
In what has been a drawn out saga through a long spring without sports, it appears that baseball might finally be close to returning.
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In what has been a drawn out saga through a long spring without sports, it appears that baseball might finally be close to returning.
Continue reading “Players to Owners: ‘Time to Get Back to Work’”

The Dodgers on Thursday evening announced their five selections of the second day of the 2020 MLB Draft, taking right-handed pitcher Landon Knack out of East Tennessee State University in the second round, right-handed pitcher Clayton Beeter from Texas Tech University in the Competitive Balance Round B, outfielder Jake Vogel from Huntington Beach High School in the third round, catcher Carson Taylor out of Virginia Tech University in the fourth round and right-handed pitcher Gavin Stone from the University of Central Arkansas in the fifth round.

For fans of the Dodgers who were able to tune into the first night of MLB’s abbreviated 2020 amateur draft, they weren’t surprised when the club selected one of the best available pitchers with the 29th overall pick—right-hander Bobby Miller out of the University of Louisville.
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With the orchestration of an abbreviated amateur draft—alongside a potential favorable response from the Major League Baseball Players Association—Wednesday could mark the day of an important time in baseball, if everything falls into place nicely.
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As far as the Dodgers history book goes, very few players are mentioned more than legendary first baseman Steve Garvey.
Continue reading “Today in 1982, Steve Garvey Reaches Consecutive Games Milestone”

Well, hello! It’s me, your friendly weekly columnist here at Think Blue Planning Committee, who has turned into a broken record. There’s nothing new to report, nothing new to write about specifically in the world of Dodgers baseball. Did you miss me?
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Considering how far apart both sides are after offering up their latest rounds of respective proposals, there’s certainly not much time left to reach an agreement if there will be some semblance of an MLB season in 2020.
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While there still isn’t any real hard news about progress being made between the owners and players surrounding prospective 2020 salary payouts, there was a small flurry of speculation that was shared by several different sources of the media early Sunday.
Continue reading “Mixed Signals Linger Around Latest Salary Negotiations”

After another week when it seemed promising that Major League Basbeall owners and players association would finally work all their issues out, we still are not any closer to knowing if baseball will actually happens this season.
Continue reading “Players Work Out at Dodger Stadium, David Price Donates to Minor Leaguers”

Tuesday marked the day of another step forward in the realization of an abbreviated 2020 Major League Baseball season.
Continue reading “MLB Owners Present New Salary Plan to Players Union”