The Dodgers exciting ninth-inning come-from-behind 7-6 Spring Training win over the San Diego Padres at Peoria Stadium on Monday afternoon came at a huge cost. While trying to advance from second base to third base on an infield hit in the top of the sixth inning, 25-year-old Dodgers shortstop Gavin Lux suffered what appeared to […]
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From Zero to Hero
February 27th, 2023 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka Meaning absolutely no disrespect whatsoever, if you had mentioned the name Hunter Feduccia to most Dodgers fans prior to Sunday’s Spring Training game between the Dodgers and Chicago Cubs at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, AZ, you probably would have been met with a quizzical look and a “Who?” But if you had mentioned that name […]
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Way Too Early Observations
February 26th, 2023 at 9:00 am by 0799291000348 First Cactus League game for the 2023 Dodgers, so take the following with an extra large pinch (or more) of salt. Pace of Play: The pitch clock is hokey, but I enjoyed watching a faster paced game. Pitching: Justin Bruihl, Jordan Yamamoto, and Justin Hagenman were hit hard and often in their respective inning pitched. […]
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New Faces, New Rules
February 26th, 2023 at 8:00 am by 0799291000348 The first game of Spring Training is in the books leaving only 32 days until Opening Day at Dodger Stadium on March 30th against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Players and fans alike got a taste of some of the new rule changes in Saturday afternoon’s game. Most notably, the pitch timer, where violations of 15 seconds […]
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“It’s Tiiiiime For Dodger Baseball!”
February 25th, 2023 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka The date was October 15, 2022. It was a Saturday. It was exactly 133 days ago from today. It was Game-4 of the 2022 National League West Division Series between our beloved Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, with the Dodgers down two games to one in […]
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Sticky Business
February 24th, 2023 at 10:00 am by Ron Cervenka By now most baseball fans are aware that MLB league officials went around to each team’s Spring Training facility informing them that umpires would be more diligent in monitoring pitchers for foreign substances, this in accordance to the new foreign substance rule agreed upon by MLB and the MLB Players Association last March. That crackdown […]
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Grove To Start Dodgers Spring Training Opener
February 23rd, 2023 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka As the City of Los Angeles braces for its second blizzard warning on record this Saturday, 26-year-old Dodgers right-hander Michael Grove will take the mound at American Family Fields of Phoenix in Maryvale, AZ for the Dodgers 2023 Spring Training Opener against the Milwaukee Brewers at 12:10 p.m. PST. “I don’t think I’ve started a […]
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Multiple Choice Roster Questions
February 22nd, 2023 at 8:00 am by 0799291000348 Remember your days in school and the instructor would announce that the test would be multiple choice answers that were viewed by many as multiple guesses. Before the Dodgers play their first Cactus League game of 2023, let’s consider a few roster questions with their respective multiple choice answers. If either catcher, Austin Barnes or Will […]
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J.D. Martinez ‘Excited’ To Be a Dodger
February 21st, 2023 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Although it may be a headscratcher for many Dodgers fans as to why Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman would sign a 35-year-old / 12-year MLB veteran outfielder like J.D. Martinez to a one-year / $10 million contract when he has a stable full of outfielders a decade (or more) younger than the Miami, FL native […]
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Dodgers Suffer First Spring Training Casualty
February 20th, 2023 at 12:00 pm by Ron Cervenka On Monday morning, Dodgers beat writer Juan Toribio reported (via Twitter) that 23-year-old Dodgers utility infielder/outfielder/designated hitter Miguel Vargas officially became the team’s first Spring Training 2023 casualty … sort of. However, Toribio immediately followed-up with this tweet: The 6′-3″ / 205-pound La Habana, Cuba native, who was signed by the Dodgers as an international free […]
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