It was a game of which Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said: “That was, shoot, that was probably the highlight for me of the season thus far.” The “that” was an eighth-inning two-out 372-foot game-winning three-run pinch-hit home run by 35-year-old/ 15year MLB veteran outfielder Jason Heyward into the visitor’s right field bullpen in front of […]
(Read More)A Good Day
It’s been a long row to hoe, but if Saturday’s 11-5 Dodgers win over the hated division-rival San Francisco Giants is any indication, it is abundantly clear that 37-year-old Dodgers future first ballot Hall of Fame left-hander Clayton Kershaw is back to his old self. The Dallas, TX native and Dodgers first-round draft pick in […]
Biggest Series of the Season?
The Dodgers will enter this weekend’s three-game series against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium exactly 1.0 games ahead of … the San Francisco Giants. Although the Dodgers will have 90 regular-season games remaining following Sunday’s series finale against The Hated Ones, the significance of this series cannot be understated or ignored. In other […]
Haters Gonna Hate
Following the Dodgers ugly 11-1 loss to the San Diego Padres on Tuesday, @MLB Now posted this on social media (X.com): No seriously, they really did. Although @MLBNow is a reputable social media site, there may be some – perhaps even many – who see this as yet another anti-Dodgers post. The cold hard truth […]
Ouch
Not much to say about this one except ouch. With the loss, the Dodgers now have a precarious half-game lead over the (now) second-place San Francisco Giants, who have won six straight. Ouch. Play ball! * * * * * *
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 […]
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Stone Has Career Night Despite ‘The Kershaw Treatment’
August 20th, 2024 at 9:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka When 25-year-old Dodgers rookie right-hander Gavin Stone retired 24 Seattle Mariners batters over his stellar seven innings of two-hit shutout baseball before receiving any run support, many Dodger fans said – or at least thought – “Oh, great, he’s getting the Kershaw Treatment” – i.e., pitching a career game while his teammates’ bats remain silent. […]
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Ryan To Undergo Tommy John Surgery
August 13th, 2024 at 12:11 pm by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers broke the news late Tuesday morning what a good many Dodger fans have been expecting – that what Dodgers manager Dave Roberts initially told reporters was “forearm tightness“ in the right arm of 25-year-old Dodgers rookie right-hander River Ryan will require a full ligament replacement (Tommy John surgery) to repair. This from Dodgers beat writer […]
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Vintage Kershaw
August 13th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Dodgers ace and future first-ballot Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw celebrated his 36th birthday back on March 19. And while 36 certainly isn’t considered old for most people, in baseball years, it’s nearing senior citizenship. In Monday’s start against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field in Milwaukee, old Clayton Kershaw showed the 33,628 on […]
(Read More) Worst Fears Realized For Dodgers Right-Hander
August 12th, 2024 at 8:30 am by Ron Cervenka As a surprise to no one (except perhaps Dodgers manager Dave Roberts), the Dodgers worst nightmare was confirmed prior to Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, when the Dodgers skipper told reporters that what he had initially described as “forearm tightness“ in the right arm of 25-year-old Dodgers rookie right-hander River Ryan, for which he […]
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‘You’ve Got a Friend’
August 12th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka * * * You just call out my name And you know, wherever I am I’ll come runnin’ To see you again Winter, spring, summer or fall All you have to do is call And I’ll be there You’ve got a friend. ‘You’ve Got a Friend’ – Carole King – 1971 * […]
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‘Murphy’s Law’ Strikes Dodgers
August 11th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Murphy’s Law says it all: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time” The absolute LAST thing the Dodgers needed was another injury to one of their starting pitchers. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what they got on Saturday, when soon-to-be (on August 17) 26-year-old right-hander River Ryan suffered […]
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Buehler’s Next Start Likely With Dodgers
August 9th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Thirty-year-old Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler made what was probably his final rehab start on Thursday evening at Triple-A Oklahoma City, as he works his way back from his August 23, 2022 (second) Tommy John surgery and right hip inflammation. The Lexington, KY native and Dodgers first round draft pick in 2015 out of Vanderbilt University allowed […]
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Amateur Call By Veteran Ump Costs Dodgers
August 8th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Fifty-three-year-old Hunter Wendelstedt has been a Major League umpire since 1998 and has long been considered among the better umpires in the league. Not any more. During Wednesday’s game between the NL West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers and NL East first-place Philadelphia Phillies in front of a Dodger Stadium crowd of 45,003 (and millions more watching on television […]
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Dodgers Lose Their ‘Bazooka’
August 7th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka It is an image that will remain etched in the hearts and minds of Dodger fans for a very log time. It is the image of 25-year-old Dodgers right-hander Brusdar Graterol being helped off the field by teammate Kiké Hernández and Dodgers head trainer Thomas Albert with tears in his eyes after suffering an injury […]
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