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Spectrum Networks announces it has reached an agreement to broadcast an additional six Dodgers games on KTLA 5 this season, beginning Tuesday, August 22 at Pittsburgh against the Pirates. KTLA, Tribune Broadcasting's Los Angeles television station, is available on Channel 5. Spectrum customers have 24/7 access to SportsNet LA. SportsNet LA's simulcast game coverage will include a total of six Tuesday games broadcast on KTLA5 through the end of September. In addition to the August 22 game...
The All-Star break is over as teams resumed play on Friday. The Dodgers hope they can continue being dominant the rest of the way. The Dodgers, at 61-29, have the best record in baseball this season. They have two pitchers, Clayton Kershaw and Alex Wood, with 10-game winning streaks. They had the most players in the All-Star game. five with Corey Seager, Cody Bellinger, reliever Kenley Jansen, who struck out the side in the ninth inning, Justin Turner and Wood, who replaced Kershaw. The...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor Last season 23-year-old Corey Seager was the National League Rookie of the Year. This season 21-year-old Cody Bellinger is well on his way to being the second straight Dodger to win that award. It’s easy to see that the Dodgers have the heart of their batting lineup for what appears to be many seasons. The other half of the story is that these kids are carrying the team’s offense already. Bellinger has hit 24 home runs and has 55 RBI in 57 games. Don’t forge...
Bo Jackson To Be Honored With A Scouts Dream Award At Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation’s 14th Annual Fundraiser One of the greatest professional athletes, Bo Jackson, will be honored with “A Scouts Dream Award, at the 14th annual Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation’s “In the Spirit of the Game” Spectacular on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Vincent Edward Jackson, also known as “Bo”, was certainly a scouts dream as the Auburn University superstar out of McCalla, Alabama impressed scouts and fans alike with hi...
The Dodgers’ Dave Roberts, who was named National League Manager of the Year, will pick up another honor in the post-season as he has been named the recipient of the Tommy Lasorda Managerial Achievement Award at the 14th annual Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation’s “In the Spirit of the Game” Fundraiser Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Roberts guided the Dodgers to their fourth consecutive Western Division title in his first year of managing in the big leagues. Roberts was given the opportunity to manage the Dodgers...
The Dodgers’ 2017 promotional schedule will consist of 65 dates. . New items include a replica Fernando Valenzuela jersey, phone charger, chips and salsa dish, kids replica Corey Seager bat, kids pillow case and Labor Day BBQ gloves. Friday Night Fireworks and Viva Los Dodgers will return in 2017. There will be 10 bobblehead giveaway nights in 2017 and eight Great Dodger Moments collectible coin giveaways. The Dodgers will also present July 4th Fireworks on Independence Day. The Dodgers will host Jackie Robinson Day on Saturday, April 15 w...
The Dodgers have announced their 2017 Spring Training schedule, with their ninth season of Cactus League play beginning on Saturday, Feb. 25 against the Chicago White Sox at Camelback Ranch – Glendale, Arizona. The Dodgers will play 18 of their 34 Cactus League games at Camelback Ranch, including 17 home dates. In addition, the Dodgers will play a special home game vs. a team from the Tokyo bracket of the World Baseball Classic on Sunday, March 19. The club has at least one home game during each of the five Cactus League weekends, providing f...
The Angels have acquired OF Cameron Maybin from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for minor league RHP Victor Alcantara. Additionally, the club will exercise Maybin’s 2017 option. The announcement was made by Angels General Manager Billy Eppler. Maybin, 29, appeared in 94 games with the Tigers last season, batting .315 (110/349) with 14 doubles, five triples, four home runs, 43 RBI and 15 stolen bases. The outfielder set new career highs in average and on-base percentage (.383) and was one of six players in the Majors to hit .315 (min. 350 PA) a...
The Chicago Cubs won the World Series 8-7 over the Cleveland Indians. In what turned out to be a close game the Cubs won in the 10th inning. The win ended a dry spell for the Cubs who haven't won a World Series in 108 years.Read sportswriter Mitch Chortkoff's story on the game online tomorrow....
A lot of Dodger fans are disappointed that their team didn’t make the World Series again this season. I see the season in a much different way. The Dodgers were phenomenal in overcoming an eight-game division deficit to finish in first place over the Giants. Then they won their first round playoff series and gave the heavily favored Cubs a battle before losing in the second round. All of this without the addition of any elite free agent pitchers last summer. They lost one, in fact, when they w...
The Dodgers’ Dave Roberts has been named National League Manager of the Year in a vote by fellow league managers in The Sporting News. “I see this as a team award,” said Roberts who expertly guided the Dodgers into a division champion after they fell eight games behind the San Francisco Giants in mid-season. The Dodgers finished 91-71 as Roberts joined Tommy Lasorda in 1977 as the only rookie manager in Dodgers history to win the award....
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor Walter Alston's 20 years as the Dodger manager and Tommy Lasorda's 20 years brought a lot of joy to Los Angeles fans. Now Dave Roberts has done something to bring more joy. Roberts' brilliant strategy in the seventh game of the 2016 first round playoff series against the Washington Nationals allowed the Dodgers to reach the next round. Of course the Chicago Cubs will be heavily favored to eliminate the Dodgers and deprive them of their first World Series appearan...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor If you've read this column over the years you probably know I traveled with the Lakers for a long time and got to know Chick Hearn very well. We frequently sat together on plane rides and I had the pleasure of knowing his wife, Marge, too. I haven't known Vin Scully as well because I didn't travel with the Dodgers but we became friends through a lot of conversations in the Dodger Stadium press box. The Lakers began flying charter many years ago but they used to...
Yasiel Puig is back with the Dodgers. Possibly a new, improved Yasiel Puig. After careful consideration the Dodgers decided to bring the controversial 25-year-old outfielder back from their Oklahoma City farm club. The announcement was made on Friday, September 2. As a result Puig will be eligible to be with the Dodgers for the October playoffs the same as several other players who were brought up when roster limits were increased to 40 for the season's stretch drive. The Dodgers received...
For many, many years major league teams stationed defenders at first base, second base, shortstop and third base. Then the shift came along. Analytics began proving information on where batters frequently hit the ball. Teams responded by adding an extra fielder to the most likely spot. And, of course, reduced manpower at the least likely spot. So, on Sunday the Dodgers and Cubs were scoreless in the bottom of the eighth. There were two outs, the bases were loaded and the batter was Adrian...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor Speculation about Yasiel Puig's future with the Dodgers was strong enough for me to write about it last week. It turned out to be accurate. When the Dodgers flew to Colorado Monday to begin a series against the Rockies Puig wasn't with the team. The Dodgers had told him they would trade him by the Monday deadline or send him to the minor leagues, which they did Tuesday. Sources told me the Dodgers decided they needed more production from their right field...
The world and especially Los Angeles is a better place because of people like Don Buford. The former major league baseball star is still an energizer bunny at the age of 79. When most people his age are working in the garden or playing golf Buford is running local youth league programs, speaking at local colleges and throwing out the first ball at local baseball events. “I feel very fortunate to still be thought of as a local hero,” said Buford after he threw the ceremonial first pitch for the...
I was in the Dodger Stadium press box on a recent Sunday afternoon when Yasiel Puig was on second base. The next batter hit a routine infield pop up, something we’ve ll seen at least a thousand times. Nolan Arenado, the Colorado Rockies’ third baseman, pretended to lose the ball in the sunlight. Puig advanced halfway to third waiting to see what would happen. Arenando then caught the ball and flipped it to second for an easy double play. I saw journalists throughout the press box asking eac...
The 6-foot-2, 175-pound left-handed hitting Lux hit .531 (43-for-81) with six home runs, 10 doubles, four triples, 31 RBI and stole 23 bases this spring. He also drew 29 walks, while only striking out twice in 26 games in 2016. Lux, 18, was rated by Baseball America as the fourth-best shortstop in the 2016 draft and was the 36th overall prospect. He was also named the Gatorade State player of the year for the state of Wisconsin. “We’re really excited that we were able to select Gavin,” said Dodger Director, Amateur Scouting Billy Gasparino. “We...
The 2016 Westside All-Star Classic will take place on Saturday, June 18 at West Los Angeles College. The gates will open at 12:30 p.m. and the game will start at 3 p.m. Admission is $10 and that will include parking. The second annual classic will feature some of the best local graduating senior baseball players from over 20 high schools from the CIF and City sections. Culver City, Westchester, LACERS, Dorsey, Crenshaw, Loyola and Redondo Union are just a few of the schools that will send...
The Cardinals flew into Dodger Stadium for a three-game series this past weekend and were only able to salvage one win against their National League rivals. When Cardinals center-fielder Randal Grichuk robbed Howie Kendrick of a homer by leaping up and snatching the ball as it was going over the center-field wall in the first inning of the first game of the series, things seemed to be looking good for the Cardinals. But then, things went south for the Redbirds as they lost the first two games...
Life in a Dodger baseball uniform for Maury Wills came full circle a few weeks ago when the Los Angeles Dodgers broke from Spring Training camp at their Camelback Ranch-Glendale facility in Phoenix for the 2016 Major League Baseball season. "I've been in the game for many years now. It's time that I play a little golf and enjoy quality time with my wife Carla. That says it all," said Wills who recently made an announcement that this was to be his last spring training as the Dodgers bunting...
It was another beautiful Opening day at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday with the Dodgers hosting the Diamondbacks. Newly-aquired Japanese pitching sensation Kenta Maeda, took the mound for the Dodgers facing off against Patrick Corbin. But not before the traditional pre-game festivities which paid tribute to and honored the legendary Vin Scully as it's his last season providing play-by-play for the team. Vin tossed the ceremonial first pitch as famous former Dodgers players cheered him on. They were...
There’s no doubt that Yasiel Puig has a lot of baseball talent. But he’s been so erratic with the Dodgers that he’s inspired opinions from columnists and fans that he should be traded. But what’s this? A new Puig as the 2016 season begins? It looks that way. In spring training we learned that Puig had contacted a trainer who used to help him out. Puig was eating right and wanted the guy to help him again. And that happened. Then there was Puig taking baseball seriously, cutting down on the mad...
Jered Weaver is one of the Angels’ biggest stars and most valuable players. But he’s having a major problem in spring training. Weaver, who won 18 games in 2014, is throwing only 79 mph these days because of neck pain and a new problem, a spine injury. He says doctors haven’t found the cause of the spine trouble. But is Weaver going to remain one of the Angels’ best starting pitchers? Will he be able to be real effective without a quality fastball? The regular season is only a few weeks away. A...
