Prior to Tuesday’s All-Star Game and just down the street from Coors Field at the Bellco Theatre in Denver, the 2021 MLB Draft was being held, during which MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred addressed the media over a variety of topics. Among them were several of the controversial rule changes he imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
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Dodgers Select 17 Pitchers in 2021 MLB Draft
July 14th, 2021 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka Hall of Fame manager Bill McKechnie said it best on January 31, 1940: “No, sir, you never have enough pitching. Just when you think you have it, it is usually the time when you suddenly find yourself with pitchers who can never start a game.” Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman is clearly a […]
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Dodgers Draft Maddux
July 12th, 2021 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers selected Maddux in the first round of the 2021 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of UMS-Wright Prep School in Alabama as the 29th overall pick on Sunday evening. No, not Greg Maddux, who achieved baseball immortality in 2014 when he was inducted in the sacred Halls of Cooperstown after his brilliant 23-year MLB […]
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History Unfolding Before Our Eyes
July 11th, 2021 at 10:00 am by Ron Cervenka It’s probably safe to say that if you are not an Albert Pujols fan by now, you probably never will be. It’s also probably safe to say that if you are not an Albert Pujols fan by now, you and I can never be friends. At 41 years old, it is fully understood and accepted […]
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Remarkable Persistence
July 11th, 2021 at 9:00 am by 0799291000348 It was a simple, one-line announcement from the Dodgers on Saturday morning: It isn’t the first time the 27-year-old Zach Reks has been summoned by the Dodgers this season. He was recalled from their Triple-A OKC affiliate on June 21, made his Major League debut the next night (hitless in two at-bats), and immediately optioned […]
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Days Like This
July 11th, 2021 at 8:00 am by 0799291000348 * * * “Mama said there’ll be days like this, there’ll be days like this, mama said.” -The Shirelles * * * * Most would agree that the coming All-Star break is a stroke of good luck for the Dodgers. If you have not been following the standings lately, that statement may not […]
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Kershaw Expected Back Following All-Star Break
July 10th, 2021 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka The news wasn’t all bad on Friday. Prior to his team’s embarrassing 5-2 loss to the worst team in baseball on Friday night, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters that a Friday morning MRI on Dodgers future Hall of Fame left-hander Clayton Kershaw, who had been placed on the 10-day injured list on Wednesday for […]
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Dodgers Recall Vesia From OKC, Place Nelson on IL
July 9th, 2021 at 5:54 pm by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers recalled left-handed pitcher Alex Vesia from Triple-A Oklahoma City and placed right-handed pitcher Jimmy Nelson on the 10-day injured list with a left lumbar strain, retroactive July 7. Vesia, 25, has appeared in nine games for Oklahoma City, allowing one run in 9.0 innings with 19 strikeouts. He has appeared in 10 games […]
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Low-Hanging Fruit
July 9th, 2021 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka It is a saying as old as the game of baseball itself but very much still applies today: “On any given day, any team can beat any other team in the game of baseball.” There is certainly no greater proof of this than the just-concluded four-game series in which the National League East last-place Miami […]
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Dodgers Host D-Backs to Close Out First Half
July 9th, 2021 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers return home and will close out the season’s first half with a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium this weekend. Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game will take place next Tuesday in Denver, which is also where the Dodgers will open the second half on Friday, July 16, against the Rockies […]
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