Although the Dodgers playoff hopes are hanging by a thread and their fate is no longer solely in their hands, they are playing as good of baseball right now as they have all season. Too little too late? Probably. But some pretty incredible stuff has been happening with this ball club during the past week and especially […]
(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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John Ely Credits Hard Work and Commitment for Success
September 29th, 2012 at 11:16 am 
by Ron Cervenka Prior to Friday night’s game at Dodger Stadium, right-handed pitcher John Ely and outfielder Joc Pederson were presented with the 2012 Branch Rickey Award for being the top pitcher and player within the Dodgers minor league system. Named after the legendary former Dodger executive who broke baseball’s color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson, the Branch Rickey […]
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Rockies Could Be Bigger Challenge for Dodgers than the Giants
September 28th, 2012 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka No one can argue that it is going to take a miracle for the Dodgers to win the final NL Wild Card spot. Simply put, the Dodgers must win out the season and need the Cardinals to lose four of their final six games or the Dodgers will be watching the playoffs on TV instead of being in […]
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Ely & Pederson Named Dodgers Minor League Pitcher & Player of the Year
September 27th, 2012 at 4:07 pm by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have named right-handed pitcher John Ely and outfielder Joc Pederson as the Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher and Player of the Year, respectively. General Manager Ned Colletti made the announcement. Ely, 26, was selected as the Triple-A Pacific Coast League’s 2012 Pitcher of the Year by vote of the league’s managers and media […]
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Did Secret Deal Between McCourt and MLB Fuel Spending Spree by New Dodgers Owners?
September 27th, 2012 at 12:31 pm by Ron Cervenka Bloomberg Businessweek is reporting that former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt entered into a secret agreement with Major League Baseball which reportedly may limit the revenue the team is obliged to share with less prosperous clubs. According to a Bloomberg News article released earlier today, the settlement that ended McCourt’s 2011 battle in U.S. Bankruptcy Court gives […]
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Seven
September 27th, 2012 at 9:54 am by Ron Cervenka Seven – it’s as simple as that. With only seven regular season games remaining for the Dodgers, they absolutely positively must win every one of them to have any chance at winning the second and final NL Wild Card spot. This is not a 5 out of 7 or 6 out of 7 thing, this is […]
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Eric Gagne Releases Non Tell-All Book
September 26th, 2012 at 7:13 pm by Ron Cervenka Come on, you knew it was bound to happen. You knew that it was only a matter of time – that a former Dodger from the “steroid era” would be out to try make a quick buck by writing a so-called tell-all book. You also knew, or at least should have, that it would be someone […]
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A.J. Ellis Wins Seventh Annual Roy Campanella Award
September 26th, 2012 at 9:36 am by Ron Cervenka Catcher voted “Most Inspirational Dodger” by his teammates and coaches The Dodgers have announced that catcher A.J. Ellis was named the winner of the seventh annual Roy Campanella Award, which is given to the Dodger player who best exemplifies the spirit and leadership of the late Hall of Fame catcher. The award, which was voted […]
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What was your Favorite Game of 2012?
September 26th, 2012 at 1:00 am by Ron Cervenka As a lifelong die-hard Dodger fan and longtime Dodgers season ticket holder who attends nearly every home game, I will be at all 6 remaining home games rooting on my favorite team, this in spite of the fact that I have absolutely zero hope whatsoever that the Dodgers will win the second Wild Card spot […]
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No Trouble with this Curve
September 25th, 2012 at 12:20 am by Ron Cervenka With last Sunday’s Dodgers game being the nationally televised ESPN game with a 5 PM (PT) start time, I had some time to kill before the game so I went to see Clint Eastwood’s new movie Trouble with the Curve. Now I have to tell you that I am and always have been a huge Clint Eastwood fan dating […]
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