I was not old enough to fully appreciate Yogi Berra, the New York Yankees catcher, who died last night at age 90. He was a really, really good player for about a decade, from 1948 to 1958, and he was named MVP three times during that span, but I wasn’t really paying attention until the […]

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Corey Seager is the Next Big Thing for the Dodgers. Or could be. He has been talked about for a few years now … pretty much as soon as the Dodgers made him the 18th pick in the 2012 draft and gave him a $2.5 million signing bonus. The Dodgers would seem to suggest they […]

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The game we know from April through August changes markedly the final month of the season, due to Major League Baseball’s roster expansion. Limited to 25 players for the first five months, they can add eight, nine, 10, 15 extra players beginning on September 1, which allows for more one-dimensional players and a lot more […]

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So, giving more thought to the phenomenon that is Vin Scully … The secret to his popularity, I believe, lies in two areas. –His voice. It is a pleasure to hear. Well-modulated, mellifluous. Never shouting, never mumbling, easy to understand, easy on the ear. The voice of a natural storyteller. –His words. Scully uses proper […]

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Vin Scully plans to return next season for his 67th season as the voice of the Dodgers. Hurrah! The club made the announcement late last week, and then a few days ago Vinny, who will be 88 in November, talked to reporters about his decision. His planned return is great news for everyone who loves […]

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This was the year Yasiel Puig was supposed to put it all together. The kid who got MVP votes after a fairly solid second season would emerge as one of the game’s best players. Or, at least, his production would be so significant that we wouldn’t notice the things that pertain to his being a […]

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A topic that comes up, eventually, with everyone who plays fantasy baseball or football or basketball or soccer … When a player from your fantasy team meets up with someone from the team you support … to which side do you focus your psychic energy? Or, making it simple, whom do you want to come […]

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The Dodgers melted down spectacularly in Pittsburgh tonight, blowing a 5-4 lead in a nine-run Pirates seventh inning. It ended 13-6, with the Pirates completing a sweep of the most expensive team in baseball. This game had the feel of a milestone, a turning point, even from the other side of the Atlantic. Consider: –Another […]

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Back in February I looked at the list of the 10 bobblehead nights the Dodgers were planning for the 2015 season, and saw a name there barely familiar to me: Justin Turner. And I did a post entitled The Unknown Bobblehead … referring to this Justin Turner person, who for all I knew might have […]

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I don’t know Mat Latos. Pretty sure I’ve never been in the same room with him. Maybe not even in the same stadium, since he got to the bigs just as I was leaving California. But he seems to be the sort of guy who gets under the skin of people around him, and Dodgers […]

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