When 30-year-old Dodgers international superstar Shohei Ohtani was announced by Dodger Stadium PA announcer Todd Leitz as he was preparing to step in the batters box to lead off the bottom of the first inning of Friday night’s game against the visiting Colorado Rockies, the crowd of 49,073 gave the Oshu, Japan native a very long […]
(Read More)Kershaw to the Rescue – Again
Under the category of: Thanks, we needed that, Dodgers ace and future first-ballot Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw gave his team what Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said was “…clearly his best outing yet,” in the Dodgers 7-3 win over the NL Central second-place St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Sunday. “The command was much […]
Strap In and Hang On
Here’s the deal. Between Friday, June 6 and Thursday, June 19, the NL West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers will play 16 games, with a scheduled off day on Thursday, June 12. Of those 16 games, seven will be against the NL West second-place San Diego Padres – the first three at Petco Park June 9-11, […]
What’s Missing?
The Dodgers are tenuously holding on to first place in the National League’s Western Division, they are loaded with talent – four players are legit candidates for the Hall of Fame. But, there are too many games where fans watch uninspired Dodgers baseball. Foolish errors of omission and commission, hitters flailing away at pitches as […]
Muncy Reaches Milestone
Hitting 200 home runs is a highly respected and significant accomplishment over the course of a Major League career, which, of course, means hitting 201 is even better. During Saturday’s 18-2 pounding of the AL East first-place New York Yankees by the NL West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in front of a Dodger Stadium crowd […]
Hollywood Stuff
It was as if they had read it from a Hollywood script – and it was epic. With one out and on the third pitch that New York Yankees right fielder and future Hall of Famer Aaron Judge saw from struggling Dodgers right-hander Tony Gonsolin (an 89.7-MPH slider right down Broadway, no pun intended), the […]
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One of One
September 20th, 2024 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka He did it and he made it look easy, although it most certainly was not. In what will be remember as one of the single greatest Major League Baseball games ever played, 30-year-old international superstar Shohei Ohtani became the first player in MLB history to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a […]
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Eleven To Make Two
September 18th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Dodgers international superstar Shohei Ohtani‘s third-inning two-run home run against the Miami Marlins on Tuesday was his 48th of the season. This, along with his 47th and 48th stolen bases against the Chicago Cubs on September 11, puts him two away from 50-50 in both categories, which no player in MLB history has ever done. […]
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As Advertised
September 17th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka If you were among those skeptical as to whether or not 26-year-old Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto had fully recovered from his June 15 rotator cuff strain, you: Making his second start since returning from the IL, the highly touted Bizen, Japan native once again lived up to the hype that landed him his lofty 12 year […]
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Boy Did He (We) Need That!
September 16th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka With the Dodgers having lost 31-year-old right-handed Tyler Glasnow for the remainder of the season due to a sprained right elbow, and with their starting rotation in a bit of disarray of late, they needed – absolutely needed – a strong start from 30-year-old right-hander Walker Buehler, as he continues to work his way back […]
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It’s All About the Money
September 15th, 2024 at 11:00 am by Ron Cervenka It is a topic that comes up every time a team playing Our National Pastime at its highest level, including one considered by many to be among the best in the game today with one with the highest payrolls in the game today: Should teams having their lunches being handed to them (I cleaned that […]
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LA’s New Tank
September 14th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka It was only a matter of time. Because of his Ruthian-like seven weeks since being traded to the Dodgers from the St.Louis Cardinals on July 29, teammates Miguel Rojas and Gavin Lux began calling 29-year-old Dodgers utility infielder Tommy Edman “Tommy Tanks,” which quickly caught on in the Dodgers clubhouse and dugout. In the 22 […]
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Ohtani Becomes MLB’s First 46/46 Player
September 9th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka It was never a matter of if, but when. The when came during the NL West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers’ 4-0 win over the AL Central first-place Cleveland Guardians in front of a (mostly happy) Dodger Stadium crowd of 44,207, when 30-year-old international superstar Shohei Ohtani slugged his 46th home run of the season; this […]
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Another Game-Winner For Lux
September 8th, 2024 at 11:30 am by Ron Cervenka With 20 regular-season games remaining for the Dodgers in 2024, utility infielder/outfielder Gavin Lux is slashing a respectable .251/.313/.393/.706, with 10 home runs. However, the 26-year-old Kenosha, WI native and Dodgers first-round draft pick in 2016 out of Indian Trail High School in Kenosha has driven in 46 runs in the 121 games in which he […]
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‘Unacceptable’
September 5th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Immediately following Dodgers right-hander Bobby Miller‘s 11th start of the 2024 regular season which ended in an ugly 10-1 loss to the Angels of Anaheim at The Big A on Wednesday night, a noticeably annoyed Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters that the performance of the 25-year-old Elk Grove Village, IL native and Dodgers first-round draft […]
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