If you are a ‘Glass is Half Full’ type (an optimist), you probably found at least some comfort in Evan Drellich’s recent piece in The Athletic (subscription required), in which he wrote: “Major League Baseball is preparing new core economic proposals to deliver to the Players Association. When they’re presented, likely this month, core economic talks […]

  *  *  *  MLB.com – July 30, 2021: “The Dodgers shocked the baseball world, completing a deal on Friday that will send right-hander Max Scherzer and shortstop Trea Turner to Los Angeles in exchange for top pitching prospect Josiah Gray, top catching prospect Keibert Ruiz, right-hander Gerardo Carrillo, and outfielder Donovan Casey.”   *  […]

Regardless of age, every Dodger fan has a favorite. It might be a current player – like future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw, Justin Turner, or Chris Taylor – or one from the Dodgers’ storied history – like Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, or the great Jackie Robinson. But if you were to […]

Late Thursday morning it was reported that the New York Times had purchased The Athletic for $550 million. The deal was later confirmed in a press release by the New York Times Company and is subject to customary closing adjustments. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022. According to MLB Trade […]

It has been said – quite often lately – that negotiations between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association over the current MLB lockout and negotiations towards a new Collective Bargaining Agreement would begin in earnest shortly after the first of the year. Yet on Wednesday afternoon, MLBTradeRumors.com reported that, according to USA Today […]

Whether you like him or not, MLB Network‘s Ken Rosenthal has a reputation for not being afraid to address unpopular – often controversial – topics that others tend to avoid. Had. On Tuesday morning, that reputation bit the 59-year-old Oyster Bay, NY native on the backside, when he was let go (fired) by MLB Network. […]

Try as we may and regardless of how much Prevagen, Neuronol, or other memory supplements we take, memory is a fleeting thing, and it indeed slips with age. Fortunately, there are Twitter accounts (and associated websites) that assist us in this regard; not necessarily to restore our declining memories, but to remind us – through […]

During a mid-December airing of Access SportsNet: Dodgers, former Dodgers General Manager and current SportsNet LA analyst Ned Colletti said that he doesn’t think negotiations between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association towards a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (thus bringing an end to the current MLB lockout) will begin in earnest “…until around the middle […]

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