In a move that was anticipated, the Dodgers today announced that 24-year-old second baseman Ivan De Jesus Jr. has been reinstated from the 15-day Disabled List and immediately optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque. As disappointing as this may be for De Jesus, it could very well work to his advantage in the long run, as it squarely places him […]
(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 […]
Ivan De Jesus Reinstated from DL – Optioned to Albuquerque
May 7th, 2012 at 11:56 am 
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Is Reality About to Set In for the Dodgers?
May 7th, 2012 at 8:15 am by Ron Cervenka It should come as no surprise that even the biggest of baseball skeptics are impressed with how well the Dodgers have started the 2012 season. No one in the sports media world gave the Dodgers a chance, and I mean no one. During all of the spring training hype and hoopla on nearly every major sports […]
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Down on the Farm – Austin Gallagher Becoming Quakes Version of Matt Kemp
May 6th, 2012 at 5:00 am by Ron Cervenka It seems that the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes might have their very own version of Matt Kemp in the making. Like Kemp and his three consecutive Player of the Week honors in the MLB, Quakes first baseman Austin Gallagher, who earlier this week was named the Dodgers’ April Pride Award winner in the Single-A division, appears […]
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A Day at the Park
May 5th, 2012 at 1:49 pm by Scott Harvey On April 29, 2012 I took my daughter, Lexy, to watch the Dodgers in the final game against the Washington Nationals and to get her a Kershaw kids jersey that they were giving away. The crowds seem to have returned to Chavez Ravine with the new ownership and the winning record, but I started to […]
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It is Time Dodger Fans – It is OUR Time
May 5th, 2012 at 10:09 am by Ron Cervenka (Photo by Daniel Sofer) There’s a lot going on this Monday, May 7, 2012 – The Dodgers return home from a 6-game road trip to kick off an 8-game home stand of which the first three games will be against the hated Giants for the first time this season; and the first home game where fans will […]
(Read More)Down on the Farm – Dodgers Announce April Dodger Pride Award Winners
May 4th, 2012 at 5:19 pm by Ron Cervenka The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced the April winners of the 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 […]
(Read More)Dodgers Sign Bobby Abreu, Option Sellers to Triple-A
May 4th, 2012 at 10:40 am by Ron Cervenka The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced the signing of outfielder Bobby Abreu to a one-year contract and optioned infielder Justin Sellers to Triple-A Albuquerque. General Manager Ned Colletti made the announcement. “Bobby has consistently performed throughout his career and brings his winning experience to the clubhouse,” said Colletti. “He gives us a left-handed bat off the bench and […]
(Read More)Photo Gallery Added to ThinkBlueLA
May 4th, 2012 at 7:57 am by Ron Cervenka A Fan Photo Gallery page has been added to ThinkBlueLA. To access the gallery, click on the Photo Gallery tab located at the top of the Home page. If you wish to submit photos for the gallery, simply attach them to an email and send them to: Ron@ThinkBlueLA.com. Please be sure to describe the circumstances of […]
(Read More)Dodgers Designate MacDougal for Assignment – Add Belisario to Roster
May 3rd, 2012 at 4:40 pm by Ron Cervenka The Los Angeles Dodgers today designated RHP Mike MacDougal for assignment while Major League Baseball reinstated Ronald Belisario from the Restricted List. Belisario, 29, has made four appearances with Triple-A Albuquerque and Single-A Rancho Cucamonga this season, including tossing 1.2 scoreless innings in his two appearances with the Isotopes. Belisario last pitched yesterday and fired a scoreless […]
(Read More)Down on the Farm – Jarret Martin
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:14 am by Harold Uhlman Each year it seems that a pitcher in our farm system unexpectedly claims the spotlight. That is, a young pitcher who was not an early round draft pick comes to the head of the class. Nathan Eovaldi was an eleventh round pick, Allen Webster an eighteenth round pick and Angel Sanchez came to us as […]
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