Quick – What is your fondest memory when you were 18 years old? Chances are it involved something that happened when you were in high school or possibly involved someone you had a crush on at the time. Chances are even greater that it did not involve hitting a home run in a Major League […]
(Read More)Keeping It in the Family
When you peruse the list of the Dodgers 24 non-roster invitees to Spring Training 2025 and in addition to 23-year-old international superstar right-hander Roki Sasaki, there is one other name that jumps out at you. It is, of course, that of 24-year-old right-hander Jared Karros, who was selected by the Dodgers in the 16th round out of […]
Dodgers Announce Spring Training 2025 NRIs
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced their 2025 non-roster invitees to Major League Spring Training, including 13 pitchers, three catchers, four infielders and four outfielders. The group of 24 non-roster invitees that will be at Major League camp are right-handed pitchers Sam Carlson, Carlos Duran, Julian Fernandez, Giovanny Gallegos, Justin Jarvis, Jared Karros, Jack Little, Jose […]
Stop the Whining!
As you all know by now, Ichiro Suzuki was one vote short of a unanimous, first-ballot selection to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame class of 2025. There couldn’t be hanging chad, the ballots were old fashioned paper and pen/pencil. Were all of the mail ballots thoroughly checked; double and triple checked? There must […]
Remaining Roster Tweaking
With 23-year-old Roki Sasaki added to the Dodgers pitching staff, the team can now focus on tweaking the roster for their pursuit of the 2025 World Championship. Reportedly, there has been a subtle but very important change in the Dodgers player acquisition strategy. Andrew Friedman, the team’s President of Baseball Operations, was recently quoted that […]
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Big Shoes (Sort Of) Filled
March 2nd, 2024 at 9:30 am 
by Ron Cervenka When 35-year-old free agent future first-ballot Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw agreed to re-sign with the Dodgers instead of signing with the Texas Rangers to be closer to his Dallas, TX home, there was an audible sigh heard around the entire Dodgers baseball world. In doing so, it guaranteed that when the 10-time All-Star, five-time […]
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Music To Our Ears
March 1st, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Fans lucky enough to have tickets for the Dodgers Spring Training game against the Cleveland Guardians on Friday evening and/or against the Chicago Cubs on Saturday afternoon at Camelback Ranch will hear a familiar voice sound. Popular Dodger Stadium organist Dieter Ruehle will be at the keys of the Camelback Ranch organ to provide the […]
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As Advertised
February 29th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka When the Dodgers signed 25-year-old right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto to a 12-year / $325 million contract in late December, there were undoubtedly many Dodgers (and baseball) fans who immediately thought or said: “No one is worth that kind of money for that many years.” If you do the math (I’ll spare you), this averages out to […]
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Ohtani Gives Fans ‘What They Wanted’
February 28th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Come on, you knew it was going to happen. If you didn’t, you were one of very few. And even though it wasn’t one of those ridiculous monster shots he’s been hitting during batting practice this past week, it was Shohei Ohtani‘s first home run in a Dodgers uniform in an actual game, albeit a […]
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First Takeaways
February 26th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Jesse Pearce Veteran MLB fans know better than to place too much weight on a team’s Spring Training win-loss record, or player stats. In particular, when the early Cactus League game competition includes prospects with high numbers and no names on their game jerseys. But it’s always fun watching the Dodgers players perform well and the team […]
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No Bellinger Reunion With Dodgers
February 25th, 2024 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka Not that there was any chance of it happening anyway, but late Saturday evening it was (very) widely reported that popular former Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger had re-signed with the Chicago Cubs on a reported three-year/$80 million deal that includes opt-outs following the 2024 and 2025 seasons. As Dodgers fans well know, it was established […]
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Freddie Doing What Freddie Does
February 24th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka As a surprise to no one (at least it shouldn’t have been), in the bottom of the first inning on the very first pitch of his very first Spring Training 2024 at-bat on Friday afternoon at Camelback Ranch, Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman smoked a solo home run to left field off of 26-year-old San […]
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Dodgers Win By Two … Touchdowns
February 23rd, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka It was over before the first out was recorded in the top half of the first inning – a half inning that took a half hour to complete – and it was beautiful! …unless, of course, you are a Padres fan. In their first official game of Spring Training 2024, the Dodgers annihilated their division […]
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