Thursday, March 31, 2016
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Philippe's Making Pitch to Dodger Fans
Phillippe's is an L.A. institution and an SoSG favorite; this season, the restaurant is continuing its Dodger-blue ways. From a press relase:
This Friday the Petros and Money Radio show will be broadcasting, as well as streamed online, from Philippe’s restaurant in LA from 3-6 pm on Friday, April 1st.
This will be the second time the radio team will be broadcasting from the restaurant, only this time it’ll be better because they will be giving away a pair of Freeway series tickets, against the Angels to that evening’s game at Dodger Stadium.
Philippe’s is also helping prep fans for Opening Day, Thursday April 12th. The restaurant will be a pre-game site for fans, and even post game. The restaurant will also raffle off a pair of Dodgers tickets for a future game.
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Dodger Blogger Luncheon
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Salsa Verde Nachos |
We then got to go on a tour of the stadium, from the Top Deck to down on the field. We saw all of the awards and got to sit in the dugout. It was a very windy day, but that made for clear pictures. Seems like they were doing a lot of sprucing up the place from washing the seats to fixing up the dugout club. They were also installing new palm trees along Elysia-- I mean Vin Scully Avenue. It looks really nice.
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I guess they fixed Ethier's rage dent |
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Wednesday, March 09, 2016
Guest Writer: Dave Roberts is a Man of the People
Thanks to guest writer Sunha Kim for this report from Camelback Ranch:
You might not get an autograph, but you will get really close to the stars!
Part of the thrill of going to spring training at Camelback Ranch is getting up close and personal with the players and coaches, and hopefully getting a few pictures or autographs. If you are solely going to Camelback Ranch to snap a pic or get a signature with the big stars, however, there is a chance that you will come away disappointed. It’s not that stars are mean-spirited, but it is important to keep in mind that these players are getting ready to deliver us, the fans, our first championship in nearly 30 years. Most of the time, the players are in their zone and ready to perform at the highest level possible. That's really cool to see!
If you come to Camelback Ranch on a weekend, there will be large crowds as our team is lucky enough to have a strong and loyal fan base. Dodger fans come to Camelback Ranch not only from Los Angeles, but from all over the world. During my time at Camelback, I met a ton of fans living in Arizona. One fan I met came from New York City, and some other fans I met came from as far as Japan.
At this point, you might be getting the sense of why it might be so hard to snag a personal moment with your favorite star. If you are adamant about meeting one specific player, the best thing to do is to come during a weekday, as Camelback will be less crowded. That is what Pat and Melissa Hughes did, and they got autographs from most of the stars!
Pat and Melissa Hughes.
While it may prove hard to get personal with most the Dodger stars, there is one exception. I was at Dodger camp this past Friday, and I was lucky enough to snag an autograph and share a story with new Dodgers skipper Dave Roberts and Dodger legend Shawn Green. As almost every player walked straight from the field to the clubhouse after morning workouts on Friday, Dave and Shawn were kind enough to engage the large crowd that was waiting in the designated autograph area after morning practice.
The skipper with the fans.
Both Skip and Shawn spent a good 15 minutes with the fans who were eager to share stories, take pictures, and get their stuff signed. If anything, it is good to know that Dave Roberts is a man of the people. But given the strong start to the spring, who knows? Maybe Dave is the chosen one to shepherd us to the promised land for the first time since 1988.
Sunha Kim is a lifelong Dodger fan and boxing journalist. His favorite player growing up was pinch-hitting master Dave Hansen. Sunha's writing has appeared in Yahoo!, the business news site Quartz, and now Sons of Steve Garvey! Sunha currently hosts a boxing podcast called Kim On Boxing, and he is developing a baseball-centric podcast with another Dodger fan called Bro Club Sports. Stay tuned and follow him @SunhaPKim! photos by Sunha Kim

Thursday, March 03, 2016
Spring Training Game 1 Thread: Mar. 3 vs. White Sox, 12p

This is a photo of Elian Herrera as a Dodger. It was taken yesterday. I'm as surprised as you are.
Clayton Kershaw (for an inning or two, anyway) vs. John Danks
(shakes off rust)
A baseball game? Featuring real Dodgers? Like, I've even heard of this Clayton Kershaw guy. He was on last year's team, I think.
Another guy from last year's team who won't be making an appearance anytime soon is Brett Anderson. The real Bringer of Rain (Sorry, Josh Donaldson!) will miss 3-5 months due to back surgery. Some people have thrown in towel on the entire season because of this news. Yes, seriously. I mean, we're not exactly the positive bunch over here (Hi, Karina!), but I think we'll muddle through this somehow.
If you have SportsNet LA (I do now, but I'm at work and forgot to DVR the game!), I think this game is not one of the ones that were slashed from the schedule. So, enjoy!
Photo: Jon SooHoo