According to Wikipedia, the term ‘Hot stove league’ dates from nineteenth-century small-town America when, during the winter, people gathered at the general store/post office, sat around an iron pot-belly stove, and discussed the passing parade, baseball, the weather, politics, and current events of the day. More recently, the term describes the discussions, speculation, and predictions […]

The entire staff at ThinkBlueLA.com – and everyone on the planet – wish Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, the Greatest Of All Time, a VERY happy 93rd Birthday! We love you, Vin!   *  *  *  *  *  * 

As most Dodger fans know, Wednesday, December 2, 2020, is the deadline for teams to offer their pre-arbitration and arbitration-eligible players contracts for the 2021 season. They do not have to sign them on that date, but they do have to offer them a contract. If they do not, the players are considered “non-tendered” and […]

There isn’t a human being on the planet who isn’t looking forward to that precious day when we can say: “Remember that horrible COVID-19 pandemic and those godawful tests?” I’ve got some bad news, my fellow Homo sapiens – It’s going to be a while. There is zero doubt – none whatsoever – that a […]

MLB journalist John Morosi, citing his sources, reported on November 25 that the Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays were showing interest in free-agent left-hander Brad Hand, who could be a good fit in either team’s bullpen. Ok, that is pretty standard stuff for a Hot-Stove season, as MLB teams kick the tires on any […]

We finally got the news update we’ve all been waiting for. This from longtime Dodgers beat writer Ken Gurnick on Tuesday: Although our beloved Hall of Fame manager isn’t out of the woods yet by any means, this is GREAT news!   *  *  *  *  *  * 

If your life resembles anything like mine lately, you are slowly starting to feel the baseball withdrawals creeping in after the truncated but action-filled season that Major League Baseball was eventually able to pack into four months. To say that 2020 has been an ‘interesting’ year would be an understatement. The World Series Champion Dodgers […]

Before the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was the grandmaster at utilizing his bullpen based on specific roles and what inning it was, leading up to ‘California Love’ time, when Dodgers All-Star closer Kenley Jansen was called upon to save the games like clockwork. But all of that changed in 2020 when COVID-19 […]

Let’s face it, the mere thought of Justin Turner in any other baseball uniform than a Dodgers uniform is simply unfathomable. He is as much a part of LA Dodgers history as was the Think Blue sign that once overlooked the most beautiful ballpark in all of baseball. (Attention: Stan Kasten). The Long Beach, CA […]