Bill Shaikin wrote an interesting article in the Times on a recent result of the energy crisis – the L.A. City Council and the Dodgers have teamed up to offer bus service from Union Station to Dodger Stadium on game days. Under the proposed plan, which would go into effect after the all-star game in [...]

Now I’m all for voting for deserving Dodgers to make the All-Star team, but the following banner ad (running on the Dodgers’ Web site) made me pause.  Martin at catcher?  Absolutely.  Loney at first?  Eh, why not.  But Andruw Jones in the outfield?  Nomar at third base?  Look, I know this was written before the start of [...]

  There’s a nice article on Vin Scully in the current issue of Variety.  One interesting tidbit from the story: Scully has broadcast more than 10,000 games over 59 years with the Dodgers.  Think about it.  59 years!  While those are staggering numbers for any career, it’s even more remarkable when you recall that it’s all with one [...]

+ It may not be much, but I’ll take it! Stults’s Stats: 6+ IP, 3 runs (one earned), only six hits, one walk with 5 strikeouts. More to come…

So like many of you, I’m trying to find more information on the Dodgers 19 year-old first round draft pick, pitcher Ethan Martin.  I did uncover one piece of trivia that did disturb me: the Dodgers have not won a playoff series in Martin’s lifetime!  Yup, he was born eight months afterthe team’s last post-season series win.  [...]