On Wednesday the Dodgers announced their coaching staff for the upcoming 2025 season. Coming off their 2024 World Series win over the New York Yankees (and as surprise to no one), the 2025 Dodgers brain trust will remain basically unchanged. I use the word ‘basically’ because, although the names remains the same, several of their […]
(Read More)May The Beast Be With You
The 2025 Dodgers are off to their best regular season start in LA franchise history at 7-0. In fact, the only two other Dodgers teams off to a better start were the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers at 10-0 and the 1940 Brooklyn Dodgers at 9-0. But Tuesday’s eventual 3-1 Dodgers win over the (now) 0-6 Atlanta […]
Centerfield
* * * “Oh, put me in coachI’m ready to play today.Put me in coachI’m ready to play today.Look at me, I can be, centerfield” Centerfield – John Fogerty – 1985 * * * * It may seem odd to consider what tweaking the Dodgers roster may need after winning their first seven […]
Torpedo Bats – Gift or Gimmick?
It’s the buzz of of Major League Baseball this season – the Torpedo bat. While some may see the uniquely designed MLB-approved bats as just another gimmick reminiscent of the Wonderboy bat from the 1984 hit movie The Natural starring Robert Redford, a growing number of players – and fans – see them as the […]
Don’t Nobody Say Nothin’
Following the Dodgers dominating 7-3 win over the Detroit Tigers in front of a Dodger Stadium crowd of 51,788 on Saturday evening, the popular baseball statistics site OptaSTATS posted this on X.com: Three of those seven historic Dodgers runs came on solo home runs by Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman (his second) in the bottom […]
Mookie Love
If you missed Friday night’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Detroit Tigers, you not only missed an exciting game, you also missed a history-making game. The box score reads an 8-5 Dodgers win in 10 innings, but a closer look reveals that the Dodgers tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom […]
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News We’ve All Been Waiting For
February 2nd, 2025 at 8:30 am 
by Ron Cervenka Although it may have gone unspoken by many, it was something that has been on the mind of every Dodgers fan on the planet since the final out of the 2024 World Series was recorded on October 30, 2024 – two somethings, actually: For those at The Ravine for DodgerFest 2025 on Saturday (or watching […]
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It is ON!
January 30th, 2025 at 12:30 pm by Ron Cervenka WHAT: The Dodgers will host DodgerFest presented by Budweiser on Saturday, February 1 to help kick off the 2025 season. The event features live entertainment, behind-the-scenes experiences, food, drinks and the chance to meet the newest Dodgers. A portion of ticket proceeds will go to the relief effort for the Los Angeles wildfires. For the second […]
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Keeping It in the Family
January 28th, 2025 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka 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 […]
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Dodgers Announce Spring Training 2025 NRIs
January 25th, 2025 at 10:00 am by Ron Cervenka 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 […]
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Stop the Whining!
January 25th, 2025 at 8:15 am by Jesse Pearce 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 […]
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Remaining Roster Tweaking
January 18th, 2025 at 8:30 am by Jesse Pearce 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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Done Deal
January 17th, 2025 at 4:31 pm by Ron Cervenka * * * * * * * Play Ball! * * * * * *
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Taylors Invite Fans to Join Polar Plunge
January 16th, 2025 at 2:03 pm by Ron Cervenka Popular Dodgers utility infielder/outfielder Chris Taylor and his wife Mary are set to host their second annual Polar Plunge event on Sunday, February 2 at 10 a.m. at the Manhattan Beach Pier. Given the severity of the recent L.A. wildfires, the Taylors and their CT3 Foundation have decided to contribute a significant percentage of proceeds […]
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No Surprise Here
January 13th, 2025 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka If you had been asked who you thought would be the first Dodger player to make a donation in support of the massive firefighting efforts in Los Angeles right now, chances are exceptionally good that your answer would have been 35-year-old Dodgers future Hall of Fame first baseman Freddie Freeman – and you would have […]
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