The Dodgers have reinstated right-handed pitcher Rubby De La Rosa from the 60-day disabled list and optioned right-handed pitcher Javy Guerra to Triple-A Albuquerque. Guerra appeared in 44 games for Los Angeles, posting a 2-3 record with eight saves and a 2.66 ERA (13 ER/44.0 IP). De La Rosa, the Dodgers’ 2010 Branch Rickey Minor […]
(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 […]
De La Rosa Activated from DL – Guerra Optioned to Albuquerque
August 21st, 2012 at 3:42 pm 
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Luis Cruz Isn’t Going Anywhere – For Now
August 21st, 2012 at 12:54 pm by Ron Cervenka As might be expected, Luis Cruz was the hot topic during Monday’s pre-game press conference with Dodgers manager Don Mattingly – and why wouldn’t he be? Cruz is coming off of a phenomenal 10-game road trip which saw him hit .448 (13 for 29) with 2 home runs and 7 RBIs. During the press conference, Mattingly […]
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Is Ted Lilly About to be Shut Down?
August 20th, 2012 at 6:52 pm by Ron Cervenka I knew something was up when I arrived at Lake Elsinore last night for the Quakes vs. Storm game and Ted Lilly was nowhere to be found. Lilly had been scheduled to make another rehab start for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, yet he was not there. When I asked Quakes manager Juan Bustabad what was […]
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Down on the Farm – It’s Playoff Time
August 20th, 2012 at 7:45 am by Harold Uhlman As difficult as it is to believe, the baseball season is starting to wind down, especially at the minor league levels. I absolutely love the anticipation of a new baseball season when all things seem to be possible. I equally dread the season coming to a close with the world standing still for the next […]
(Read More)Dodgers Reinstate Scott Elbert from DL – Option Elian Herrera Back to Albuquerque
August 19th, 2012 at 9:07 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have reinstated left-handed reliever Scott Elbert from the disabled list and optioned infielder/outfielder Elian Herrera to Triple-A Albuquerque. Herrera appeared in just two games during his six-day recall, going 1-for-3 at the plate. Elbert had been on the disabled list since July 26 with left elbow inflammation and made three rehab appearances with […]
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The Forgotten Play
August 19th, 2012 at 6:41 am by Ron Cervenka Ok, I admit it. I was one batter away from turning off Saturday’s Dodger game in disgust; one pitch, in fact – and it was only the bottom of the first inning. Dodgers right-hander Aaron Harang had already given up three walks in the inning, one of which had scored and the bases were loaded […]
(Read More)Mattingly Receives Two Game Suspension
August 18th, 2012 at 12:14 pm by Ron Cervenka Dodgers manager Don Mattingly has been suspended for two games and fined an undisclosed amount for his excessive arguing in the top of the second inning of his Club’s Thursday, August 16th game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. Joe Garagiola, Jr., Senior Vice President of Standards & On-Field Operations for Major League Baseball, made the […]
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Baseball: The All American Game
August 18th, 2012 at 9:18 am by Ron Cervenka Having been involved with the 2008 DVD movie Bluetopia: The L.A. Dodgers Movie, I was honored to be invited to a special screening of the movie at the L.A. Craft and Folk Art Museum this past Thursday. The museum currently has an exhibit called Baseball: The All American Game on display. It was great to see several of […]
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Speed Never Slumps
August 17th, 2012 at 3:49 pm by Ron Cervenka “Speed never slumps.” It’s a baseball cliché as old as the game itself; but is it a cliché or a fact? By the time a minor league baseball player makes it to the Big leagues (if he ever does, that is), he is pretty much expected to have a basic understanding of how to run the bases, and […]
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Hello? MLB? We Have a Problem
August 16th, 2012 at 2:06 pm by Evan Bladh We can now say that the evidence has been presented that the reigning National League Most Valuable Player was juicing. And they gave him the award anyway, because he got off on a technicality and in the process tarnished the name and reputation of an honest sample collector. We can now say that the current […]
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