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 […]
(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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Kershaw Scratched as Dodgers Opening Day Starter
July 23rd, 2020 at 4:31 pm 
by Ron Cervenka Just moments before Dodger manager Dave Roberts was scheduled to begin his 3:00 p.m. Zoom press conference, Twitter exploded with news that 32-year-old Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw had been scratched from his Opening Day start at Dodger Stadium due to back stiffness he suffered while working out in the weight room on Tuesday. “It was […]
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Dodgers Announce Opening Day 30-Man Roster
July 23rd, 2020 at 10:38 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have announced their Opening Day 30-man roster for the 2020 COVID-19-shortened 60-game regular season, which begins tonight at 7:08 p.m. (PT) against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium. Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman made the announcement. Here is the Dodgers 2020 Opening Day 30-man roster by position: Pitchers (16): Scott […]
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Betts Deal The Right Move At The Right Time
July 23rd, 2020 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka It hasn’t even been 24 hours since the Dodgers announced that they had signed superstar outfielder Mookie Betts to an incredible 12-year / $365 million contract extension that will run through the 2032 season. Yet since that announcement, much has already been said, written, tweeted, Facebooked, Instagrammed, texted (etc.) about the single largest transaction in […]
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Dodgers Reportedly Nearing Mega-Deal With Mookie Betts
July 22nd, 2020 at 9:15 am by Ron Cervenka It was being widely report early Wednesday morning that the Dodgers are nearing a multi-million-dollar contract extension with four-time All-Star, four-time Gold Glover, three-time Silver Slugger, 2018 AL MVP, 2018 MLB Player of the Year, 2018 Wilson Overall Defensive Player of the Year and 2018 World Series champion Mookie Betts. Although there has been no official […]
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Dodgers Starting Rotation Set for 2020 Season Opener
July 22nd, 2020 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka I will be the first to admit that I was wrong that a COVID-19-shortened season would actually happen. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts might be the second. “You don’t have to look too far back to think that this day was ever going to happen,” Roberts told reporters, following Tuesday night’s pre-season exhibition game against the […]
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Opening Day Will Be Bittersweet This Year
July 21st, 2020 at 9:00 am by Edith Noriega After everything that has transpired these last seven months, Opening Day will finally see the light of day on Thursday, July 23. Opening Day is the day when fans across the U.S. make the trek to the ballpark, feast their eyes on the traditions of America’s pastime while relishing on all the new foods. But […]
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Kershaw – “Don’t Be That Guy”
July 21st, 2020 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Just like (almost) everyone else who has been interviewed by the media (via Zoom) during Spring Training-2, Dodgers ace and future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw was asked about playing baseball during the worst pandemic to hit the planet in over a century. And just like (almost) everyone else, he urges people to be responsible […]
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“That’s One Small Step for a Man, One Giant Leap for Mankind.”
July 20th, 2020 at 10:00 am by Ron Cervenka For those who follow this site with any regularity, you know that we try to avoid ‘I / We’-type articles, although this isn’t always possible with the talented and diverse writing staff that ThinkBlue LA is blessed to have. This is one of those ‘I / We’ articles, and it involves Hall of Fame broadcaster […]
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Jansen Not a Fan of Fake Crowd Noise
July 20th, 2020 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka During his daily Zoom press conference on Sunday afternoon, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was asked – yet again – what he thought about the artificial crowd noise being pumped into an empty Dodger Stadium during his team’s intrasquad games. His answer – yet again – was: “It’s better than nothing.” The same cannot be said […]
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