If you haven’t figured out by now that Clayton Kershaw is a future first-ballot Hall of Famer, you are: A) Not a true Dodger fan B) Not a true baseball fan When describing the 32-year-old Dallas, TX native and Dodgers first-round draft pick (seventh overall) in 2006 out of Highland Park High School in University Park, […]
(Read More)Good – Not Good
The Good and Not Good from Saturday’s game between the Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field: The Good: The Not Good: “I mean, they’re all really good hitters and like to put the ball in play. They don’t punch a lot,” May told reporters postgame. As noted, the Dodgers slipped into second place in […]
What. A. Game.
In the grand scheme of things, Friday’s game between the NL West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers and the NL West fifth-place Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field was basically a meaningless game. However, in that same grand scheme of things, you will have a very difficult time convincing anyone of its meaninglessness. Also, if you missed […]
Something Ain’t Right
Although there has been no official word from the team (yet), it appeared from his very first pitch on Thursday evening that something wasn’t quite right with 26-year-old Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who the Dodgers signed to an enormous international free agent contract back on December 27, 2023 to the tune of 12 years at […]
Dodgers Lose Another Winnable Game
In what seems like a growing trend, the Dodgers lost another should-have-won game on Tuesday, this one a 10th-inning 5-4 loss to the NL East last place Miami Marlins at LoanDepot Park in Miami. As he has now done in his last several relief appearances, 38-year-old (that’s not a typo) Dodgers right-hander Luis García turned […]
Living Up To The Hype
It is a quote (cliché) attributed to NFL Hall of Fame coach Vince Lombardi that we’ve all heard dozens of times in our respective lives: “Act like you’ve been here before” Dodgers rookie sensation Hyeseong Kim acted like he’d “…been here before” when he made his major league debut with Dodgers against the Miami Marlins […]
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The Snakebitten Dodger
October 1st, 2020 at 5:00 pm 
by 0799291000348 * * * Snakebitten: Having or experiencing failure or bad luck; hapless, hard-luck, ill-fated, jinxed, unlucky. * * * Which 2020 Dodgers player comes to mind when you read that definition, and synonyms from the Merriam Webster Dictionary? Did you say Max Muncy? Good choice. After being one of the very best run […]
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The New and Improved Postseason Kershaw
October 1st, 2020 at 9:00 am by 0799291000348 October baseball is upon us with the first round of games pitting the best teams in the league against their Wild Card opponents. There are typically questions about how a team will perform heading into the postseason versus what they accomplished in the regular season. This shortened 60-game season due to COVID-19 is no different. […]
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A Win is a Win
October 1st, 2020 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka If you are a bottom-line type person, the bottom line is that the Dodgers won Wednesday night’s National League Wild Card Series opener against the Milwaukee Brewers by a score of 4-2 – period. But if you are of the type who looks beyond the box score, you undoubtedly noticed that the Dodgers – the […]
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MiLB Issues Statement Regarding On-Going Negotiations with MLB
September 30th, 2020 at 1:09 pm by Ron Cervenka D.G. Elmore, chairman of Minor League Baseball’s Professional Baseball Agreement negotiating committee, issued the following statement today: “For more than a century, Major League Baseball (MLB) and Minor League Baseball (MiLB) have worked together to grow the game of baseball into America’s Pastime. The current agreement between MLB and MiLB expires today. “Minor League Baseball’s […]
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Eye on the Prize – “World Series or Bust”
September 30th, 2020 at 9:00 am by 0799291000348 With the Wild Card Series now underway, players are starting to lock in and focus on the endgame after an interesting year. The COVID-19-shortened 60-game regular season was definitely fraught with risks and sacrifices for players and their families; so much so that some, like Dodgers left-hander David Price, elected to opt-out of the 2020 […]
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Game-5
September 30th, 2020 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka During Tuesday evening’s pre-Wild Card Series broadcast of SportsNet LA’s Emmy-winning Access SportsNet: Dodgers, show host John Hartung, former Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti, and former Dodger Jerry Hairston Jr. all agreed on one very significant point: Entering a best-of-three Wild Card Series is like entering Game-5 of a normal best-of-seven League Championship Series or […]
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LADF, Kershaws Award $300K to Liberty Hill’s California Funders for Boys and Men of Color
September 29th, 2020 at 10:00 am by Ron Cervenka * * * LADF, Dodgers Players Continue “In This Together” Commitment with #AmplifyingVoices and Listening Sessions * * * The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) announced today a $304,400 award to support Liberty Hill’s California Funders for Boys and Men of Color: Our Kids, Our Future Fund (CFBMoC). The funds include a generous match from Ellen and Clayton Kershaw, proceeds from the Dodgers Opening Day Black Lives Matter auction, and sales […]
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Another Record Year for Dodgers
September 29th, 2020 at 8:00 am by 0799291000348 It is almost October and the Dodgers are headed to the postseason yet again. Their first game will be against the Milwaukee Brewers, the 8th seed in the National League, on Wednesday night at 7:08 pm PST. This is a miracle in and of itself, considering there may not have even been a baseball season […]
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Move Over, Aaron Judge
September 28th, 2020 at 9:00 am by Jayann Kellogg Twenty-seven-year-old Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts has been showing us his best stuff on the field and at the plate throughout the COVID-19 shortened 2020 regular season. He has stolen ten bases this season and finished the regular season with a .292 batting average for the Dodgers. It was announced by several media sources last […]
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