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The Dodgers have partnered with Worthy of Love to host a birthday party for children experiencing homelessness on Thursday, March 10 at Dodger Stadium. Over 300 children from various shelters throughout the city will get to celebrate with special Dodger guests. The two-hour celebration will include face painting, a petting zoo, a dance off, and […]

You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who does not like former Dodgers right-hander Blake Treinen. You’d be even harder pressed to do so after USA Today‘s Bob Nightengale posted this on Twitter on Tuesday: Nightengale’s tweet prompted this reply from beloved Dodgers Spanish broadcaster Pepe Yñiguez: Heck, even The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, with his knack […]

After two more failed attempts to come up with a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Wednesday afternoon that two additional series to begin the 2022 regular season have been canceled, with a new (tentative) Opening Day now set for April 14. Here is his statement: “In a last-ditch effort to […]

Today, March 8, 2022, will forever be remembered as a very big day in baseball history … one way or another. Late Monday evening, it was widely reported that Major League Baseball – i.e., MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and team owners – offered the MLB Players Association a new Collective Bargaining Agreement proposal that includes […]

Despite the hopes, wishes, and prayers of baseball fans around the globe, Sunday’s negotiations between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association proved fruitless. Again. This time, however, Special Assistant, Baseball Operations Glen Caplin told reporters following the one hour and 40-minute session that the two sides were “deadlocked.” Here is his full quote: […]

There isn’t a baseball fan on the planet who isn’t fed up with the (now) 94-day-old Major League Baseball lockout and the endless bickering between MLB and the MLB Players Association towards establishing a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. Well, guess what? There isn’t a player on the planet who isn’t fed up either. There also […]

I guess it was too much to ask that there would be any progress in negotiations between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association towards a new Collective Bargaining Agreement when it was reported on Thursday that the two sides had resumed negotiations in New York; this after talks had broken off early Tuesday […]

For those old enough to remember, there was an ad campaign back in the late ’70s and early 80s by a brokerage firm that was both very popular and very funny; so popular, in fact, that everybody knew their schtick: “When E.F. Hutton talks, people listen.” Thirty-year-old Future Hall of Fame outfielder Mike Trout rarely […]