Monday, May 27, 2024, was a good day for Major League Baseball. Shortly after 6 PM PT, USA Today Major League Baseball columnist Bob Nightengale posted this on social media: Ángel Hernández has long been considered by many (most) baseball fans to be the worst umpire in the game throughout his 33 seasons as an […]
(Read More)No Surprise Here
If you had been asked who you thought would be the first Dodger player to make a donation in support of the massive firefighting efforts in Los Angeles right now, chances are exceptionally good that your answer would have been 35-year-old Dodgers future Hall of Fame first baseman Freddie Freeman – and you would have […]
Great Scott!
* * * * * * * Four years, $80 million! Those are the reported contract numbers that 30-year-old free agent southpaw reliever Tanner Scott is seeking to sign with a MLB team. While that may be Scott’s starting point in negotiations, it isn’t an unreasonable expectation considering that MLB is going through […]
All Is Well in the Universe
Early Friday afternoon, the Dodgers officially announced that they had re-signed extremely popular 32-year-old outfielder/designated hitter Teoscar Hernández to a three-year/$66 million contract extension that will keep him in Dodger Blue through the 2027 season. “I was going to do everything in my power to come back. For me, money wasn’t an issue,” the Cotui, Dominican […]
Waiting on Roki Sasaki
Why are January 15 and 23, 2025 dates important to the Dodgers completing their roster for the upcoming MLB season? January 15 is the first day of the 2025 international signing period when all MLB teams reset their respective bonus pools. Signing before the 15th greatly reduces Roki Sasaki’s earning potential as a posted NPB […]
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Happy Memorial Day from ThinkBlue LA
May 27th, 2024 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka Honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice. * * * * * *
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Make It Stop!
May 26th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Well, they did it again. The National League West first place Los Angeles Dodgers had their lunches handed to them – again – on Saturday afternoon/evening in front of a sold out Great American Ball Park crowd of 41,880, a good many of whom were sporting Dodger Blue, and did this – again – in […]
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Different Day – Same Story
May 25th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Friday’s 9-6 Dodgers loss to the National League Central last place Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park ranks right up there as among the ugliest of the season for Dodgers manager Dave Roberts‘ team. I mean, the game was tied 5-5 with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the fifth […]
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Unacceptable
May 23rd, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Despite losing consecutive games to their division rival Arizona Diamondbacks, the Dodgers maintained their respectable and acceptable 7.0-game lead over the NL West second place San Diego Padres, an 8.0-game lead over the tied-for-third-place San Francisco Giants and Dbacks, and a 15.0-game lead over the NL West last place Colorado Rockies. But what isn’t respectable […]
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Dodgers Offensive Woes Continue
May 22nd, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka On Tuesday evening, the NL West first place Dodgers lost to the NL West third place Arizona Diamondbacks by a score of 7-3 in a game in which they managed only six hits in front of a less-than-pleased Dodger Stadium crowd of 46,180. “We couldn’t get to (Diamondbacks starting right-hander Brandon) Pfaadt early and ended […]
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A Game of Inches
May 19th, 2024 at 8:30 am by Ron Cervenka It became very apparent very quickly that Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler was dialed in during his team’s 4-0 shutout win over the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium on Saturday evening. In only his third Major League start since June 10, 2022, the 29-year-old Lexington, KY native and Dodgers first round draft pick in 2015 out […]
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Dodgers Made The Right Choice
May 18th, 2024 at 4:00 pm by Ron Cervenka When 27-year-old Dodgers outfielder James Outman was good, he was oh so good. So good, in fact, that a good many Dodgers fans were a bit concerned that when 34-year-old Dodgers outfielder Jason Heyward was due to return to action following his 40-game stint on the injured list for lower back tightness, that it would […]
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It Was Inevitable
May 17th, 2024 at 5:45 pm by Ron Cervenka Meaning no disrespect whatsoever to 27-year-old Dodgers outfielder James Outman, it was never a matter of if but when. The when came around 4 PM on Friday afternoon, when the Dodgers posted this on social media: There is no disputing that the extremely popular Redwood City, CA native and Dodgers seventh-round draft pick in 2018 […]
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Dodgers Farmhand Has ‘Historic Cheese’
May 17th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Remember his name, Dodgers fans – it’s Reynaldo Yean. He is a 20-year-old right-handed relief pitcher from Sabana Grande de Boya in the Dominican Republic who signed a Minor League free agent contract with the Dodgers on July 5, 2021. Why so, you ask? I’ll give you 104 reasons, as in a 104-mph fastball. On […]
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