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Fearless Predictions: The Dodgers will sign Zach Greinke this week to a 6 year/$150 million done deal! This team is built for the next 3-5 years as it sits.  Drafting and other smart moves will restore the farm system, but A-Gone, Crawford, Ramirez, Kemp and others are in their prime.  The Dodgers need players now [...]

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Forget what you have heard.  I think the Dodgers TV deal will be a lot more than a quarter of a billion a year.  I think $400 million is just about right and if it is, I fully understand why Guggs and Company paid $2.1 Billion for the team. The Dodgers hold all the cards [...]

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Badger asked for it, so here it is from September 30, 2011 on the John Sterling Blogspot: The other day, while SuperFrankenstein and I were ridiculing Boston on multiple fronts, we agreed on one central point: The 2011 Redsocks were a team of bloated, boobed, chubby nincompoops. Carl Crawford looks nothing like the outfielder who once roamed Tampa. He [...]

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I don’t know if anyone else saw this article in The LA Times by Steve Dilbeck, where, in part, he said this: Hard to imagine Victorino returning, though supposedly the idea hasn’t been completely abandoned. Victorino wants to play every day, and with Carl Crawford scheduled to become the everyday left-fielder next season, there’s no [...]

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As Dodger fans we can be thankful for new ownership, Adrian Gonzalez and more. Thanks for your support. Let’s go…

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I know some people think I don’t like Hiroki Kuroda, but in reality I like him a lot.  Some people just don’t know a joke if it bit them on the ass.  Well, it won’t happen anyway, because he resigned with the Yankees. I just think it was wrong to sign him for the following [...]

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Season Tickets are on sale now at dodgers.com/spring LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced their 2013 Spring Training schedule with their fifth season of Cactus League play beginning on Saturday, February 23 against the Chicago White Sox at Camelback Ranch – Glendale. Pitchers and catchers report on February 12 and the first [...]

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We all have a tendency to think we have it all figured out… that we know it all.  That is all well and good, but the bottom line is:  We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know!  I might add that there is no way we can know what we don’t know.  What don’t we know?   [...]

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LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced their coaching staff for the 2013 season with eight coaches returning to the Dodger staff as well as three new additions. General Manager Ned Colletti made the announcement. “All of these men have a passion for teaching and coaching,” said Colletti. “They provide a vast array [...]

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COVERING CUBA, EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA, MEXICO, THE PACIFIC RIM AND VENEZUELA – Pedro Avila, Gene Grimaldi, Patrick Guerrero, Pat Kelly, Jamey Storvick and Mike Tosar join the Dodger scouting group. LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Dodgers added experience to their international team of scouts with the signing of Pedro Avila, Gene Grimaldi, Patrick Guerrero, Pat Kelly, [...]

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Yes, I know that he is 38 years old, but he is in great shape and has the body type that seems to age very well.  He is a good base-runner and could hit in the #2 spot if necessary.  He kills LH pitchers and hits RH pitchers very well.  He’s not the HR threat [...]

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I have been known to sit in my Dodger lab and experiment by mixing different players and lineups together to see what  could happen.  After further review, here’s the lineup I want: Bourn  CF  (L) Ynoa  2B  (B) Kemp  RF  (R) Gonzalez  1B  (L) Wright  3B  (R) Ramirez  SS  (R) Crawford  LF  (L) Ellis  C  [...]

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Will Dee Gordon be traded?  It’s no longer a question of if, but rather when and where?  Dee Gordon will be traded – that’s a given.  This winter, he is hitting .328 with an OB% of .403 and has 7 SB’s.  Let’s hope they overlook his 8 errors in 15 games.  That extrapolates to 88 [...]

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Before Guggs and Company took over the Dodgers, I think the Dodgers had one of the largest front office staffs in baseball composed of many former players and high-ranking scouts.  Since then, they have added even more with Engle, Hunsicker and now, Pat Corrales.  Pat is a highly respected former player and manager.  He worked [...]

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LOS ANGELES— Pat Corrales, a former Major League player, manager and bench coach and a veteran of 53 years in baseball, has joined the Los Angeles Dodgers as Special Assistant to the General Manager. The announcement was made today by Dodger General Manager Ned Colletti. “We are very happy to have Pat join us,” Colletti [...]

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I would say that right about now, you have to like what the Dodgers are doing.  They seemingly had a pretty good Brain Trust around Ned Colletti in De Jon Watson, Logan White, Rick Ragazzo, Vance Lovelace, Ken Bracey, Toney Howell, Bill Mueller, Aaron Sele, Jose Vizcaino, Juan Castro, Maury Wills and scouts like Gib [...]

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The Rumor Mill is spinning out of control. Mark McGwire to be Dodgers hitting coach? Roid up! He may be a great choice, but there will always be those digs by people like me. For the record, if it happens, I am down with it. Good Choice!  

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Last year, I didn’t get much candy on Halloween.  Imagine that. This year, I am changing my approach. Click on my photo at the right to see this years’ costume. This should work well. Trick or treat? Happy Halloween Everyone!

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Right-hander returns to Los Angeles after being acquired at the 2012 trade deadline LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced the signing of free-agent right-handed reliever Brandon League to a three-year contract. The announcement was made by Dodger General Manager Ned Colletti. “We’re excited to bring back a key member of our bullpen, [...]

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Who is the most important acquisition for the Dodgers over the winter?  Ken Gurnick of Dodgers.com has the answer and wrote a mouthful in these two sentences: One of the key acquisitions could prove to be a non-player.  After dismissing Dave Hansen, they are looking for a new hitting coach that can get through to [...]

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