Archive for May, 2012

The Dodgers Are Set at Third Base

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

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?

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

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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Sellers Placed on DL – Hairston Returns to Line-up

Dodgers utility infielder Justin Sellers has been placed on the 15-day disabled list for a bulging disc in his lower back that is causing numbness in his right leg. Although Sellers wouldn’t come right out and say that the bulging disc is the result of his dive into the stands after making an incredible catch two weeks ago, he acknowledged […]

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A Historical Weekend at Dodger Stadium

Although this weekend’s series against the Houston Astros probably won’t be remembered as being among the greatest moments in Dodger Stadium history (unless, of course, Clayton Kershaw or Chad Billingsley or Chris Capuano happen to throw a no-hitter, or five consecutive Dodgers hit home runs or the like), it will be a historical weekend nonetheless. It […]

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Magic Johnson & Matt Kemp Featured on Cover of Sports Illustrated

New Dodger co-owner Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Dodger center fielder Matt Kemp are featured on the cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated magazine, which is on sale now at newsstands. The cover photo shows the pair standing behind home plate at Dodger Stadium with Kemp palming a basketball and a title reading “Magic Johnson and Matt Kemp are making L.A. […]

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Dodgers Announce Latin American Signings

True to his word, new Dodger president and CEO Stan Kasten and the Los Angeles Dodgers today announced the signing of several players from Latin America, including both the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. Dodger General Manager Ned Colletti made the announcement on Kasten’s behalf. The Dodgers have signed or are in the process of signing more […]

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Game of My Life – Memorable Stories of Dodgers Baseball

I recently had the pleasure of meeting Dodger team historian Mark Langill while at Dodger Stadium a few weeks back. Mark has been with the Dodger organization for nearly twenty years and if you like talking Dodger history, Mark is a walking encyclopedia and he loves talking about the team’s rich history. After my all-too-brief chat with […]

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Great Expectations

With the Dodgers playing their best baseball in years (or even decades), it is easy to get into a mindset that you expect them to win every game, and while this may bode well for relatively new fans or bandwagon fans, those of us who have followed the Dodgers (and the game itself) for most […]

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