Like many baseball fans, I was blessed to have had a father who was a huge baseball fan – albeit a Cubs fan. I was blessed that he frequently took my brothers and me to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to watch the newly arrived Dodgers from Brooklyn. Although my overall memories of these early Dodger […]
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Opinions widespread over Hanley’s future with Dodgers
February 19th, 2014 at 6:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka A few days ago my friend and colleague Stacie Wheeler from the Lasorda’s Lair blog site wrote an interesting piece on when she expects the Dodgers to move Hanley Ramirez from his natural shortstop position over to third base – a move that most Dodger fans believe is inevitable. And while I don’t necessarily agree with everything […]
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Dodger Stadium construction update (photos)
February 18th, 2014 at 3:37 pm by Ron Cervenka Here are the latest Dodger Stadium construction update photos submitted by Tom Cervenka on February 18, 2014. (Click on photos to enlarge)
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DodgerTalk airs Monday-Saturday through Spring Training
February 18th, 2014 at 10:52 am by Ron Cervenka With the Dodgers falling just short of their first World Series appearance in 25 years, this year’s off-season has been painfully long for die-hard Dodger fans. But with expectations that the 2014 Dodgers will be even better than the 2013 Dodgers team, this off-season seemed even longer. And even though the Dodgers (and Diamondbacks) kick […]
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Rancho Cucamonga Quakes – A glance back and a look ahead
February 18th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes are the Dodgers Advanced Single A minor league team that plays in the highly competitive California League. Rancho Cucamonga is the usual stop for young Dodgers that have been promoted from the Class A Great Lakes Loons. On a rare occasion a player may come directly to the Quakes from the […]
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The Kemp War
February 17th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Over the past week a war has been waged over Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp. It is a war that has absolutely nothing to do with Kemp’s tremendous baseball skills or even his lofty eight-year/$160 contract – the highest in Dodgers history until two-time NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw signed his new franchise-record […]
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Meet Loons hitting coach Johnny Washington
February 16th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman I expect if we asked Dodger fans, especially those who closely follow the minor league system, who the youngest player was in the High A California League in 2013 many of us would guess that it was Corey Seager. We would be just about correct with that guess. Alberti Chavez of the Bakersfield Blaze had […]
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Meet Ogden Raptors new manager ‘Black Jack’ McDowell
February 15th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman Just before Christmas the Dodgers announced their minor league coaching staffs for 2014. Damon Berryhill was promoted from the Rookie League Ogden Raptors to the AAA Albuquerque Isotopes. Lee Tinsley, who had served as the minor league outfield and base running coordinator for the Chicago Cubs from 2011-2013 was named manager of the Raptors. However, […]
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Jarret Martin – Doing things the right way
February 14th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka There is a quote written on the wall in the Dodgers clubhouse at their Camelback Ranch spring training facility by Dodger legend and Hall of Famer Pee Wee Reese. It reads: “If you rush in and out of the clubhouse, you rush in and out of baseball.” Perhaps it is only a coincidence that this great […]
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Griff Erickson trying to beat overwhelming odds
February 13th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka When you consider that on any given day during the regular season there are a total of only 750 major league baseball players, it is staggering. And then when you consider that roughly half of the guys on a team’s 25-man roster are pitchers, another six or seven are infielders and utility infielders and another […]
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