Spring Training games have long been referred to as meaningless games, and understandably so. They have no bearing whatsoever on the MLB regular season standings or stats, nor on who will ultimately represent their respective leagues in the World Series. But prior to Monday’s meaningless Spring Training game between the Los Angeles Dodgers of Los […]
(Read More)Dodgers Pull Off Rare Feat
On August 28, 2006, the Dodgers did something that ranks right up there as among the rarest of feats in Major League Baseball, perhaps second only to pitching a perfect game. On that warm August evening in front of a Dodger Stadium crowd of 44,176, Grady Little‘s Dodgers had zero strikeouts in their combined 39 […]
Horseshoes and Hand Grenades
It’s a saying that we’ve all heard (or said) many times in out lives – “Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades” (along with the similar saying “Close, but no cigar”), but they most certainly do not count in the game of baseball. With his team trailing 3-1 and with two outs and the […]
Be Careful What You (Boo) For
This past off-season before it was officially announced – on social media – that the Dodgers had signed superstar future Hall of Famer Shohei Ohtani to a 10-year/$700-million contract, there were reports – on social media – that the extremely popular 29-year-old Oshu, Japan native had boarded a plane and was en route to Toronto, Canada […]
Let the Kids Play
Good thinks happen when you let the kids play. In his second start of the season on Wednesday afternoon against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, 26-year-old Dodgers right-hander Landon Knack allowed two runs on two hits, while walking three and striking out five in the Dodgers 11-2 win to earn his first Major League […]
‘She Is Gone!’
It is a phrase that Dodger fans love to hear: “She is gone!” It is, of course, a phrase made popular by Hall of Fame Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully to describe a Dodger home run and is still used today by many (most) radio and television baseball broadcasters. On Tuesday evening, extremely popular Dodgers designated […]
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It’s Miller’s Time
March 25th, 2024 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka If there were any doubts about 24-year-old Dodgers right-hander Bobby Miller being ready for the 2024 regular season, there certainly shouldn’t be now. All the Elk Grove Village, IL native and Dodgers first round draft pick in 2020 out of the University of Louisville did in his final tune-up of the Spring in Game-1 of the […]
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Some Days It Rains
March 24th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka As Angelenos know all too well, 2024 has been among the wettest on record, especially for those living in the Palos Verdes region of the Southland. And wouldn’t you know it, there is a chance of rain, albeit slight, in today’s forecast right around 4 p.m., when the Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles and […]
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A Ride for a Ride
March 22nd, 2024 at 4:00 pm by Ron Cervenka During Wednesday’s 2024 regular season opener between the Dodgers and the San Diego Padres at Gocheok Sky Dome in South Korea, former Dodgers outfielder and current Dodgers AM 570 radio broadcaster Rick Monday told listener that whoever hits the first home run of the new season would win a brand new Hyundai IONIQ 5 electric car, […]
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Two Games Does Not A Season Make, But…
March 21st, 2024 at 1:00 pm by Ron Cervenka It would be ludicrous to judge a Major League Baseball team after only two regular season games. But it would also be negligent to ignore some potential early warning signs; not for the purpose of reassignment or DFA-ing, but hopefully to work on and correct those early warning sign issues – say, like, committing two […]
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Finally…
March 19th, 2024 at 10:06 am by Ron Cervenka “It’s Tiiiiime For Dodgers Baseball!” Play Ball! * * * * * *
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Takin’ It To The Max
March 18th, 2024 at 11:30 am by Ron Cervenka Fact: Baseball was never intended to be watched at 3 a.m., unless, of course, it is to continue watching an extra inning game that began during normal baseball-watching hours. Fact: South Korea’s Kiwoom Heroes were no match for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who bested them by a score of 5-2 at the beautiful Gocheok Sky […]
(Read More)Freddie’s Ready
March 17th, 2024 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka Even though Saturday’s game between the Dodgers and South Korea’s Kiwoom Heroes at the Gocheok Sky Dome was only a Spring Training Game, in no way was it your typical “Meaningless Spring Training Game,” as they are often called – not by any stretch of the imagination. It was the first of two exhibition games […]
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Final Spring Training Observations and Musings
March 16th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Jesse Pearce Let’s get right to it. No concern for full names of Dodgers stars and veterans, grammar, paragraph structure, punctuation, etc. Here are some random observations and musings about the Dodgers 2024 Cactus League performance: Expect a trade (or more), with catcher Hunter Feduccia, outfielder Miguel Vargas, and pitchers Matt Gage, Michael Grove, and Ricky Vanasco […]
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이제 다저스 야구를 할 시간이다
March 15th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka According to Google, that’s “Its Time for Dodger Baseball” in Korean. (I’ll just have to take their word for it). Regardless, the Dodgers landed safely at Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea very early (PDT) on Friday morning, ahead of Wednesday’s and Thursday’s 2024 regular season opener against the San Diego Padres at Gocheok […]
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