The Dodgers have announced the International signings of pitchers Lenix Osuna, Victor Gonzalez and William Soto and catcher Julian Leon. Dodger Assistant General Manager, Scouting Logan White made the announcement. “We are pleased to announce we have been extremely active in the July 2nd signing period and have signed multiple players with more on the […]
(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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Dodgers Call Up Cruz – Option Tolleson to Albuquerque
July 2nd, 2012 at 3:49 pm 
by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have called up infielder Luis Cruz from Triple-A Albuquerque and optioned right-hander Shawn Tolleson to Albuquerque. In a corresponding move, the club also transferred left-handed pitcher Ted Lilly (left shoulder inflammation) to the 60-day disabled list. Tolleson, 24, posted a 7.71 ERA in six big league relief appearances. Cruz, 28, was selected to […]
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Down on the Farm – Pederson Hits 3 Home Runs as Quakes Rout Mavericks
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:59 am by Ron Cervenka Although most of the focus at the start of Sunday’s Rancho Cucamonga Quakes vs. High Desert Mavericks (Mariners) game was on rehabbing Dodgers Mark Ellis and Javy Guerra, it quickly shifted when Dodgers top outfielding prospect Joc Pederson stole the show by hitting a Quakes franchise record tying three home runs as the Quakes crushed the […]
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Kemp & Kershaw Make Second Consecutive All-Star Team
July 1st, 2012 at 1:33 pm by Ron Cervenka The 2012 American League and National League All-Star Teams were unveiled Sunday afternoon and for the second consecutive year, Dodger center fielder Matt Kemp and pitcher Clayton were named to the National League squad. Kemp, who had been the National League’s top vote getter until landing on the disabled list twice in as many months and who is […]
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Mark Ellis Shows No Ill Effects During First Rehab Start
July 1st, 2012 at 7:36 am by Ron Cervenka In what many are calling a miracle recovery, Dodgers second baseman Mark Ellis showed no apparent ill effects during his first rehab game with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on Saturday night at JetHawks Stadium in Lancaster. Ellis suffered a serious injury to his left leg on May 18 when Tyler Greene of the St. Louis Cardinals slid into him during a […]
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Dodgers Sign First-Round Draft Pick Corey Seager
June 30th, 2012 at 2:55 pm by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have announced the signing of first-round draft pick Corey Seager. The 18-year old Northwest Cabarrus High School (Concord, NC) shortstop will take batting practice with Manager Don Mattingly, tour Dodger Stadium and be introduced to the crowd prior to Saturday afternoon’s game against the New York Mets. Seager, a 6-foot-4, 205-pounder, batted .519 with […]
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Gordon Receives Personal Tutoring from one of the Game’s Best
June 30th, 2012 at 12:04 pm by Ron Cervenka Several years ago there was a very clever (and funny) DHL television commercial that made light of former MLB veteran center fielder Kenny Lofton being traded so often that nobody, not even DHL, knew exactly where to ship his gear to next. And even though Lofton never actually appeared in the commercial (except in a […]
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The Hole
June 29th, 2012 at 9:52 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers recent fall from grace has affected differed people in different ways in the blogging world. Some folks have vanished into the woodwork, what I call the “Thumper mentality” (you remember Thumper – that cute little rabbit in Bambi?). Thumper said “If you can’t say something nice… don’t say nothing at all.” Rather than […]
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It’s Time for Stan Kasten & Ned Colletti to Pull the Trigger
June 28th, 2012 at 7:35 am by Ron Cervenka Talk is cheap. It’s easy for new Dodger president and CEO Stan Kasten to say that he and the rest of the new Guggenheim Baseball Management Group want to build a championship Dodger team and that they have the resources (money) to do so, but it’s an entirely different matter to actually go out and do it. […]
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Swing Time
June 27th, 2012 at 9:58 am by Ron Cervenka Having lived in Southern California my entire life, I have visited nearly all of its popular attractions a number of times. Granted, I don’t get to Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm (except for an occasional chicken dinner) or Magic Mountain nearly as often as I did when I was a young, and now only do so when […]
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