If ever there were a ‘pick your poison’ situation for 72-year-old Angels manager Ron Washington, this was it. With the score tied at 2-2 after nine, Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy led off the top of the 10th inning by grounding out to Angels second baseman Brandon Drury to advanced Dodgers placed runner Tommy Edman […]
(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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Beyond The Babe?
September 3rd, 2024 at 11:45 am 
by Ron Cervenka Dodger fans are blessed to be alive during the Shohei Ohtani era. They are even more blessed that he will (presumably) be wearing a Dodger uniform through the 2033 season. Simply put, the 30-year-old Oshu, Japan native is our generation’s Babe Ruth … only better. A bit bold and presumptuous, you say? Perhaps, but consider this: […]
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The New Guy
September 1st, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka It was another one of those “Remember the time…” games that Dodgers fans will be talking about for years to come. In this case, it will be “Remember the time the Dodgers led off that game against the Arizona Diamondbacks with back-to-back-to-back home runs?” Those three-back-jacks came courtesy of Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, right fielder […]
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Good News / Bad News For Dodgers
August 31st, 2024 at 10:00 am by Ron Cervenka It was a Good News / Bad News night for the National League West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in their nail-biting 10-9 win over their division-rival second-place Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Friday night. The good (great) news is that in addition to that win, 30-year-old international superstar Shohei Ohtani became the first player […]
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No Big Deal, Right?
August 30th, 2024 at 9:15 am by Ron Cervenka Over the course of a 162-game regular season, winning – or losing – one game is no big deal, right? Yeah, well, try telling that to this 53,203 who were on hand at Dodger Stadium on Thursday night, or to the millions more watching on television or listening on the radio, as the NL West […]
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Buehler’s Back
August 29th, 2024 at 9:02 am by Ron Cervenka Make no mistake about it, Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler is back. In his 11th start since missing considerable time recovering from his second Tommy John surgery on August 15, 2022, the 30-year-old Lexington, KY native and Dodgers first-round draft pick in 2015 out of Vanderbilt was outstanding in his 4.2-inning start, allowing four runs (two […]
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‘We’ll Be Ready To Go Tomorrow’
August 28th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka It’s a painfully familiar equation for Dodger fans: LOB + RISP = Loss. During Tuesday’s 3-2 loss to the American League East second place Baltimore Orioles in front of a sold out Dodger Stadium crowd of 52,382, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts‘ team went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position, while leaving seven men on base. […]
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The American League’s Ohtani
August 27th, 2024 at 5:00 pm by Ron Cervenka Almost every night, Dodger fans witness something incredible – if not historic – from international superstar Shohei Ohtani. The 30-year-old Oshu, Japan native leads the National League in home runs (41), runs scored (100), SLG (.625), OPS (.994), and Total Bases (312). For good measure, he leads the Dodgers in At-Bats (507), hits (148), triples […]
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Dodgers Release Jason Heyward
August 27th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka On August 20, 2024, 35-year-old 15-year MLB veteran outfielder Jason Heyward hit what many consider to be the single biggest home run of the 2024 season in the Dodgers exciting 6-3 win over the Seattle Mariners, a game-winning 372-foot three-run blast into the visitors right field bullpen in front of a Dodger Stadium crowd of […]
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Pick Your Poison
August 26th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Even though it (presumably) wasn’t intentional, Tampa Bay Rays left-hander Richard Lovelady hitting Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani on his left forearm with a 91.8-MPH sinker to lead off the bottom of the eighth inning on a 2-1 count with the scored tied at 1-1 was not a good idea. It did, however, cause the […]
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