(Re-posted from Opinion of Kingman’s Performance – January 2011) My employment in Law Enforcement periodically sends me abroad to conduct training clinics to foreign members of the International Law Enforcement community. Back in May, 2010, I was assigned to go to the Afghanistan/Tajikistan border and give a class to Tajik officials for a week. Now this place […]
(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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Kershaw Named National League Player of the Week
May 21st, 2012 at 1:33 pm 
by Ron Cervenka Dodger pitcher Clayton Kershaw has been named the National League Player of the Week for the period ending May 20. The announcement was made earlier today on MLB Network. Kershaw was a perfect 2-0 in two starts last week, leading the Majors with 16.0 innings pitched and tied for the lowest earned run average (0.00) among qualifying […]
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You Know You’ve Made it When You Get a Pie in the Face
May 21st, 2012 at 11:59 am by Ron Cervenka A couple of weeks ago I posted a story about outfielder Scott Van Slyke being called up to the Dodgers from Triple-A to fill in for Juan Rivera who had been placed on the DL for a leg injury. In that article (The New Kid on the Block) I mention that I had been closely […]
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Kershaw Credits Mattingly for Team’s Success
May 20th, 2012 at 10:57 am by Ron Cervenka Anyone who has ever had the opportunity to speak with Dodger lefty and reigning Cy Young award winner Clayton Kershaw knows first-hand exactly how humble this 24-year-old really is – even after pounding the St. Louis Cardinals 6-0 for his first complete game of the season and the 4th shutout of his career. And even though […]
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Mark Ellis Has Emergency Leg Surgery – Lost to DL for Six Weeks
May 20th, 2012 at 12:33 am by Ron Cervenka After Saturday night’s game, Dodgers head trainer Sue Falsone held a brief press conference to give an update on Mark Ellis. According to Falsone, Ellis arrived at Dodger Stadium on Saturday morning complaining of pain and discomfort in his left leg just below the knee where he was hit by a sliding Tyler Greene during […]
(Read More)Mark Ellis Placed on DL – Ivan De Jesus Jr. Called up from Albuquerque
May 19th, 2012 at 5:55 pm by Ron Cervenka During Saturday’s pre-game press conference, Dodger manager Don Mattingly said that second baseman Mark Ellis has been placed on the 15-day Disabled List effective today and Ivan De Jesus Jr. has been called up from Triple-A Albuquerque. “Sue (Falsone) just told me about ten minutes ago that Mark will be on the DL for at […]
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Will Mark Ellis Injury Finally Open the Door for Ivan De Jesus Jr.?
May 19th, 2012 at 11:14 am by Ron Cervenka Anyone who has followed the Dodgers farm system closely knows first hand of the trials and tribulations of the handful of guys who were odds on favorites to make it to the Big team – guys like Jason Repko, Xavier Paul, Tony Abreu and Andy LaRoche just to name a few. And even though each one of these guys […]
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“Grab a Bat”
May 18th, 2012 at 12:54 pm by Ron Cervenka For those of you old enough to remember it, the popular 1980 Super Bowl commercial featuring former Pittsburgh Steelers great ‘Mean’ Joe Greene limping down a stadium tunnel when a young boy offers him his Coca-Cola and is ultimately rewarded when the ailing superstar tosses the kid his jersey, you witnessed what is still considered one of […]
(Read More)Kempless Dodgers Fall to 1-2
May 17th, 2012 at 7:31 am by Ron Cervenka The earliest that Matt Kemp can return from the 15-day Disabled List is Tuesday, May 29 and simply put, it can’t happen soon enough. Whether anyone is willing to admit it or not, the impact of Kemp’s absence is clearly written on the face of his teammates and, quite frankly, it is a bit concerning. Oh […]
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The True Test Has Arrived
May 16th, 2012 at 6:13 am by Evan Bladh Three starters and one key reserve are on the disabled list, but can we simply say that Kemp is just a starter? He’s an absolute masher, the best player in the league that is on his way the the MVP. Perhaps it evens out because one of the other starters hitting the D.L. is Uribe […]
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