It was one of those things that made you say: “Yeah, right. I’ll believe it when I see it,” – beginning the 2022 regular MLB season on time on March 31. On Thursday afternoon, following a marathon negotiations session between MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and MLB Players Association Chief Tony Clark that lasted a whopping […]
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Designated Nonsense
February 17th, 2022 at 9:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka Last week, I posted a photograph on Twitter of future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw laying down a perfect sacrifice bunt – something he is (was) exceptionality good at. The text in my tweet was: “Man, I’m gonna miss this. #sigh,” and its intent was – I thought – rather obvious: that with the Designated […]
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Could Lockout Benefit Dodgers?
February 17th, 2022 at 8:00 am by 0799291000348 Hard to imagine anything good coming from the failed negotiations for a MLB renewal Collective Bargaining Agreement, but there may be a small, silver lining for the Dodgers. The ten week (and counting) MLB owners lockout of players has provided the team a beneficial hiatus to assess several current player concerns. Rather than trades and […]
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Shame On You, Baseball
February 16th, 2022 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Most people are not millionaires. Most major league baseball players and team owners are. Yet when it comes to negotiations between MLB and the MLB Players Association towards establishing a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, “Too much is never enough.” With so much money at stake, you would think that with the MLB lockout now into […]
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Dodger Dog Forecast Not Looking Good
February 15th, 2022 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka With the Major League Baseball players lockout now into it’s 11th week, and with negotiations between MLB and the MLB Players Association towards establishing a new Collective Bargaining Agreement at a virtual standstill, the chances for an on-time start to the 2022 regular season are diminishing fast; let alone the start of Spring Training 2022. […]
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Play Ball!
February 14th, 2022 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka It’s probably safe to say that most Dodgers fans are pretty happy that the Rams won Super Bowl LVI at brand new SoFi Stadium on Sunday evening. But it’s definitely safe to say that every Dodgers fan is ecstatic that the Super Bowl is over. Why, you ask? Because it means that it is officially […]
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Old Friend Alert
February 13th, 2022 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka On June 7, 2010, the Dodgers selected (then) 18-year-old right-hander Zach Lee out of McKinney High School in McKinney, TX, as their first-round draft pick. He was the 28th overall pick in 2010. Things did not work out well for the Plano, TX native who, after five seasons in the Dodgers Minor League system, made […]
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The Voice of Reason
February 13th, 2022 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka By now, every baseball fan on the planet is aware that Saturday’s so-called ‘negotiations‘ between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association to establish a new Collective Bargaining Agreement did not end well … again. In fact, the talks didn’t even last an hour, with MLB pitchers and catchers scheduled to report for Spring […]
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The Most Important Day of the Off-Season
February 12th, 2022 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Although you would probably never get anyone to admit it, the least of which is MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, today, Saturday, February 12, 2022, is the single most important day of the off-season. How so, you ask? It’s simple, really. Manfred, on behalf of MLB team owners, and Tony Clark, on behalf of the MLB […]
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A Sad Day for Baseball Purists
February 11th, 2022 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka With pitchers and catchers scheduled to report for Spring Training 2022 in exactly three days, and with negotiations between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association progressing very slowly, there was some good news out of Orlando, FL, on Thursday morning. …good news unless you are an old-school baseball purist, that is. Although nothing […]
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