On Sunday evening, Stephen Strasburg and the rest of the Washington Nationals sat on their couches at home watching the first game of the 2012 NLCS on TV while the St. Louis Cardinals were playing in it. Just as the Texas Rangers had done in game-6 of the 2011 World Series, the Nationals watched their playoff hopes go up […]
(Read More)Strap In and Hang On
Here’s the deal. Between Friday, June 6 and Thursday, June 19, the NL West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers will play 16 games, with a scheduled off day on Thursday, June 12. Of those 16 games, seven will be against the NL West second-place San Diego Padres – the first three at Petco Park June 9-11, […]
What’s Missing?
The Dodgers are tenuously holding on to first place in the National League’s Western Division, they are loaded with talent – four players are legit candidates for the Hall of Fame. But, there are too many games where fans watch uninspired Dodgers baseball. Foolish errors of omission and commission, hitters flailing away at pitches as […]
Muncy Reaches Milestone
Hitting 200 home runs is a highly respected and significant accomplishment over the course of a Major League career, which, of course, means hitting 201 is even better. During Saturday’s 18-2 pounding of the AL East first-place New York Yankees by the NL West first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in front of a Dodger Stadium crowd […]
Hollywood Stuff
It was as if they had read it from a Hollywood script – and it was epic. With one out and on the third pitch that New York Yankees right fielder and future Hall of Famer Aaron Judge saw from struggling Dodgers right-hander Tony Gonsolin (an 89.7-MPH slider right down Broadway, no pun intended), the […]
Dodgers Make Head-Scratching Move
To say that the Dodgers bullpen is a mess would be a gross understatement. As we all painfully witnessed in Wednesday’s ugly loss to the AL Central second-place Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field, 30-year-old Dodgers left-hander Tanner Scott not only blew the save of what should have been future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw‘s first […]
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Down on the Farm – Ogden Raptors Year in Review
October 14th, 2012 at 6:09 am 
by Harold Uhlman The Ogden Raptors are the Dodgers’ Rookie League team in the Pioneer league. The Raptors are an advanced rookie team that became affiliated with the Dodgers in 2003. Prior to that, the Ogden team was an affiliate of the Brewers. The Raptors are gifted with one of the most beautiful settings for a baseball park […]
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Early Observations from the Arizona Fall League
October 13th, 2012 at 12:49 pm by Ron Cervenka With a very long off-season looming and the unpleasant thought of no baseball until spring training 2013, I decided to make the 5 1/2 hour drive over to Phoenix to take in three 2012 Arizona Fall League games. As has been well documented here on ThinkBlueLA.com over the past week, there are six teams in the […]
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The Arizona Fall League
October 12th, 2012 at 3:59 am by Harold Uhlman Play in the Arizona Fall League has begun again, marking its 20th anniversary. Play started on Tuesday, October 9th and the AFL season will wrap up with the league’s championship game slated for Saturday, Nov. 17th at Scottsdale Stadium. In between those dates, thirty -two games will be played by all six teams in the […]
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The Defining Moment
October 11th, 2012 at 9:43 am by Ron Cervenka Without exception, every post season series has a defining moment – that one single moment or play that changes the eventual outcome of the entire series, one way or the other. It could be something as simple as a key Dave Roberts stolen base or something as spectacular as a James Loney grand slam, Jeff Kent […]
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Ynoa Shines in AFL Debut
October 10th, 2012 at 9:05 am by Ron Cervenka Dodgers second base prospect Rafael Ynoa went 2 for 4 with an RBI for the Mesa Solar Sox in a very well played 6-5 losing effort in Tuesday evening’s AFL season opener against the Salt River Rafters at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. Ynoa, one of nine Dodgers prospects selected for the Arizona Fall League, also […]
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Dodgers Well Represented in 2012 Arizona Fall League
October 9th, 2012 at 5:43 am by Ron Cervenka The 2012 Arizona Fall League kicks off its 20th season Tuesday afternoon throughout the greater Phoenix area. The AFL (as it is called) is comprised of six teams made up from top prospects from each of the 30 MLB teams. Many former AFL players have gone on to enjoy successful careers in the MLB and […]
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I’m Lovin’ It!
October 8th, 2012 at 9:03 am by Ron Cervenka I’m lovin’ it and I’m not talking about a Big Mac. I’m talking about the pure, unadulterated satisfaction and enjoyment that I am getting in watching San Francisco Giants fans suffer in anguish as their team is crashing and burning. I know that the Good book says that we’re not supposed to hate anyone or […]
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2013 Season Already Under Way for Dodgers Brass (part-3)
October 7th, 2012 at 12:36 pm by Ron Cervenka (Part three of a three-part series) Stan Kasten is a people person – he absolutely loves people and it shows. The Dodgers president and CEO is, hands down, the most visible member of the Guggenheim Baseball Management Group and very approachable. While Earvin “Magic” Johnson may be ‘the face of the franchise’ and clearly the […]
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2013 Season Already Under Way for Dodgers Brass (part-2)
October 6th, 2012 at 1:12 pm by Ron Cervenka (Part two of a three-part series) Throughout the course of the 2012 season (and seasons past), I have probably called Ned Colletti every name in the book. “You did what? You traded Rubby De La Rosa, Nathan Eovaldi, Josh Lindblom, Jerry Sands, Leon Landry, Allen Webster and Logan Bawcom? You’re an idiot!” I mean, nobody […]
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