The Dodgers have used six rookies thus far in the 2023 season: infielder Michael Busch, pitcher Michael Grove, pitcher Andre Jackson, outfielder James Outman, pitcher Gavin Stone, and infielder Miguel Vargas. Pitcher Ryan Pepiot will be a seventh once he completes his rehabilitation and returns from the IL. Other than Pepiot, which Dodgers’ prospect is […]
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Dodgers With A One-Two Punch … Again
May 13th, 2023 at 8:00 am 
by 0799291000348 Last weekend, the National League West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers took two of three from their division rival third-place San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Exactly one week to the day later, the Boys in Blue kicked off yet another three-game series against those same Padres, this time in front of a much friendlier Dodger […]
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Are Decisions Looming For Dodgers?
May 12th, 2023 at 11:00 am by Ron Cervenka When the NL West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers take the field against the NL West third-place San Diego Padres at beautiful Dodger Stadium at 7:10 PM (PT) on Friday, it will be the 38th game of the 2023 regular season for both teams. For you non-mathematicians (such as myself), this equates to exactly 23.4567% of […]
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Dodgers Open Six-Game Homestand Beginning Friday
May 11th, 2023 at 4:00 pm by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers welcome the San Diego Padres (May 12 – 14) and Minnesota Twins (May 15 – 17) to Dodger Stadium for a six-game homestand beginning tomorrow night. Tickets are available for all games of the homestand and can be purchased at Dodgers.com/Tickets. Fans are in for a fun weekend against the Padres as the […]
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Kershaw Gold
May 11th, 2023 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Dodgers All-Star first baseman Freddie Freeman said it best: “That was huge for us. We needed Clayton to go deep in the game, and he did exactly that. It’s what he’s been doing his whole career and whole life pretty much.” What Clayton Kershaw did was give his team seven very strong innings in a […]
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The Biggest Game of the Year For Kershaw?
May 10th, 2023 at 8:03 am by Ron Cervenka Every time Dodgers ace and future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw takes the mound, it is both noteworthy and newsworthy. Not only is there a remarkably good chance that the game will end in a win for the current National League West first-place Dodgers, but there is always an exceptionally good chance that Dodgers (and […]
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Just One Pitch
May 9th, 2023 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Twenty-eight-year-old Dodgers right-hander Tony Gonsolin pitched well in his third start of the season against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on Monday afternoon. …except for one pitch. “I felt like I was throwing a lot of strikes, I felt like I was able to manage the pitch count pretty well, I got deep […]
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A Season-Changing Game?
May 8th, 2023 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka During the course of a 162-game season, there are games, individual games, which seem to change a team’s destiny for that entire season – games that earn the status of ‘remember that game’ or ‘remember the time.’ Sunday’s exciting 5-2 Dodgers win over the San Diego Padres at Petco Park may very well have been […]
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The High Road
May 8th, 2023 at 8:00 am by 0799291000348 The Dodgers wrapped a three-game series against the San Diego Padres on Sunday with an exciting extra-innings win at Petco Park. The Friars took the first game 5-2 on Friday night, and despite some efforts to rile the Boys in Blue over the weekend, LA rallied and won Saturday night 2-1 in a very close […]
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The Game-Winning Plate Appearance
May 7th, 2023 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka We all know that the Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on Saturday evening as a result of Chris Taylor‘s dramatic 403-foot home run to left field in the top of the fourth inning – something that the 32-year-old Virginia Beach, VA native seems to have become quite good at lately. But […]
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