Late Sunday evening, it was reported on Twitter that the Dodgers had signed their one remaining unsigned draft pick from the COVID-19-shortened five-round 2020 MLB First-Year Player Draft held on June 10. Ironically – but not surprisingly in today’s social media-driven world – that word came from the draftee himself, 21-year-old right-hander Clayton Beeter, who […]
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‘Trust’ a Common Theme in Dodgers Clubhouse
July 5th, 2020 at 9:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka Over the past two days, the Dodgers PR Department has conducted a series of Zoom media press conferences with several Dodgers players and manager Dave Roberts. To date, these pressers have included Dodgers president and CEO Stan Kasten, Roberts, staff ace Clayton Kershaw, veteran third baseman Justin Turner, and All-Star right-hander Walker Buehler. During Friday’s […]
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Poof!
July 5th, 2020 at 8:00 am by 0799291000348 One of the most difficult parts of professional baseball is often the least publicized – the times when teams release minor leaguers. Each year, right after Major League Baseball’s first-year player draft, hundreds of minor league players find themselves cut adrift by their respective teams. Poof!, they’re gone; as if part of a David Copperfield […]
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David Price Opts Out
July 4th, 2020 at 3:00 pm by Ron Cervenka During Friday’s Zoom press conference, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was asked – point-blank – if anyone has elected to opt-out of the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season. Here was his answer verbatim: “You know, with the opt-outs, we’re talking… I’ve talked about it before, that every player has the right to look at the situation individually and […]
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Friday Was a Good Day
July 4th, 2020 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Whether there will actually be a 2020 baseball season or not remains anyone’s guess. But judging by what went down at Dodger Stadium on Friday amidst the worst global pandemic in over a century, you’ve got to like what you see. Donned in masks and following strict MLB and CDC protocols, the Dodgers held their […]
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MLB Officially Cancels 2020 All-Star Game – 2022 Game To Be Held at Dodger Stadium
July 3rd, 2020 at 9:17 am by Ron Cervenka * * * MLB, Dodgers, and Dodgers Foundation Maintain Commitment to All-Star Legacy Projects This Year * * * Major League Baseball announced today that the 2020 All-Star Game presented by Mastercard, which was scheduled to be hosted by the Los Angeles Dodgers and the City of Los Angeles, is being cancelled. With […]
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Happy Spring Training-2 Day! … For Now
July 3rd, 2020 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka The one thing that we absolutely know about COVID-19 is that we know absolutely very little about it. Even the most brilliant medical minds continue to be stumped by the worst pandemic to hit the planet in over a century. But even though newly reported coronavirus cases (and deaths) are hitting record highs by the […]
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Dodgers Foundation Named 2020 Project Play Champion
July 2nd, 2020 at 1:13 pm by Ron Cervenka * * * LADF among select organizations recognized nationally by the Aspen Institute * * * The Aspen Institute’s Project Play announced Tuesday that it has named the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) as a 2020 Project Play Champion. The Aspen Institute’s Project Play Champions program annually recognizes local and national organizations that are taking new, meaningful, and specific actions consistent with the Project Play framework. LADF is recognized […]
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Dodgers 2020 Roster Still a Work In Progress
July 2nd, 2020 at 8:00 am by 0799291000348 Tonight, July 2, 2020, should be the Mookie Betts bobblehead giveaway at Dodger Stadium, with the team hosting the Cincinnati Reds. Instead, Dodgers players begin their second day of summer camp, preparing for the 2020 abbreviated 60-game schedule. The team remains in the enviable position it held when the global pandemic ended Spring Training on […]
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The Drabble Hall of Fame
July 1st, 2020 at 10:00 am by Kevin Fagan * * * * As I’ve said before, I’m not a baseball expert. I’m just a cartoonist who has been a lifelong Dodgers fan. One of the coolest things about contributing to ThinkBlueLA is that I’m now sort of a baseball writer. This is important to me because it’s the baseball writers who determine […]
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