Barring a full-blown (and highly unlikely) strike by the players, it appears that the 2020 MLB season will soon begin, albeit a short 2020 MLB season. When MLB Players Association chief Tony Clark released his (latest) statement on Saturday afternoon, he ended it with: “It’s time to get back to work. Tell us when and […]
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There Will Be Baseball in 2020
June 14th, 2020 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka Last Wednesday, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred boldly proclaimed, “We’re going to play baseball in 2020 – 100 percent.” …and we are. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the 2020 MLB season is about to begin amidst the (near) 100 percent objection of the MLB Players Association. Late Saturday afternoon, after a week […]
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Dodgers 2020 Draft: Rounds 3 – 5
June 13th, 2020 at 8:00 am by 0799291000348 “It is what it is.” The expression may be hackneyed from decades of use, but it seems on-target in regard to the 2020 MLB First-Year Player Draft; a five-round draft rather than the normal 40, with deferred bonus payments for signees, $20,000 max bonus for free agent, un-drafted amateurs. While the majority of professional baseball […]
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Dodgers ’88 World Series Zoom Party is ON!
June 12th, 2020 at 7:00 pm by Ron Cervenka After having been twice postponed, the Dodgers announced on Friday afternoon that the 1988 World Series Champions Reunion Zoom Party originally scheduled for June 1 is back on for Monday, June 15 at 6 PM PT. The event will feature 1988 World Series Champions Kirk Gibson, Orel Hershiser, Steve Sax, Mickey Hatcher, Mike Marshall, Jay […]
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Dodgers Coach Shares Life Experiences During LADF Zoom Event
June 12th, 2020 at 9:30 am by Ron Cervenka The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) continued their virtual Dodgers RBI season on Wednesday night with a special coaches training featuring Dodger first base coach George Lombard. Lombard is the latest member of the Dodgers coaching staff to join LADF’s training series, following Dodger third base coach Dino Ebel and Dodger manager Dave Roberts who have also participated. Over 240 Dodgers RBI volunteer coaches and parents registered to join via Zoom and listened, as Coach Lombard shared his experience […]
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Dodgers Complete 2020 Draft
June 12th, 2020 at 8:00 am by 0799291000348 Five rounds, six selections and the Dodgers 2020 MLB First-Year Player Draft is in the books. Even though the team picked next to last in each round, the draft class is another talented group that includes four quality college pitchers, a talented switch-hitting college catcher, and an athletic high school centerfielder. Considering the Dodgers scouting […]
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“We’re going to play baseball in 2020 – 100 percent.”
June 11th, 2020 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka “We’re going to play baseball in 2020 – 100 percent.” Those were the exact words of MLB commissioner Rob Manfred on Wednesday afternoon – not once, but twice. The first came during a live interview on MLB Network, followed almost immediately in an interview on ESPN. “If it has to be in that March 26 […]
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The Pick is In – The LA Dodgers Select…
June 11th, 2020 at 8:00 am by 0799291000348 At 6:54 PM PT on June 10, 2020, University of Louisville right-handed pitcher Bobby Miller’s name was read by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred as the Dodgers first selection in the 2020 first-year player draft. In early April 2020, Baseball America had slotted Miller as the 29th best player who would be available in the June […]
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Is Not Having a Switch-Hitter a Bad Thing for Dodgers?
June 9th, 2020 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Quick, without looking, name the switch-hitters currently on the Dodgers 40-man roster. If you came up with 21-year-old Dodgers top catching prospect Keibert Ruiz, who has appeared in exactly zero major league regular-season games thus far, you are among the elite of the elite of Dodger fans … or you looked. Granted, the Valencia, Venezuela native, […]
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Happy Vin Scully Day!
June 8th, 2020 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka The bad news is that Monday night’s Dodgers Zoom Party that was to included members of the 1988 World Series championship team has been postponed to a future date. The incredibly great news is that in its place will be the debut of “The Sounds of Baseball” on MLB Network at 5 PM PT, with […]
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