Quick – What is your fondest memory when you were 18 years old? Chances are it involved something that happened when you were in high school or possibly involved someone you had a crush on at the time. Chances are even greater that it did not involve hitting a home run in a Major League […]

When 35-year-old free agent future first-ballot Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw agreed to re-sign with the Dodgers instead of signing with the Texas Rangers to be closer to his Dallas, TX home, there was an audible sigh heard around the entire Dodgers baseball world. In doing so, it guaranteed that when the 10-time All-Star, five-time […]

Fans lucky enough to have tickets for the Dodgers Spring Training game against the Cleveland Guardians on Friday evening and/or against the Chicago Cubs on Saturday afternoon at Camelback Ranch will hear a familiar voice sound. Popular Dodger Stadium organist Dieter Ruehle will be at the keys of the Camelback Ranch organ to provide the […]

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 […]

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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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]