I stumbled across this story from the Vero Beach paper about the old Dodgertown facility in Vero Beach and thought I’d pass it along. It’s sad to hear that punks are breaking into this now empty landmark and stealing some of the mementos the Dodgers left behind. Baird said the Dodgers left behind all the equipment in the [...]
Happy MLK Day, everyone! Just read on Tony Jackson’s blog that the Dodgers came to terms on another one-year deal with outfielder Jason Repko, thus avoiding arbitration. According to Jackson, Repko will get a small raise in base pay to $500,000 (up $12,500). Now considering that Repko had a whopping 20 at bats in 2008, [...]
So single game tickets to the semi-finals and finals of the World Baseball Classic at Dodger Stadium are now on sale (no need to buy strips of tickets to multiple games). The Dodgerfan guys just picked up two tickets to the finals on Monday, March 23. We didn’t go last time, but heard that the entire [...]
So this is pretty cool: the Dodgers are hosting their second “Public Batting Practice” tomorrow night from 5-8 p.m. James Loney and Matt Kemp will be on hand, as well as “several of the team’s top prospects” (no specifics given right now). So if you’ve ever had a desire to throw a nasty curve like [...]
There was no fireworks celebration or ticker tape parade, but there’s no doubt that Dodger fans are celebrating the official release of Andruw Jones today. Although there has been no interest in signing Jones prior to his release, the 31 year-old five-time all-star is confident he’ll land somewhere in the majors, going so far as [...]