It’s certainly not as rare as a no-hitter, but you definitely don’t see it very often – at least not at baseball’s highest level. We have now seen it three times in the past week and four times in the last three months – by the same guy. It is Catcher’s Interference, and all four […]
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Kershaw to the IL
July 7th, 2021 at 4:16 pm 
by Ron Cervenka If you thought that things couldn’t get any worse for the Dodgers. you’d be wrong. This just in from the team: The Dodgers have recalled right-handed pitcher Mitch White and placed left-handed pitcher Clayton Kershaw on the 10-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. White, 25, was recalled for the fourth time this season and […]
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Jake Reed to Make Dodgers Debut … Again
July 7th, 2021 at 3:30 pm by Ron Cervenka It was short but not so sweet. On Tuesday night, 28-year-old right-hander Jake Reed, who had been called up to the Dodgers just hours before from Triple-A Oklahoma City, made his major league debut, albeit for only two-thirds of an inning. It did not end well for the Tucson, AZ native and fifth-round draft pick in 2014 […]
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‘That Play’
July 7th, 2021 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka There isn’t much to say about Tuesday night’s 2-1 loss by the World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers – their second straight – to the National League East last-place Miami Marlins, so I won’t. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts summed it up perfectly after the game: “That play ended the game but it certainly didn’t lose the […]
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Dodgers Call Up Jake Reed, DFA Steven Souza Jr.
July 6th, 2021 at 12:54 pm by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have selected the contract of right-handed pitcher Jake Reed and designated outfielder Steven Souza Jr. for assignment. Reed, 28, will be on the active roster for the first time in his career and his next appearance will be his Major League debut. The righty from La Mesa, CA appeared in nine games for […]
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The Dodgers Have a Problem
July 6th, 2021 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka It’s one of those things that pretty much remains under the radar and isn’t a problem … until it is. It is a problem for the Dodgers. A serious problem. In fact, it is why their nine-game winning streak came to a screeching halt on Monday night against one of the worst teams in Major […]
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Dodgers Starting Pitching Options
July 6th, 2021 at 8:00 am by 0799291000348 * * * “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.” Hall of Fame manager Will McKechnie – Lima Ohio News – January 31, 1940 * * * * […]
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Pepiot’s Jump to the Dodgers is ‘Certainly a Possibility’
July 5th, 2021 at 3:30 pm by Ron Cervenka For Dodger fans who also follow their team’s minor league affiliates, July 4, 2021, will be one to remember. In his first appearance in two months while rehabbing from a right shoulder impingement, 23-year-old right-hander Josiah Gray tossed two perfect innings with one strikeout for the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers. But that’s the second big […]
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The Lucky Three
July 5th, 2021 at 9:00 am by Jayann Kellogg It was announced on July 4, 2021, by Major League Baseball that three players from the Dodgers will be attending the 2021 All-Star Game as reserves. Although the Dodgers do not have any starters in the 2021 All-Star Game, 28-year-old now five-time All-Star right fielder Mookie Betts, 30-year-old utility infielder/outfielder Chris Taylor, and 30-year-old now […]
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For The Love of Albert
July 5th, 2021 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka If you are not a fan of 41-year-old Dodgers first baseman/pinch-hitter Albert Pujols by now, there’s a pretty good chance that you never will be. There’s an even greater chance that if you are not a fan of Albert Pujols by now, you are probably not a fan of baseball at all. Yes, the future […]
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