George Shuba – now there’s a name that doesn’t ring a bell for many baseball fans. However, mention George “Shotgun” Shuba around any old-time Dodger fan and you’re sure to get a smile. Shuba did not have an especially notable career, one that was cut short by injury, but his career was not without significance [...]
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Baseball’s Finest Moment
December 30th, 2012 at 4:45 am 
by Ron Cervenka It’s true – I am an autographed baseball junkie. In most cases, it’s the thrill of the hunt and then the adrenaline rush when the player whose autograph I am seeking finally signs that ball and hands it back to me (or tosses it back to me at my home away from home in the [...]
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Happy 77th Birthday Sandy
December 30th, 2012 at 4:17 am by Ron Cervenka Wishing you many more!
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Is Brian Wilson a Good Fit for the Dodgers?
December 29th, 2012 at 12:08 am by Ron Cervenka Okay I admit it; I absolutely hated to see former Giants closer Brian Wilson enter any game against the Dodgers, because when he did, it usually meant two things: one – that the Dodgers were trailing because Wilson was usually only brought in for save situations; and two – he usually got the save. I [...]
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Hip Talk has Dodger Fans Feeling a Little Uncomfortable
December 28th, 2012 at 7:43 am by Ron Cervenka I will be the very first to admit that when I first heard about Clayton Kershaw’s hip issues late last season, I was one uncomfortable Dodger fan, and I know I wasn’t the only one. I immediately had visions of Bo Jackson and notorious hot-headed slugger Albert Bell, whose baseball careers ended at ages 32 and 34 [...]
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2013 Hall of Fame – The People’s Choice (LAST CHANCE)
December 28th, 2012 at 7:30 am by Ron Cervenka If you have not yet voted in the first annual ThinkBlueLA.com Hall of Fame – People’s Choice balloting, the deadline is Monday night, December 31 at 11:59 PM. Remember, vote for only three from the below list of 37 eligible candidates. The top two vote getters in our voting will be deemed the 2013 ThinkBlueLA.com Hall of Fame [...]
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So Where Does Stephen Fife Fit In?
December 27th, 2012 at 6:56 am by Ron Cervenka You would think that a starting pitcher with an ERA of 2.70 would have been the buzz of the winter meetings and that Ned Colletti would have been on his cell phone non-stop about the guy, but I’d almost be willing to bet that the name Stephen Fife never even came up once in Nashville. [...]
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A Dodgers Power-Hitting Third Baseman?
December 26th, 2012 at 12:17 am by Ron Cervenka During the 2012 minor league season, a power-hitting third baseman emerged on the scene for the Dodgers – Christopher Jess Retherford, better known as “C.J.” Born in Homestead, Florida, C.J. grew up in Chandler, Arizona and attended Hamilton High School. He later went on to Arizona State University where he helped the Sun Devils to [...]
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Happy Holidays from ThinkBlueLA
December 24th, 2012 at 4:44 pm by Ron Cervenka It’s been quite a year for us here at ThinkBlueLA, most notably expanding our three-year-old interactive forum to include our new ThinkBlueLA blog site. We sincerely appreciate all of your support throughout this past year as we progressed from our infancy stages to what we consider (and hope that you do as well) one of [...]
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Hooked on a Feeling
December 24th, 2012 at 5:33 am by Ron Cervenka Those of you who follow the ThinkBlueLA forum and blog site regularly know that I have been saying for the past two seasons that 2013 is going to be the year of the Dodgers. And while nothing has changed in that regard (except that the outlook is even brighter now), I am going the extra [...]
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