On May 30, 2020, it will be exactly 85 years to the day that George Herman ‘Babe’ Ruth – at 40 years old – played his final major league baseball game. Yet even today, nearly 13,770 regular-season games later, ‘The Bambino,’ as he was often and lovingly called, is still considered: “The Best There Ever […]

It began more or less as a joke. More or less. But with the entire world in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic and as the field of contestants began to narrow, it became less a joke and more a matter of fan loyalty and fun. …and hair When Major League Baseball – and the […]

Following their first World Series Championship as the Los Angeles Dodgers over the highly-favored Chicago White Sox in 1959, the Dodgers roster continued to evolve, as the aging veteran Brooklyn players were being traded or released, thereby opening roster spots for minor league prospects like Tommy Davis, Willie Davis, Ron Fairly, Frank Howard, and Maury […]

If you ask any 75-year-old(ish) Dodger fan which Dodger team was the best ever, chances are exceptionally good that they will say the 1955 World Series Champion Brooklyn Dodgers, which included guys named Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snider, Gil Hodges, Carl Furillo, Roy Campanella and some fellow named Jackie Robinson. Ask that same question to a 65-year-old(ish) Dodger fan and they will […]

Let’s face it, making it to The Show is arguably among the most difficult tasks on the planet. Not only must you be beyond exceptional in high school or college to catch the eye(s) of highly-respected baseball scouts, in most cases you have to be drafted within the first 10 rounds to have a legitimate […]

 First Virtual Coaches Training Launches as Part of 2020 Season in Light of COVID-19   *  *  *   The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) announced the launch of its modified season of Dodgers RBI, its sports-based youth development program on Wednesday, April 15 – Jackie Robinson Day. Dodger Manager Dave Roberts will kick off the […]

  *  *  *   1958 The Dodgers first season in Los Angeles was a disappointing one for excited Los Angeles baseball fans and many of the team’s star players, none more so than stalwart right-hander Don Newcombe. After starting the Dodgers inaugural season in Los Angeles with a win-loss record of 0-6 and a 7.86 […]

Ask 10 Dodger fans who their all-time favorite Dodger is and chances are exceptionally good that you will get 10 different answers. Chances are also exceptionally good that those 10 answers will be generation-based. Although every current Dodger fan undoubtedly has a current favorite Dodger player, there are but a handful of Dodger players who […]

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