June fourth is D-Day, that is, decision day for major league baseball teams. The scouting, watching countless high school and college games, compiling mountains of data, trying to come up with some ringers, all comes to a screeching halt with the June 4-6 MLB First Year Player Draft, also known as the Rule 4 Draft. […]
(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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Elian Herrera – Not Just Another Flash in the Pan
June 3rd, 2012 at 9:42 am 
by Ron Cervenka I will be the first to admit that like most Dodger fans, I had never heard of Elian Herrera until his call up to the Dodgers on May 15. And even then I had my doubts that he would stay long, believing that as soon as Jerry Hairston Jr. came off of the DL Herrera […]
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Down of the Farm – Pericht Has Career Night as Quakes Rout the Storm
June 2nd, 2012 at 12:09 am by Ron Cervenka Dodgers catching prospect Michael Pericht went a perfect 4 for 4 on Friday night as the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes routed the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres) 8 to 3 at the Epicenter. The 24-year-old Palos Park, IL native had two home runs, a double and a single, falling only a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. He […]
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Eric Karros Bobble Head Images Released
June 1st, 2012 at 10:07 pm by Ron Cervenka All-time Los Angeles Dodgers home run king Eric Karros will be featured on the club’s fifth bobblehead night, as part of the Dodger Stadium Greats Bobblehead Series, on Thursday, June 28 when the Dodgers face the New York Mets at 7:10 p.m. Karros blasted 270 home runs over his 12 seasons in Los Angeles and won the […]
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2012 First Year Player Draft
June 1st, 2012 at 1:19 pm by Evan Bladh This coming Monday, June 4th, is the 2012 first year player draft. The Dodgers will be selecting in the following positions during the first ten rounds. 18th (1st round) 51st (as compensation round between 1 and 2, for losing Rod Barajas) 82nd (2nd round) 113th (3rd round) 146th (4th round) 176th (5th round) 206th (6th […]
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Is it Time to Look Beyond Chad Billingsley?
June 1st, 2012 at 12:11 pm by Ron Cervenka Several years ago, I ran into former MLB player and (then) Angels broadcaster Rex Hudler as he was entering Angels Stadium during interleague play against the Dodgers. As Hud walked by, he made a comment that Ervin Santana was going to throw a shutout that day. Not only did Santana not throw a shutout, he got […]
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Too Good Not to Share
May 31st, 2012 at 11:27 pm by Ron Cervenka This video clip ran in the L.A. Times on Thursday and it is simply too incredible not to share: Dodger Players Honor Vin Scully “He knows things about me that I don’t even know about myself.” – Matt Kemp Priceless.
(Read More)Matt Kemp and Don Mattingly Interviews
May 31st, 2012 at 2:35 pm by Ron Cervenka Here are the entire Matt Kemp and Don Mattingly interviews from May 30, 2012 regarding Kemp’s hamstring injury (in Windows Media Audio [wma] format). Please be patient, as it takes a while to download.
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MVP Lost? – Maybe Not
May 31st, 2012 at 12:26 pm by Ron Cervenka It’s simple really. Cold, painfully, depressingly simple. Matt Kemp will not be the 2012 NL MVP. Matt Kemp will not go 50-50 or even 40-40 this season. Matt Kemp probably will not play in the 2012 All-Start Game and he more than likely will not win a Gold Glove or a Silver Slugger award this […]
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Kemp Re-injures Hamstring – Return to DL Imminent
May 31st, 2012 at 1:20 am by Ron Cervenka In only his second game back from the disabled list, Dodger center fielder re-injured his left hamstring while running from first to home on an Andre Ethier double. An extremely disappointed Kemp told members of the media that he felt the hamstring go after rounding second base but managed to scored when Brewers center field […]
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