It is odd to gauge my own reaction to this media release from the Los Angeles Dodgers. The famous Dodger Dog, the meat tube in a bun sold at Dodger Stadium since 1962, is now available at “more than 500” ampm mini-marts in much of Southern California. My first reaction?

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Miami Marlins shortstop Dee Gordon, the National League batting champion, last week was suspended 80 games by Major League Baseball for failing a drug test. This came only a few weeks after outfielder Chris Colabello of the Toronto Blue Jays also was hit with an 80-game ban. (And also expressed puzzlement how he failed a […]

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Well, it’s good news in my view of the world, anyway. We don’t have to be negative all the time, do we? Let’s do a list to celebrate some of the uplifting or inspirational or remarkable. For one day, anyway.

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A professional acquaintance of mine, Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register, has been a traveling baseball writer for 20-plus years and has covered games in all 30 of the current Major League Baseball stadiums. Not many people have done that. Journeyman ballplayers, traveling baseball writers who have done both leagues, and ultra fans, I […]

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Heretofore, “Emirates” was a name American sports fans saw just about only on the jerseys of prominent European soccer teams. Real Madrid. Arsenal. PSG. AC Milan. This season, the logo of the aggressive, Dubai-based airline, will be seen in a baseball stadium for the first time — behind home plate and at the foul poles […]

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This is a good idea — extending the protective netting at Dodger Stadium to reach the edge of both dugouts. Too many objects fly into the seats near home plate, both balls and bats or even shards of bats. Major League Baseball has recommended all of its teams extend the netting, and the Dodgers were […]

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It is odd for me to follow the Dodgers in the playoffs. When I am not paying close attention, when my subconscious is the ascendant, I am rooting for the Dodgers to win. That is what I did during my formative years. I was a fan of Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale and Maury Wills […]

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This was the turning point of Game 2 of the National League Division Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets. And it was one of the most controversial moments in recent postseason baseball history. The situation: Dodgers on first and third, one out, trailing 2-1. Here is video of the event, which […]

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Nancy Bea Hefley announced today she will retire as Dodgers organist at the end of the season, whenever that is — it’s up to the players how long they last in the postseason. “Though the World Series,” she said, definitely showing an optimistic bent. Nancy Bea, 79, has been the Dodgers’ organist since 1988, which […]

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Any day now, the Los Angeles Dodgers will win the National League West, sending them to the playoffs, with the chance to win the World Series. And do any Dodgers fans really think they will do that? Win a World Series? This year? (We could ask “in their lifetimes”, but let’s not be dramatic.) It […]

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