Dodger manager Don Mattingly made several adjustments to his line-up for Wednesday night’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers, some anticipated, some not so much. With Dodger center fielder Matt Kemp now back in the line-up and Bobby Abreu starting in left field (thus relegating Tony Gwynn Jr. to the bench), Mattingly moved hot hitting second baseman Elian Herrera into […]
(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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Momentum Changers
May 30th, 2012 at 11:24 am 
by Ron Cervenka Each night, former MLB manager and current DodgerTalk co-host Kevin Kennedy has a segment on his radio show in which he identifies three or four moments during the just-concluded game that were momentum changers. I have to admit that when Kennedy, who also managed in the Dodgers minor league system, first added this segment to […]
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Dodgers Release Photos of Upcoming Vin Scully Bobble Head
May 29th, 2012 at 2:56 pm by Ron Cervenka It is a well know fact that Hall of Fame Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully has adamantly opposed having a bobble head in his likeness released, this in spite of the cries from thousands of fans demanding one for decades. In fact, during Scully’s incredible 63-year career with the organization, the humble legend has declined numerous […]
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Down on the Farm – Quakes Crack the Nuts
May 29th, 2012 at 9:01 am by Ron Cervenka I know… I know… it’s a dumb title and one that has undoubtedly been used countless times, but what else can you say about a 12-2 shellacking, which is what the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes did to the Modesto Nuts (Rockies) on Monday afternoon. The Quakes collected 16 hits on the day with every Quakes player in […]
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Dodgers Place Lilly on 15-Day Disabled List – Call Eovaldi Up from Chattanooga
May 29th, 2012 at 12:05 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have placed left-handed pitcher Ted Lilly on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to May 24) with left shoulder inflammation and recalled left-hander Michael Antonini to fill Lilly’s roster spot as a possible long reliever for Monday evening’s game, but he was not needed. The Dodgers then (apparently) sent Antonini back to Triple-A Albuquerque […]
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Best Video Clip of the Year!
May 28th, 2012 at 10:25 am by Ron Cervenka Check out this MUST SEE video clip that was posted on Jon Weisman’s DodgerThoughts blog. Clayton Krenshaw??? Classic stuff indeed!
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The Dodgers Are Set at Third Base
May 28th, 2012 at 9:25 am by Ron Cervenka Over the past seven or eight years (or however long it has been since the Dodgers let Adrian Beltre get away), they have been unable to successfully fill the long-term void at the hot corner. Sure, they’ve had a few ‘just ok’ guys at third base since Beltre’s free agency departure in 2004, but they […]
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Craft and Folk Art Museum Opens Baseball Exhibit
May 27th, 2012 at 11:54 pm by Ron Cervenka Opening at the height of baseball season, the Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) presents Baseball: The All-American Game from May 26 through September 9, 2012. For the first time in Los Angeles, the public will have access to the largest exhibition of baseball-related traditional folk art since the American Folk Art Museum’s historic The Perfect […]
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A.J. Ellis Continues to Surprise… or Does He?
May 27th, 2012 at 8:07 am by Ron Cervenka It would be unfair for me to say that Dodger catcher A.J. Ellis hasn’t performed beyond my expectations, in fact it would be an out and out lie – he does, after all, have the fourth best On Base Percentage (OBP) in the MLB (.442) and the 11th best average in the NL (.317); but […]
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Jerry Sands Finds his Stroke… Again
May 26th, 2012 at 1:07 pm by Ron Cervenka Like many, I have always been a huge Jerry Sands fan, so you can understand the anguish that I felt watching the 24-year-old Clayton, North Carolina native struggle miserably during this past spring training at Camelback Ranch. It was pretty much accepted by all that Sands entered spring training 2012 with a guaranteed spot on the Opening […]
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