With nine guys vying for three Opening Day outfield spots, it’s no surprise that the competition at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, AZ is heating up for the Dodgers’ Opening Day back-up outfield spots. It’s pretty much a given that Mookie Betts and Jayson Heyward, and David Peralta will be the so-called every day right, center, […]
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Live By The Walk – Die By The Walk
March 4th, 2023 at 7:59 am 
by Ron Cervenka There is a baseball saying as old as the game itself: “Walks kill you.” That is, of course, unless you are on the team receiving them, in which case it’s the proverbial: “A walk is as good as a hit.” During Friday’s Spring Training game between the Los Angeles Dodgers (of Los Angeles) and the […]
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And The Hits Walks Just Keep On Coming!
March 3rd, 2023 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Suffice to say that when 23-year-old Dodgers utility infielder/outfielder Miguel Vargas suffered a hairline fracture to his right pinky while taking infield practice back on March 24, a good many Dodgers fans thought for sure that the team had lost their (presumably) everyday second baseman to a (presumably) lengthy stay on the Injured List. Lo […]
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Buehler’s Back … Sort Of
March 2nd, 2023 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka * * * Less than 48 hours after receiving horrible news out of Camelback Ranch on Monday afternoon, Dodgers fans received some good news – great news, in fact – on Wednesday evening. That horrible news was, of course, that 25-year-old Dodgers shortstop Gavin Lux was lost for the entire 2023 season after tearing […]
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Thanks, Julio – We Needed That!
March 1st, 2023 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka To say that the season-ending right knee injury to 25-year-old (almost) new Dodgers shortstop Gavin Lux is “heartbreaking” (as many are calling it) is being exceptionally kind. The truth of the matter is that it is flat out gut-wrenching. Fortunately, the Dodgers have just-turned-34-year-old (on February 24) nine-year MLB veteran utility infielder / outfielder Miguel […]
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UPDATE: Dodgers Lose Lux to Knee Injury
February 28th, 2023 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka 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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