It was déjà vu all over again. Anyone who saw Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman‘s historic walk-off grand slam home run against the New York Yankees in Game-1 of the 2024 World Series at Dodger Stadium on Friday night, and let’s be honest here, what true baseball fan did not, had an immediate flashback to […]
(Read More)No Surprise Here
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 […]
Great Scott!
* * * * * * * Four years, $80 million! Those are the reported contract numbers that 30-year-old free agent southpaw reliever Tanner Scott is seeking to sign with a MLB team. While that may be Scott’s starting point in negotiations, it isn’t an unreasonable expectation considering that MLB is going through […]
All Is Well in the Universe
Early Friday afternoon, the Dodgers officially announced that they had re-signed extremely popular 32-year-old outfielder/designated hitter Teoscar Hernández to a three-year/$66 million contract extension that will keep him in Dodger Blue through the 2027 season. “I was going to do everything in my power to come back. For me, money wasn’t an issue,” the Cotui, Dominican […]
Waiting on Roki Sasaki
Why are January 15 and 23, 2025 dates important to the Dodgers completing their roster for the upcoming MLB season? January 15 is the first day of the 2025 international signing period when all MLB teams reset their respective bonus pools. Signing before the 15th greatly reduces Roki Sasaki’s earning potential as a posted NPB […]
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Right Man, Right Time
October 26th, 2024 at 7:00 am 
by Jesse Pearce If you have been a sports fan for any significant period of time, you’re familiar with the axiom – “The right man, in the right place, at the right time.” Kirk Gibson was that guy in the first game of the 1988 World Series, and Freddie Freeman was the man 36 years later in Game […]
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God Has A New Left-Hander
October 23rd, 2024 at 7:30 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers and entire baseball world continue to mourn the passing of beloved Dodger great and Spanish radio broadcaster Fernando Valenzuela, who passed away on Tuesday evening. The heartbreaking news came shortly after 8 PM PDT on Tuesday via social media, generating a flood of heartfelt replies and personal stories about the popular Navojoa, Mexico native […]
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THIS is Why You Always Bring Your Glove
October 22nd, 2024 at 10:00 am by Ron Cervenka If you have been to Dodger Stadium over the past 10 to 15 seasons, you have undoubtedly seen him. His name is Steve Mears but he is more affectionately known as “Moneyball Steve,” and he is arguably one of the most prolific collectors of baseball memorabilia, especially of baseballs; more specifically, home run baseballs. He […]
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As It Should Be
October 21st, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Although the National League East Division Champion New York Mets made the 2024 National League Championship Series interesting, there was never really much doubt that it would be the NL West Division Champion Los Angeles Dodgers who would represent the National League in the 2024 World Series against the American League Champion New York Yankees […]
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A Recipe For Disaster
October 19th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka You can’t expect to win a game at baseball’s highest level, especially during the postseason, when you do this: This is what the National League West Division champion Los Angeles Dodgers, the team considered by many to be the best in the game, did in their embarrassing 12-6 loss to the NL East Division champion […]
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Kiké Gonna Kiké
October 18th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Thursday night’s 10-2 pounding of the National League East champion New York Mets by the National League West champion Los Angeles Dodgers in front of a Citi Field crowd of 43,882 in Game-3 of the 2024 National League Championship Series will best be remembered for the monster 422-foot home run into the second deck by […]
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The New ‘Mr. October’
October 17th, 2024 at 10:00 am by Ron Cervenka Fans who have followed Major League Baseball for a while most certainly remember Hall of Fame outfielder Reggie Jackson. The oft-controversial Abington, PA native and first round draft pick in 1966 by the (then) Kansas City Athletics out of Arizona State University spent a remarkable 21 seasons in the Bigs – 10 with the A’s, five […]
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‘Twas Casey at the Bat
October 16th, 2024 at 11:00 am by Ron Cervenka International superstar Shohei Ohtani is 2-for-7 (.286) with three walks and two strikeouts in his 10 plate appearances through the first two games of the 2024 National League Championship Series. Although most Major Leaguers would kill for a .286 NLCS batting average, it is rather un-Ohtani-like and brought to mind the timeless classic poem ‘Casey […]
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The One We’ve Been Waiting For
October 15th, 2024 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka It was quick and it was subtle. And unless you turned on the Fox pregame show half an hour before Game-2 of the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets at Dodger Stadium on Monday afternoon, you missed it. For those who did miss it, Hall of Famer, 10-time […]
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