Let’s get right to it. No concern for full names of Dodgers stars and veterans, grammar, paragraph structure, punctuation, etc. Here are some random observations and musings about the Dodgers 2024 Cactus League performance: Expect a trade (or more), with catcher Hunter Feduccia, outfielder Miguel Vargas, and pitchers Matt Gage, Michael Grove, and Ricky Vanasco […]
(Read More)Dodgers Sign Smith to 10-Year Extension
Under the category of ‘Great News,’ it was reported on social media early Wednesday afternoon that the Dodgers had signed extremely popular catcher Will Smith to a 10-year / $140 million contract extension. The report was confirmed a short while later by the Dodgers. Over his thus far six seasons with the Dodgers (including the […]
Boy Did He/We Need That
Twenty-six-year-old Dodgers second baseman Gavin Lux entered Tuesday’s final 2024 Spring Training game against the Angels of Anaheim at Angel Stadium having appeared in 12 of the Dodgers 20 Spring Training games, with 35 at-bats. And even though he had 10 hits in those 35 ABs for a .257 batting average with seven runs scored […]
Meaningful
Spring Training games have long been referred to as meaningless games, and understandably so. They have no bearing whatsoever on the MLB regular season standings or stats, nor on who will ultimately represent their respective leagues in the World Series. But prior to Monday’s meaningless Spring Training game between the Los Angeles Dodgers of Los […]
It’s Miller’s Time
If there were any doubts about 24-year-old Dodgers right-hander Bobby Miller being ready for the 2024 regular season, there certainly shouldn’t be now. All the Elk Grove Village, IL native and Dodgers first round draft pick in 2020 out of the University of Louisville did in his final tune-up of the Spring in Game-1 of the […]
Some Days It Rains
As Angelenos know all too well, 2024 has been among the wettest on record, especially for those living in the Palos Verdes region of the Southland. And wouldn’t you know it, there is a chance of rain, albeit slight, in today’s forecast right around 4 p.m., when the Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles and […]
이제 다저스 야구를 할 시간이다
According to Google, that’s “Its Time for Dodger Baseball” in Korean. (I’ll just have to take their word for it). Regardless, the Dodgers landed safely at Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea very early (PDT) on Friday morning, ahead of Wednesday’s and Thursday’s 2024 regular season opener against the San Diego Padres at Gocheok […]
(Read More)Yamamoto Struggles in Final Spring Start
It was one of those ‘speed bump’ kind of outings for Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto in his final start of Spring Training 2024 against the Seattle Mariners at Camelback Ranch on Wednesday afternoon. After striking out the side in the top of the first inning on nine pitches and retiring nine of the first 11 […]
(Read More)Might There Be a Cy Young Award in Tyler Glasnow’s Near Future?
Dodgers fans who watched their team’s exciting 6-4 Spring Training win over the San Francisco Giants at Camelback Ranch on Tuesday afternoon may have very well witnessed the 2024 National League Cy Young Award winner during his final appearance before his regular season debut against the San Diego Padres on March 21 in Seoul, South […]
(Read More)Lifelong Dodger Fan Trevor Jackson Joins TBLA
ThinkBlueLA.com is honored and pleased to announce that lifelong Dodger fan Trevor Jackson (@trevorjackson11) has joined our staff of passionate and talented writers. Trevor is a 29-year-old Dodger die-hard currently living in Austin, Texas. As a fanatic of all sports, baseball has always been a passion of Trevor’s, and he watches as much of MLB […]
(Read More)Taylor-5 Dbacks-1
Under the category of: ‘Boy, did he need that,’ 33-year–old Dodgers utility infielder/outfielder Chris Taylor had a game for the books on Sunday afternoon at Camelback Ranch Glendale, driving five of the Dodgers 12 runs Oh, sure, you can argue that it was only a “meaningless Spring Training” and doesn’t count in his real statistics […]
(Read More)Smith, Owings Join Dodgers Hit Parade
It took a while, but Dodgers catcher Will Smith and utility infielder/outfielder Chris Owings finally joined the Dodgers Spring Training hit parade with their respective first home runs, helping their team to a 7-1 rout over the Texas Rangers at Camelback Ranch on Saturday. The 29-year-old Smith has appeared in seven of the Dodgers (thus […]
(Read More)Sometimes It Rains
It is a quote made famous in the popular 1988 baseball movie Bull Durham, when The Nuke LaLoosh (played by actor Tim Robbins) said: “Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.” On Friday night, the Dodgers didn’t win and didn’t lose, because after the visiting Cincinnati Reds hit in the top of the […]
(Read More)James Paxton – Bringer of Rain
As Dodgers fans know, Thursday’s Spring Training game between the Dodgers and their division-rival San Francisco Giants at Scottsdale Stadium was postponed after 2.2 innings due to significant and steady rain. As such, it is not considered an official game, Spring Training or otherwise. That being said, it was of monumental importance for Dodgers manager […]
(Read More)Grand Wednesday
During Cactus League play on Wednesday afternoon, there were two grand slam home runs hit, one each by two of the biggest names in the game today. And even though both games were meaningless Spring Training Games and will have zero impact on how the 2024 regular season plays out, there is a glaring difference […]
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