By now every baseball fan is aware of the statement released by Major League Baseball on Tuesday morning suggesting that the 2020 regular season could soon begin, perhaps as early as May and perhaps at a single Cactus League Spring Training facility in Arizona. Here is MLB’s statement verbatim: “MLB has been actively considering numerous […]

* * Auction Includes Autographed and Game-Used Jerseys * * The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation launched a special auction at Dodgers.com/Relief on Wednesday afternoon to support local COVID-19 relief efforts that will aim to uplift significantly impacted Angelenos, including our most vulnerable populations and those on the front lines of this crisis. The auction runs through […]

  *  *  *   Dodger Players and Partners ARCO, California Pizza Kitchen, Dasani, Dunkin’ Brands of Southern California, Farmer John, Gatorade, Jack in the Box, Levy Restaurants, Mastercard, Postmates, Smart & Final Charitable Foundation and Southern California McDonald’s Join Efforts to Provide More than 100,000 Meals and $100,000 of In-Kind Donations to Kick-off Support for Vulnerable Angelenos […]

For the Dodgers first selection (number 29) in the 2020 first-year player draft, we reviewed the backgrounds of right handed, college pitchers Bobby Miller (University of Louisville), Tanner Burns (Auburn University), and JT Ginn (Mississippi State University), along with right handed high school catcher Drew Romo. Today, relying on Major League Baseball Pipeline, Baseball America, […]

I will be the first to say (although I’m absolutely positive that I am not) that oft-criticized ESPN sportswriter Jeff Passan is about as out of touch with reality as one can humanly be. Allow me to explain. Early Monday morning, Passan published an online artice (via Twitter) in which he (and co-author Alden Gonzalez) […]

  *  *  *  *   (Editor’s Note: It has long been the policy of ThinkBlue LA to refrain from posting articles that are political in nature. However, during his daily COVID-19 media briefing on Saturday afternoon, President Donald Trump informed reporters that he had spoken with the leaders of every professional sports organization (including MLB […]

Make no mistake about it, everyone misses baseball – the players, the coaches, the trainers, the owners, the stadium employees and, of course, the fans. But there is something else that everyone cannot – and better not – be mistaken about: Not only is the COVID-19 coronavirus extremely contagious of the likes that we, the […]

  *  *  *  *  Author’s Note: Contrary to ThinkBlueLA.com‘s strict policy regarding the use of profanity, this article contains numerous profanity-laden quotes that have not been edited.   *  *  *  *  Late Thursday morning, The Athletic posted a link on Twitter to an article written by David O’Brien which stemmed from an hour […]