Among the offseason acquisitions of the Dodgers are an owner to be named later and the optimism of a new beginning. That might have to hold them, as there were no such dramatic additions to the roster, which already boasts Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw and MVP runner-up Matt Kemp.
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February 13, 2012
As our loyal readers know, we love learning a little about some of the great people behind the scenes with the Dodgers and, as amateur photographers, we really love the work of team shooter Jon SooHoo (plus he’s one of the nicest guys you will ever meet). Two seasons ago we had the honor of shadowing Jon for a game and seeing what his day to day life is like at Camelback...
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February 13, 2012
Dominican Summer League Dodgers: Pitchers Dominican Summer League Dodgers: Hitters Arizona League Dodgers: Pitchers Arizona League Dodgers: Hitters Ogden Raptors: Pitchers Ogden Raptors: Hitters ===== Today I continue my off-season recap of the Los Angeles Dodgers minor league affiliates, moving on to the pitchers of the Great Lakes Loons. — I’ll be picking the prospects
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February 13, 2012
Infielder Russell Mitchell, outrighted to Triple-A Albuquerque last week, received an invitation to the Dodgers' Major League Spring Training camp.
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February 14, 2012
I ran across a low, low-numbered parallel of a Clayton Kershaw card I did not have while perusing eBay. It happened to be from Tier One, which a lot of our blogging brethren hated. I actually really like Tier One, and scored a great Kemp parallel a while back. But I'm straying, so back to Clayton. I placed a bid, and somehow it held. I say somehow because I snagged this beauty...
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February 11, 2012
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Dodgers’ legend Tommy Lasorda is forever immortalized.
A bronze statue depicting the Hall of Famer was unveiled Friday in the Dominican Republic, the team announced.
The statue stands at the ‘Paseo de los Immortales’ in La Romana.
Lasorda, 84, serves as Special Advisor to the Chairman of the Dodgers and has worked for the team for six decades...
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February 13, 2012
On Monday, the Indians and pitcher Jon Garland were reportedly working on a Minor League contract that would include an invitation to attend Spring Training. The Indians have not confirmed that they are near a deal with Garland.
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February 13, 2012
Hey there Dodger fans! Remember us? Well, it’s been a long off-season for the dodgerfan.net guys with real life getting in the way of us talking about the Dodgers, but we’re back, refreshed and ready for Spring Training! With new deals for the cornerstones of the franchise in Kershaw and Kemp, the second year of baseball under manager Don Mattingly plus a new ownership...
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February 11, 2012
On this week’s episode of the Call To The Bullpen MLB Podcast, things get heated this week with Corey and I having a serious debate over which pitcher we would build our respective franchises around: Tim Lincecum or Clayton Kershaw.
We also discuss:
Billy Beane being extended until 2019
Elvis Andrus and Nelson Cruz resigning in Texas
The Jeremy Guthrie trade to Colorado
AJ...
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February 13, 2012
We launched a new feature this week where a four-writer panel (myself, Jeff Erickson, Bernie Pleskoff and Michael Rusignola) each provided an overall Top-350 list for the upcoming season (the rankings will go live with an article by Wednesday). From there, we generated composite rankings for a large share of the player pool, while finding outliers with radically varying values within...
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February 14, 2012
Yesterday, Carson Cistulli kicked of our coverage of the best pitches of the 2011 season — and the pitchers responsible for throwing them. Carson looked at fastballs, and I’ll be covering sliders. Carson laid out the number of criteria he considered when putting together his list, so, instead of writing it again, I’ll just link to his article.
I considered the same...
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