Why is it that whenever your team falls victim to a no-hitter, it seems that the media goes out of its way to rub your face in it? I mean it’s everywhere – ESPN, Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS, MLB.com, Yahoo Sports… EVERYWHERE. You can’t go to any sports web site and not see it as 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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Oh Swell – Interleague Play Begins for the Dodgers
June 8th, 2012 at 1:03 pm 
by Ron Cervenka As an old school baseball purest, I will be the first tell you that I am not, nor have I ever been a fan of interleague play in the MLB. In fact, I like it only slightly less than the Designated Hitter rule in baseball. Now perhaps if the American League did away with the DH […]
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Down on the Farm – Quakes Finish Road Trip with 4-Game Winning Streak
June 7th, 2012 at 11:23 pm by Ron Cervenka After losing their first two games to the Lancaster JetHawks (Astros) to begin a six-game road trip, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes bounced back to win their next four straight games. Led by excellent relief pitching and a dominating show of home run power off the bats of C.J. Retherford (6), Michael Pericht (2), Chris Jacobs (2), […]
(Read More)Down on the Farm – Dodgers Announce May Dodger Pride Award Winners
June 7th, 2012 at 9:26 pm by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have announced the winners of their May Dodger Pride Awards. The Dodger Pride Awards were created in 2008 by General Manager Ned Colletti, and are given on a monthly basis to the players at each level of the club’s minor league system who play the game with a hustling, smart, aggressive style. The […]
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Life in the LFP
June 6th, 2012 at 10:41 am by Ron Cervenka Chances are pretty good that if your dad was a baseball fan while you were growing up in Southern California, you have probably attended at least one Dodger game in the Left Field Pavilion at Dodger Stadium. And though the LFP has long had a reputation of being “a little rough out there,” it is […]
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Kemp Named 2012 NL Home Run Derby Captain
June 5th, 2012 at 2:28 pm by Ron Cervenka Current National League top All-Star vote getter Matt Kemp was named as the captain of the National League’s Home Run Derby squad today by Major League Baseball. The 2012 State Farm Home Run Derby will take place on Monday, July 9th at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City at 5 p.m. PT and will be televised nationally […]
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Dodgers Draft Corey Seager – A Surprise Or Not
June 4th, 2012 at 11:52 pm by Harold Uhlman The Dodgers selected Corey Seager in the first round of the First Year Player Draft on Monday, June 4. In selecting Corey the team departed from its extended tradition of selecting pitchers in the first round of the annual draft. This break from standard procedures was not all that surprising in that the Dodger farm […]
(Read More)Dodgers Place Guerra on DL – Call Up Tolleson from Albuquerque
June 4th, 2012 at 2:02 pm by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have placed right-handed reliever Javy Guerra on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to June 3) with right knee inflammation and have purchased the contract of right-handed reliever Shawn Tolleson from Triple-A Albuquerque, and transferred right-hander Matt Guerrier to the 60-day disabled list to make room on the 40-man roster for Tolleson. Guerra, 26, […]
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Blog Site Blues
June 4th, 2012 at 11:51 am by Ron Cervenka Even though our ThinkBlueLA.com blog site is relatively new, most of our loyal readers and followers know that our TBLA interactive forum has been around for several years. As we go through the anticipated growing pains with our new blog site (which I assume most new blog sites go through), we are well established and quite comfortable […]
(Read More)Dodgers Reinstate Rivera – Option Van Slyke
June 4th, 2012 at 11:29 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have reinstated outfielder/first baseman Juan Rivera from the 15-day disabled list after optioning outfielder/first baseman Scott Van Slyke to Triple-A Albuquerque following yesterday’s game at Colorado. Van Slyke, 25, batted .194 with two doubles, a home run and six RBI in 17 games with Los Angeles. Rivera, who has been on the disabled list […]
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