Access to regular-season games over the years has been challenging for Dodgers fans, to put it lightly, since Time Warner Cable has held a monopoly on access to SportsNet LA, the station Dodger games are broadcast on, with most games being “blacked out” in their own backyard. In January of 2013, the Dodgers agreed to […]
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Former Knuckleballer Charlie Haeger Kills Self After Murdering Ex-Girlfriend
October 4th, 2020 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka It’s not the kind of thing that you ever want to or expect to see on a baseball website, or anywhere else, for that matter – a former major leaguer involved in a murder/suicide. But such is life – and death – in 2020. Late Saturday evening, it was being widely reported on social media […]
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The Battle Lines Have Been Drawn
October 3rd, 2020 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka For quite some time, the San Diego Padres have been at or near the bottom of the National League West. In fact, they have not made into the postseason since 2006 and were a team that the Dodgers often counted on to snap a losing streak. Not anymore. Although the Mookie Betts / Corey Seager-led […]
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Sweet Lou Passes at Age 86
October 2nd, 2020 at 2:04 pm by Ron Cervenka “Sweet” Lou Johnson, who hit a key home run for the victorious Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 of the 1965 World Series against Minnesota, passed away last night at the age of 86. Johnson, who was born Louis Brown Johnson in Lexington, KY on September 22, 1934, received the nickname Sweet Lou upon joining […]
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Kershaw Gold
October 2nd, 2020 at 9:30 am by Ron Cervenka If you haven’t figured out by now that Clayton Kershaw is a future first-ballot Hall of Famer, you are: A) Not a true Dodger fan B) Not a true baseball fan When describing the 32-year-old Dallas, TX native and Dodgers first-round draft pick (seventh overall) in 2006 out of Highland Park High School in University Park, […]
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The Snakebitten Dodger
October 1st, 2020 at 5:00 pm by 0799291000348 * * * Snakebitten: Having or experiencing failure or bad luck; hapless, hard-luck, ill-fated, jinxed, unlucky. * * * Which 2020 Dodgers player comes to mind when you read that definition, and synonyms from the Merriam Webster Dictionary? Did you say Max Muncy? Good choice. After being one of the very best run […]
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The New and Improved Postseason Kershaw
October 1st, 2020 at 9:00 am by 0799291000348 October baseball is upon us with the first round of games pitting the best teams in the league against their Wild Card opponents. There are typically questions about how a team will perform heading into the postseason versus what they accomplished in the regular season. This shortened 60-game season due to COVID-19 is no different. […]
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A Win is a Win
October 1st, 2020 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka If you are a bottom-line type person, the bottom line is that the Dodgers won Wednesday night’s National League Wild Card Series opener against the Milwaukee Brewers by a score of 4-2 – period. But if you are of the type who looks beyond the box score, you undoubtedly noticed that the Dodgers – the […]
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