Archive for March, 2016

Dodgers unveil new food choices for 2016

If you’ve never had the pleasure of meeting Dodger Stadium Executive Chef Jason Tingley, you have missed out on meeting an exceptionally humorous guy who can pretty much be summed up in one word – passionate; okay maybe two words – insanely passionate. On Tuesday and courtesy of Steve Brener, Yvonne Carrasco, Jon Weisman and Daisuke […]

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Meet Shaun Larkin – 2016 Ogden Raptors Manager 

In mid-December the Dodgers announced their minor league managers for the 2016 season. To conclude that there was a shake up in the managerial ranks would be an understatement. Bill Haselman moved from his league championship year with the High A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League to take over the reins of the […]

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Dodgers begin night spring training games tonight

For decades fans of major league baseball have often asked “With so many games played at night during the regular season, why don’t teams play more night games during spring training?” In fact, former Dodgers manager Don Mattingly was rather outspoken about this very thing four years ago. “I’m lobbying to get the last week […]

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What exactly does ‘Day to Day’ mean?

You hear it all the time – especially if you’re a Dodger fan. A player gets injured, leaves the field, has an X-ray and/or an MRI which invariably comes back “negative” and then we are told that the player is listed as “day to day.” This is usually followed by Dodgers broadcaster Charlie Steiner proclaiming (ad […]

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Dodgers make third round of spring training cuts

With Opening Day exactly two weeks from today, the Dodgers continued to trim their major league spring training roster, announcing four more cuts following Monday’s 6-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners at Camelback Ranch. Being reassigned to minor league camp are first baseman Cody Bellinger, utility infielder Brandon Hicks, outfielder Corey Brown and catcher Shawn Zarraga […]

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Coleman signing may be best of off-season for Dodgers

It was a brief interview – one that lasted perhaps a minute. Right-hander Louis Coleman had just entered the Dodgers spring training clubhouse at Camelback Ranch on Saturday morning, February 20, 2016, having been signed by the Dodgers to a one-year / $750,000 minor league contract only two days earlier and one day after pitchers and […]

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Dodgers youngest draft pick a big hit in spring training debut – twice

The youngest player selected by the Dodgers in the 2015 First Year Player Draft was right-handed pitcher Jason Bilous who was 17-years of age when he was picked in the 29th round of the draft. He was recovering from Tommy John surgery and didn’t expect to get drafted although he had set a signing price. […]

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WBC – A lot more than just a baseball tournament

Sometimes I get to thinking about this wonderful game of baseball that I obsess about and I wonder if I’ll ever grow up. There’s something about that amazing game that ensures that the “little boy” in me returns. To my utter amusement and slight embarrassment, I find myself getting giddy over a simple thing like […]

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Chase Utley – Flying high under the radar

Say the name Chase Utley around a group of Dodger fans and you will probably hear three things: His violent takeout slide of Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada during Game-2 of the 2015 NLDS (legal or otherwise) that left Tejada with a broken femur and eventually led to the new “Utley Rule” His hitting only .202 […]

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Just what the Dodgers didn’t need

When the Dodgers traded second baseman Dee Gordon to the Miami Marlins after the 2014 season, they essentially traded away their best leadoff hitter since Rafael Furcal, who held that post from 2006 to 2011. Oh sure, they toyed around with Carl Crawford, Nick Punto, Skip Schumaker, Jerry Hairston Jr., Yasiel Puig, Joc Pederson, Kiké Hernandez […]

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