Focusing on the humanity of the game and remembering that baseball is supposed to be fun.
Focusing on the humanity of the game and remembering that baseball is supposed to be fun.
“Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.” – Hall of Fame outfielder/first baseman Frank Robinson * * * Baseball is a game steeped in history, and diehard fans are not always great at accepting changes. Case in point, the new pitch clock still has many detractors among the faithful. However, after the past weekend’s […]
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Players and fans take the offseason to recover from the long haul of the grueling baseball season from Spring to Fall. Winter is also a time for Front Offices to catch their respective breaths, while catching up on things they could not tackle with stadiums full of people. Opening Day 2023 this past Thursday and
It is finally here. The day that the baseball faithful have waited all year for. MLB Opening Day 2023. In a season with at least 162 games, and maybe a few more if some teams are lucky, diehards get spoiled watching their beloved teams more days than not throughout the year. After the final out
Some fans may have gotten a tiny taste of Dodger Stadium after the long winter during the Fanfest event in early February. And for anyone who missed the festivities, Sunday evening was the first opportunity for the Los Angeles faithful to get their baseball fix. It was a perfect precursor for the baseball season that
Saturday afternoon was another perfect day for baseball, so much so that the Dodgers played not one, but two Spring Training games. The Chicago Cubs were visiting Camelback Ranch while a split squad played the Giants at Scottsdale Stadium. The Dodgers newest starting pitcher, 30-year-old right-hander Noah Syndergaard, got his second Cactus League start in
Dodger fans enjoyed a real treat Friday afternoon as 34-year old future Hall of Fame left-hander Clayton Kershaw took the mound at Camelback Ranch for the first time this Spring against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. In front of a sold out crowd of 12,691 and under sunny skies, the Dallas, TX native and
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The first game of Spring Training is in the books leaving only 32 days until Opening Day at Dodger Stadium on March 30th against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Players and fans alike got a taste of some of the new rule changes in Saturday afternoon’s game. Most notably, the pitch timer, where violations of 15 seconds
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Eight days and counting until Dodgers pitchers and catchers report to the training facilities at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona. This will be the first opportunity fans have to see how the potential player puzzle pieces will fit as the new team starts to come together once Spring Training gets underway. There are a number
With the first Dodgers FanFest in the books since 2020 and Spring Training right around the corner, the new baseball season is nearly underway. You can almost smell the stadium grass if you were not, in fact, at the ballpark on Saturday for the festivities. With some core players leaving in free agency, there will
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Saturday afternoon marked the return of the Dodgers FanFest, a celebration allowing fans to get up close and personal with the players on the team and visit Dodger Stadium before the season officially starts. This is the first time the festival had occurred since 2020 before the Covid-19 pandemic halted the start of the baseball
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