Category: Los Angeles Dodgers
Gil Hodges, the unpretentious star
Set Number: X5069 Dodgers star 1B will be inducted in Cooperstown on July 24. Longtime Dodgers first baseman Gil Hodges was elected to the Hall of Fame on Sunday. Hodges’ ascension to Cooperstown was surprising in that it followed over five decades of disappointment. But it provides fulfillment for supporters of a revered baseball legend. […]
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2021 review: Gavin Lux
Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Up & down year at the plate, new positions in the field Gavin Lux got his first extended runway at regular playing time in 2021 and the results were mixed. The future of the former top prospect is still waiting to be written, but this year […]
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Yasiel Puig speaks up about Latino players in MLB
Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Puig last played in 2019 It feels like it’s been longer than three years since the Wild Horse was playing right field for the Dodgers. Yasiel Puig hasn’t even played in a major league game since 2019 due to a number of reasons. Over the weekend, Puig tweeted about his […]
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Hodges takes his place in Cooperstown
Gil Hodges elected into Baseball Hall of Fame
Gil Hodges finally makes it into the Hall of Fame Nearly 60 years after his playing career ended, Gil Hodges has been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. On Sunday, Major League Baseball announced that Hodges received the number of votes required from the Golden Days Era ballot. This honors players who primarily played […]
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Black baseball pioneer Fowler, Twins icons Kaat, Oliva also in Class of 2022
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2021 review: Caleb Ferguson
Photo by John McCoy/Getty Images A year of rehab for the LHP It’s reliever Tommy John surgery comeback weekend here at True Blue LA. One day after Tommy Kahnle’s season review, Sunday brings us to left-hander Caleb Ferguson, who also missed the entire 2021 season but is expected to provide a key role in the […]
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Podcast: The MLB lockout is here
Photo by Ronald C. Modra/Getty Images Taylor back; no Seager, no Scherzer, no baseball for now Major League Baseball is shut down after owners locked out the players on Thursday, but before the clock struck midnight there were a flurry of roster moves across the sport. On this episode of the podcast, we look at […]
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