D.G. Elmore, chairman of Minor League Baseball’s Professional Baseball Agreement negotiating committee, issued the following statement today: “For more than a century, Major League Baseball (MLB) and Minor League Baseball (MiLB) have worked together to grow the game of baseball into America’s Pastime. The current agreement between MLB and MiLB expires today. “Minor League Baseball’s […]
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MiLB Issues Statement Regarding On-Going Negotiations with MLB
September 30th, 2020 at 1:09 pm 
by Ron Cervenka 
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Eye on the Prize – “World Series or Bust”
September 30th, 2020 at 9:00 am by 0799291000348 With the Wild Card Series now underway, players are starting to lock in and focus on the endgame after an interesting year. The COVID-19-shortened 60-game regular season was definitely fraught with risks and sacrifices for players and their families; so much so that some, like Dodgers left-hander David Price, elected to opt-out of the 2020 […]
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Game-5
September 30th, 2020 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka During Tuesday evening’s pre-Wild Card Series broadcast of SportsNet LA’s Emmy-winning Access SportsNet: Dodgers, show host John Hartung, former Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti, and former Dodger Jerry Hairston Jr. all agreed on one very significant point: Entering a best-of-three Wild Card Series is like entering Game-5 of a normal best-of-seven League Championship Series or […]
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LADF, Kershaws Award $300K to Liberty Hill’s California Funders for Boys and Men of Color
September 29th, 2020 at 10:00 am by Ron Cervenka * * * LADF, Dodgers Players Continue “In This Together” Commitment with #AmplifyingVoices and Listening Sessions * * * The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) announced today a $304,400 award to support Liberty Hill’s California Funders for Boys and Men of Color: Our Kids, Our Future Fund (CFBMoC). The funds include a generous match from Ellen and Clayton Kershaw, proceeds from the Dodgers Opening Day Black Lives Matter auction, and sales […]
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Another Record Year for Dodgers
September 29th, 2020 at 8:00 am by 0799291000348 It is almost October and the Dodgers are headed to the postseason yet again. Their first game will be against the Milwaukee Brewers, the 8th seed in the National League, on Wednesday night at 7:08 pm PST. This is a miracle in and of itself, considering there may not have even been a baseball season […]
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Move Over, Aaron Judge
September 28th, 2020 at 9:00 am by Jayann Kellogg Twenty-seven-year-old Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts has been showing us his best stuff on the field and at the plate throughout the COVID-19 shortened 2020 regular season. He has stolen ten bases this season and finished the regular season with a .292 batting average for the Dodgers. It was announced by several media sources last […]
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Longtime Dodgers Nemesis Hunter Pence Retires
September 28th, 2020 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka In the grand scheme of things, longtime San Francisco Giants outfielder Hunter Pence wasn’t really that big of a torn in the side of the Dodgers. It’s just that he had an uncanny knack for always being the proverbial ‘fly in the ointment’ for them. On Saturday afternoon, that ‘fly’ announced on social media that […]
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Wood May Have Made His Last Appearance As a Dodger
September 27th, 2020 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka It’s a tough topic that no one likes to talk about – Who’s In and Who’s Out. Over the past several weeks, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has repeatedly said during his daily pre and postgame Zoom press conferences: “Performance matters.” There is no kind or gentle way to say this, but the performance of 29-year-old […]
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Kershaw: A Household Name – Even in the Kitchen
September 26th, 2020 at 9:00 am by Tim Cervenka There are many stats that pitchers are scrutinized and measured by – wins, Strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, FIP, and even pitch speed. But Dodgers ace and future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw is looking to add a new metric to his career stats this season: ABV. The eight-time All-Star and three-time Cy Young award-winning lefty has […]
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Will Smith – A Pitcher’s Worst Nightmare
September 26th, 2020 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Friday night’s 9-5 Dodgers win over the Angels of Anaheim at Dodger Stadium will best be remembered as the third-to-the-last game of the COVID-10-shortened 60-game regular season. It will also be remembered as the game in which the Dodgers hit a combined five home runs, including two by Dodgers veteran third baseman Justin Turner. “I […]
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