alex Wood and popular catcher/utility infielder Kyle Farmer), the efforts of their attention could very well be rewarded as early as February […]
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Bellinger Gold
November 4th, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Shortly before 5 p.m. PT on Sunday afternoon, Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger was named the 2019 Rawlings National League Gold Glove award winner for right fielders. The announcement came during The 2019 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards Show aired live on ESPN. The 24-year-old Scottsdale, AZ native and Dodgers fourth-round draft pick in 2013 out of Hamilton High School […]
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MLB Meets NASCAR
November 2nd, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Nike makes really cool stuff. They make awesome shoes, awesome sweats, awesome shirts, even awesome baseball equipment. But beginning in 2020, they are crossing the line. They are about to become the official uniform sponsor of Major League Baseball. What’s the big deal, they make quality uniforms for the NBA and the NFL, you say? […]
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Dodgers Strike First Match of 2020 Hot Stove Season
November 1st, 2019 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka Less than 24 hours after Washington Nationals closer Daniel Hudson struck out Houston Astros left fielder Michael Brantley to end the 2019 World Series on Wednesday night, the Dodgers struck their first match to light their 2020 Hot Stove when they announced on Thursday afternoon that they have added 23-year-old left-hander Victor Gonzalez to their […]
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Looking Forward – 2020 Dodgers Bullpen
November 1st, 2019 at 8:00 am by 0799291000348 There are those who believe that the Dodgers bullpen in 2019 was not a significant problem, pointing to the group’s 3.85 earned run average (which ranked fifth in Major League Baseball) and 4.3 wins above replacement (ninth). But a deeper dive into advanced analytics (Baseball_Reference and Fangraphs) paints an entirely different picture of last season’s […]
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Baseball Loves Us Again
October 31st, 2019 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka It has long been said that no matter how much you love baseball, baseball doesn’t always love you back. In fact, as former MLB commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti once wrote: “[Baseball] breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart.” But on Wednesday night, October 30, 2019, baseball got as close as it will ever […]
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It’s Now a Best-of-One Series
October 30th, 2019 at 12:00 pm by Ron Cervenka The 2019 World Series will be remembered for many things, the least of which is (unfortunately) that the Dodgers were not in it. From a baseball fan’s perspective, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, better than a World Series going seven games. Oh sure, if your favorite team is in it, a four-game sweep might be […]
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