When the Dodgers signed 25-year-old right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto to a 12-year / $325 million contract in late December, there were undoubtedly many Dodgers (and baseball) fans who immediately thought or said: “No one is worth that kind of money for that many years.” If you do the math (I’ll spare you), this averages out to […]
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Ohtani Gives Fans ‘What They Wanted’
February 28th, 2024 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka Come on, you knew it was going to happen. If you didn’t, you were one of very few. And even though it wasn’t one of those ridiculous monster shots he’s been hitting during batting practice this past week, it was Shohei Ohtani‘s first home run in a Dodgers uniform in an actual game, albeit a […]
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First Takeaways
February 26th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Jesse Pearce Veteran MLB fans know better than to place too much weight on a team’s Spring Training win-loss record, or player stats. In particular, when the early Cactus League game competition includes prospects with high numbers and no names on their game jerseys. But it’s always fun watching the Dodgers players perform well and the team […]
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No Bellinger Reunion With Dodgers
February 25th, 2024 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka Not that there was any chance of it happening anyway, but late Saturday evening it was (very) widely reported that popular former Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger had re-signed with the Chicago Cubs on a reported three-year/$80 million deal that includes opt-outs following the 2024 and 2025 seasons. As Dodgers fans well know, it was established […]
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Freddie Doing What Freddie Does
February 24th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka As a surprise to no one (at least it shouldn’t have been), in the bottom of the first inning on the very first pitch of his very first Spring Training 2024 at-bat on Friday afternoon at Camelback Ranch, Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman smoked a solo home run to left field off of 26-year-old San […]
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Dodgers Win By Two … Touchdowns
February 23rd, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka It was over before the first out was recorded in the top half of the first inning – a half inning that took a half hour to complete – and it was beautiful! …unless, of course, you are a Padres fan. In their first official game of Spring Training 2024, the Dodgers annihilated their division […]
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“It’s Tiiiime For Dodger Baseball!”
February 22nd, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Oh sure, it’s only a ‘meaningless Spring Training game,’ but Thursday’s game against the division-rival San Diego Padres at the Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria, AZ will be the first Dodgers game since October 11, 2023, when they were embarrassingly swept out of the National League West Division Series in four games by the Arizona Diamondbacks. […]
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The Best That’s Ever Lived?
February 20th, 2024 at 10:00 am by Ron Cervenka With the Dodgers first Spring Training game set to be televised on SportsNet LA at noon on Thursday, and with the insane Spring Training that recently acquired superstar designated hitter/utility player Shohei Ohtani has had to this point, former Colorado Rockies outfielder and current MLB Network Radio analyst Ryan Spilboroghs had this to say about […]
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With a Little Help from a Friend?
February 19th, 2024 at 1:30 pm by Ron Cervenka On Monday morning, it was being widely reported that the Dodgers oldest and most hated division rivals, the San Francisco Giants, had re-signed 37-year-old longtime Dodger fan unfavorite Pablo Sandoval (AKA: The Grand Panda) to a Minor League contract that included an invitation to San Francisco’s Major League Spring Training camp. But here’s the thing. […]
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