Baseball is the best radio sport, is it not? Even if you grew up without Vin Scully. Things happen slowly enough that they can be explained in real time, and even if it gets hectic for a moment, it will settle down in a matter of seconds and then the announcer can tell you what […]

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The day before was spent mostly in the country near St. Petersburg, green and a bit soggy but well-tended and open. Today, we stayed in the city, taking in three of the major cultural sites, along with what must have been every other tourist from the six major cruise ships docked in the port. All […]

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I should get some sort of award for this. Or, better, a reward. An extra 10 RBI the first week. An extra home run for each of the next 26 weeks. I could cite biorhythm studies here, but I most certainly was at a huge disadvantage when the Sun Baseball League conducted its 33rd draft […]

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Check out this news release on the Los Angeles Dodgers website. They are very proud of their prominence in social media. Look at all the numbers! –They had 193,493 new Twitter followers. –Exactly 30,849,622 “likes” on Instagram, 373,072 comments and 309,314 new followers of the @Dodgers account. –An MLB-leading 1,588,291 Twitter retweets from January to […]

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I suppose this entry is a day late. I actually gave up on the Dodgers when they lost that 13-inning game to St. Louis in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series. I had just written an email to a friend — it was the 12th inning — saying that whoever won Game 1 […]

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On June 21, the Dodgers lost 5-2 to the San Diego Padres to fall to 30-42, last in the National League West and 9.5 games out of first place. Clayton Kershaw had been roughed up a little, and the Dodgers hitters didn’t get much going against the parade of relievers the Padres used that day […]

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Before the Dodgers’ game tonight with the New York Yankees, they had Cristiano Ronaldo of the Real Madrid soccer club throw out the first pitch. As often is the case for non-ballplayers … it did not go well.

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It has been a long, dry spell for the Los Angeles Dodgers. On a couple of levels. The more historical is their inability to win a World Series over the past quarter-century. You have to be at least 30 years old to have even a dim memory of 1988 and Orel Hershiser and “look who’s […]

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