Joe Kelly wasn’t on the Dodgers’ squad during the now infamous ‘17 World Series, so when Kelly arrived at Minute Maid Park for the team’s first road series this ‘20 season against the Astros, the slate was clean. Or so we thought. What felt like just another ballgame through the first six 1/3 innings then […]
(Read More)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 […]
Time to Hang It Up?
There comes a time in every baseball player’s life to hang up their bat, glove, and cleats. For some, it comes early when they struggle in Little League and decide to pursue other interests. For others, the time comes at higher levels of the sport – travel ball, high school, college, or the professional minor […]
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Thanks, Joe – We Needed that
July 29th, 2020 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka It was bound to happen. In fact, it’s what every Dodger fan on the planet has been waiting three years for. It wasn’t the beaning of an Astros player or a full-blown brawl against the same Astros team that cheated the Dodgers out of the 2017 World Series title by sign stealing, but it sent […]
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Wood to IL with shoulder inflammation, Sborz Recalled
July 28th, 2020 at 11:13 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have placed 29-year-old left-hander Alex Wood on the 10-day injured list with shoulder inflammation and have recalled 26-year-old right-hander Josh Sborz, the Dodgers announced on Tuesday. Wood appeared to be off a bit in his 2020 debut on Saturday, allowing three runs in his three innings of work against the San Francisco Giants at […]
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Baseball’s Worst Nightmare
July 28th, 2020 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Early Monday morning, nearly every national baseball reporter posted on Twitter that eight additional Miami Marlins players and two coaches had tested positive for COVID-19, including several who played on Sunday against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia … and then flew back to Miami on a commercial flight. Uh oh. Within […]
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No Bubble For MLB
July 27th, 2020 at 8:00 am by Jayann Kellogg Many fans are wondering how the Dodgers are going to stay safe when traveling for away games. There will be downtime for players before and after games, and MLB teams do not have “a bubble” set up like the NBA currently does in Orlando, Florida, in Walt Disney World. But even “a bubble” does not […]
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Cardboard Cutout Nearly Decapitated By Homerun Ball
July 26th, 2020 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka It was bound to happen sooner or later, and it did in the bottom of the ninth inning of Saturday afternoon’s game between the Dodgers and Giants at a fan-less Dodger Stadium. …almost fan-less. As most Dodger fans or anyone else who has watched any of the (thus far) three games at MLB’s third-oldest ballpark […]
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One Ugly Game
July 26th, 2020 at 8:00 am by 0799291000348 Dodgers manager Dave Roberts recently warned fans that there would be rough periods of play during the early part of the 2020 season. With an abbreviated Summer Camp and only three exhibition games, there were simply not enough competitive game situations for the players to be major-league ready by opening day. Doc nailed it. In […]
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Taylor OK After Collision with “Fire Hydrant”
July 25th, 2020 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka It was one of those things that immediately made you say “Oh [expletive]!” It happened with no outs in the bottom of the fifth inning of the Dodgers eventual 9-1 rout of the San Francisco Giants at a fan-less Dodger Stadium on Friday night when a generously-listed 6′-1″ / 195-pound Chris Taylor had a violent […]
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Cardboard Thoughts
July 24th, 2020 at 1:00 pm by Kevin Fagan I’ve been to several Opening Day games over the years, and they are always wonderful. Everyone is in a good mood and full of optimism. The Dodgers have been pretty good in Opening Day games of late, and that optimism has carried throughout the season. In some cities, that good mood only lasts until the […]
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“Kiké Carried Us Tonight”
July 24th, 2020 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka It was – hands down – the worst television broadcast of a Dodgers Opening Day ever. So bad, in fact, that the first at-bat of the single-most-important – (and only) game in nearly a year was completely missed because ESPN didn’t come back from commercial break until after Dodgers right-hander Dustin May had already made […]
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