When we left the country for Abu Dhabi, in 2009, the whole of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ season could be seen on TV by consumers who had even lower-end cable packages. This month, we came home during ball season … and I was able, for the first time, to experience the ridiculous situation — now […]

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I try to make one major-league baseball game per year. Not always do-able, when you live in Abu Dhabi. This one turned out well on several fronts … starting with the Maury Wills bobblehead doll we got upon entering the stadium.

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I was looking up some statistics on Josh Reddick, outfielder of the Oakland Athletics, in the marvelous online resource baseball-reference.com, and just above players’ numbers the site has a sort of “ticker” of where that particular player ranks, in baseball history. Josh Reddick, I noted, was #1439. And a bit to the right of Josh […]

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The Dodgers sent out a press release last week describing the “new menu” items at Dodger Stadium for the 2015 season. Nos 1 and 2 on the list? (And these are real.) –Lasorda’s Meatball Marinara Specialty Fries –Lasorda’s Meatball Marinara Cone Also, La Taqueria’s Carne Asada Specialty Fries … and Fried Dodger Dogs at Extreme […]

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Late last year, I went off on the sloppy usage of “icon” and “iconic”. It was in regard to Vin Scully and a media release (not written by Vinny) about his plan to return to the Dodgers broadcast booth in 2014. And the intellectually bankrupt Dodgers PR crew used both icon and iconic within the […]

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The Los Angeles Dodgers seem to be spending money … for the sake of spending money. It’s almost as if they feel empty if they haven’t offered an enormous contract to someone for a week or two. Can you come up with a better explanation for the Dodgers giving $62.5 million over the next six […]

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I was a big fan of Maury Wills, when he played for the Dodgers in the 1960s. These were the struggle-to-score Dodgers, who often went back to Dead Ball Era tactics to win, with “Little Maury” leading the way. Bunt single, stolen base, ground ball to the right side, sacrifice fly. That was a Dodgers […]

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And no, it’s not “Happy Valentine’s Day!” The sweetest words of February are some variation of this email headline from a Dodgers media release received today: PITCHERS AND CATCHERS REPORT TO SPRING TRAINING All that’s missing is an exclamation point. Ah … baseball is coming back, and all is right with the world.

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Let’s start this with one of those achievement test-y questions. Which of these four names does not belong? 1. Sandy Koufax 2. Justin Turner 3. Fernando Valenzuela 4. Vin Scully Too easy!

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The long-rumored Dodgers trade with the San Diego Padres went through today. To the Padres: Matt Kemp, catcher Tim Federowicz and $32 million. To the Dodgers: Catcher Yasmani Grandal, pitchers Joe Wieland and Zach Eflin. To the fans: The sinking feeling that the erratic but talented Kemp will come back to haunt them while playing […]

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