MLB Dates and LAD Roster Manipulation

November 4, 2021

Now that the WS is over, the MLB calendar is set (maybe).  Maybe because we have no idea what will become of the CBA after the current CBA expires on 12-1.    Tentatively, the MLB dates: November 3 – 160 players were declared Free Agents.  The Dodgers have 11. November 3 – 7 – Free agents can only negotiate with their most recent team. November 7 – Options must be exercised….

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JOHNNY PODRES – THE ORIGINAL HYUN-JIN RYU

July 8, 2020

Outside the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, a statue depicting southpaw Johnny Podres after a pitch release stands 60 feet, six inches from a statue of catcher Roy Campanella. They commemorate the Brooklyn Dodgers winning the 1955 World Series over the New York Yankees, one of the most iconic moments in Dodger history!   The photo of the elated Podres leaping into the arms of Roy Campanella, with Don…

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