The Dodgers have announced that former big league infielder/outfielder and well-respected hitting coach Mickey Hatcher has been named Special Assistant to the General Manager. Dodger General Manager Ned Colletti made the announcement. “Mickey’s been a World Series champion both as a player and coach,” said Colletti. “His baseball experience, legendary passion for the game and tremendous […]
(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 […]
Tell Me You Didn’t See This One Coming – Dodgers Hire Mickey Hatcher
June 26th, 2012 at 2:02 pm 
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Down on the Farm – Quakes Drop First Half Title Game to Mavericks
June 26th, 2012 at 8:36 am by Ron Cervenka In spite of early solo home runs by C.J. Retherford and Leon Landry, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes fell to the High Desert Mavericks 8-5 on Monday night in a one-game playoff to determine the winners of the first half of the Cal League’s South Division. Although the Quakes came out swinging and managed five runs […]
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Objects In the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear
June 26th, 2012 at 6:15 am by Evan Bladh Don’t look now, but the Diamondbacks are within striking distance. With the recent tailspin of the Dodgers, few have noticed an interesting development in the National League West. The Arizona Diamondbacks are a mere 5 games out of first place. In the last six games, Arizona has gained five on the Dodgers. So as we all focus […]
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Down on the Farm – Quakes Face Must-Win Game Tonight
June 25th, 2012 at 10:03 am by Ron Cervenka To say that Sunday afternoon’s 14-9 loss to the first half Cal League North champion Bakersfield Blaze was a morale buster would be a gross understatement. The Quakes entered the top of the 9th with a 9-5 lead in front of the home crowd and appeared headed for a 4-game split with Ken Griffey Sr.’s squad. But […]
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Game Changer
June 24th, 2012 at 11:09 am by Ron Cervenka You hear it all the time…”Game Changer.” It seems to be the catch phrase of the new millennium in professional sports, especially in the MLB. You hear it associated with guys like Albert Pujols, Josh Hamilton, and more recently with super rookie phenoms Bryce Harper and Mike Trout. You’ve even heard it with a few Dodger […]
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Can a Healthy Matt Kemp Carry the Dodgers?
June 23rd, 2012 at 3:47 pm by Ron Cervenka There is no doubt in anybody’s mind that Matt Kemp is one of the best players in the game today, if not THE best player. To have the MVP-type year that he did in 2011 (a title which very few would argue that he was robbed of) and to come out of the chute as […]
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Follow-up on Kemp’s All-Star Game and Home Run Derby Participation
June 23rd, 2012 at 9:40 am by Ron Cervenka Last week I posted an article on a brief pre-game interview that I had with Dodger manager Don Mattingly on June 13 regarding Matt Kemp’s participation in the 2012 All-Star Game. In that article (entitled Mattingly Expects Kemp to “look out for the club” at All-Star Game), Mattingly said that he expected Matt to put […]
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A Fantasy Come True… and Then Some
June 22nd, 2012 at 1:54 pm by Ron Cervenka Having been a Dodger fan my entire life – since 1953, I had long heard about an adult baseball camp held at the Dodgers legendary spring training facility in Vero Beach, Florida. At this adult baseball camp, or fantasy camp as it is more commonly called, former Dodger players and coaches would share their knowledge […]
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Who is your All-Time Favorite Dodger Player?
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:42 am by Ron Cervenka Anybody who has known me for more than ten minutes knows that Dodger Hall of Fame pitcher Don Drysdale is my all-time favorite Dodger player. Yes, my nickname around the stadium and on various forums and blog sites is “FanSince53” and my custom jerseys read this, but this nickname is not only an indication that I have been a […]
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Pop!
June 21st, 2012 at 11:27 am by Ron Cervenka What was that? Was that the sound of the Dodgers magic bubble finally bursting? Face it, when the Dodgers broke spring training camp this past March, nobody, and I mean nobody gave them a chance to finish above third place in the NL West… nobody but the Dodgers themselves, that is. Quite frankly, to almost […]
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