Archive for May, 2022

Anderson Toys With Perfection

With Dodgers ace and future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw most likely down until after the All-Star break with right SI joint inflammation, the Dodgers needed someone to (try to) fill the void created by his thought-to-be-irreplaceable absence. They got it. Enter 32-year-old Dodgers left-hander Tyler Anderson. All the Las Vegas, NV native and first-round draft pick […]

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The One That Got Away

It was as routine as a play can get – a play that every major league infielder has practiced tens of thousands of times in their lives – or more. It was a routine play for which there was no excuse for not making, especially in the bottom of the 10th inning of a 3-2 […]

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Do NOT Run on Mookie Betts

It’s one of those things that makes Dodgers fans smile or even laugh out loud when it happens, and believe me, it happens far more often than it should – a third base coach decides to send a base runner home on a ball hit to Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts. You think they would […]

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Updated: Dodgers Choose Old-School Over New Technology

* * * * * * * * * * (See Update at Bottom of Page) * * * * * * * * * * Among the rule changes agreed upon by Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association for the 2022 season was allowing the use of an electronic device called PitchCom. […]

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Vesia Continues To Impress

The history books will forever show that 26-year-old Dodgers left-hander Alex Vesia made a grand total of eight pitches (five strikes) in Friday night’s 4-1 Dodgers win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. But it will also show that the soft-spoken Alpine, CA native and 17th-round draft pick in 2018 by the Miami […]

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Have A Night, Trevor Story

Make no mistake about it, ThinkBlueLA.com is every bit a Dodgers-based blogsite. But with the team having Thursday off as a travel day before opening a 10-game road trip that will take them through Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Phoenix, there wasn’t much Dodgers news to talk or write about on. But Major League Baseball being […]

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Don’t Count David Price Out Just Yet

You don’t have to look long or hard to find Dodgers fans who have already thrown in the towel on 36-year-old Dodgers left-hander David Price. But if what we saw during Wednesday’s matinee game between the Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium is any indication, you can bet that a good many of those […]

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Pick Your Poison

With two outs in the bottom of the second inning of Game-2 of Tuesday’s doubleheader against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium and the game tied 2-2, and with Dodgers second baseman Gavin Lux on second base, D-backs manager Torey Lovullo elected to have his right-handed starter Merrill Kelly intentionally walk Dodgers first baseman Freddie […]

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Dodgers Activate David Price From IL

The Dodgers have activated left-handed pitcher David Price from the injured list and designated right-handed pitcher Shane Greene for assignment. Price, 36, returns from the injured list after missing 17 games on the Covid IL. He has appeared in five games for the Dodgers this season, allowing one run in 4.2 innings with five strikeouts. […]

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Ferguson’s Back

After missing 20 months recovering from Tommy John surgery, 25-year-old Dodgers left-hander Caleb Ferguson is back. …and he rocked. “Couldn’t really feel the ball in my hand, kind of almost felt like I was making my debut again,” Ferguson told reporters after the Dodgers 5-4 win over the division-rival Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium on […]

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