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kground his cuddly youth and his quietly wry air of mystery fused with his preternatural talent creating in los angeles an immediate sensation and an enduring love affair read more catch the catch the new novel by jon weisman by jon weisman on november 1 2023 in books entertainment life the catch writing today is the official publication launch for my novel the catch available in paperback and digital download what s it about glad you asked what happens when three old friends in crisis fall into an unexpected love triangle in the catch maya henry and daniel embark upon an emotional journey that forces them to confront unresolved pain present day traumas and powerful desires leading them to question the very meaning of love and fulfillment the catch tells a tale of ordinary people seeking the extraordinary or if that s asking too much some damn peace of mind you can order the book right now click here to order the catch in paperback click here to order the catch on kindle should you read it let s see what these wonderful people have to say you can support me by doing any or all of the following read the book spread the word write an online review more to come thank you for your support a new beginning with the dodgers by jon weisman on august 31 2023 in dodgers life today is my last day at showtime after 6 1 2 years and beginning friday top of the month to you i m returning to the dodgers as vice president of communicatjons read more fernando valenzuela ranking the games that defined the legend by jon weisman on august 7 2023 in dodgers on august 11 the dodgers will officially retire the no 34 of fernando valenzuela at dodger stadium fulfilling the dreams of so many fans in truth no other dodger has worn the number since valenzuela first put it on in 1980 but this moment sanctifies i d like to take you through the most important moments of valenzuela s dodger career 15 of them saving the best for last here we go read more interview ken gurnick on ron cey and writing about the dodgers by jon weisman on june 25 2023 in books dodgers history writing photo of ken gurnick by jon soohoo during my time working for the dodgers covering the team from the inside out i marveled at the ease with which ken gurnick navigated the clubhouse even though the same employer signed the players paychecks and my own i often felt like an intruder in contrast gurnick was part of the fabric i recall how the longtime dodger beat writer chatted as easily with a short lived dodger like mike bolsinger as with franchise icon clayton kershaw read more interview ron cey talks about the experiences that led to his new memoir penguin power by jon weisman on june 22 2023 in dodgers history quietly ron cey thought he was a great baseball player why wouldn t he by the time he retired from the major leagues in 1987 after a 16 year career cey hit 316 home runs and 328 doubles he drove in 1 139 runs he scored nearly 1 000 if he wanted to get crazy he could note that he walked more than 1 000 times and had an on base percentage you know that elitist statistic of 354 cey played in six all star games he shared an mvp award for a world series where his heroics were plain for anyone to see arguably the best third baseman of all time mike schmidt played in the same era as cey another no doubt hall of famer george brett was the american league s bellwether after that pair it would have been no crime for cey to see himself in the hot corner s highest echelon mike schmidt was unquestionably the dominant nl third baseman from the mid 70s to the late 80s but cey would have to be the no 2 wrote pioneering analyst bill james years later fellow dodger alum tim wallach introduced cey to baseball s statistical revolution and it more than validated his inner beliefs it exceeded them timmy came up to me one day when i was at the park cey recalled in an interview he said i want to tell you that you are so much more valuable in our era of baseball than you were in your own based upon wins above replacement cey is the no 6 dodger position player of all time behind four hall of famers from brooklyn pee wee reese duke snider jackie robinson and zack wheat and the californian who remains the franchise s all time hits leader willie davis cey has the highest war of any dodger position player of the past 50 years from 1970 through 1990 cey s war ranks 28th among all major leaguers of the 27 ahead of cey 17 are in the hall of fame of the 27 ahead of cey six are third basemen schmidt brett graig nettles buddy bell wade boggs and darrell evans of the 27 ahead of cey only two were dodgers both of them longtime american leaguers eddie murray and willie randolph the title of cey s new memoir written with longtime dodger beat reporter ken gurnick is penguin power you can find the inspiration for that title in any number of chapters not the least being an appreciation of a great nickname but without a doubt one of those inspirations is for contemporary fans to understand cey s powerful place in dodger history just like i think that dodger era didn t get the credit it deserved for the things it accomplished i don t think ron did either gurnick said in an interview i think ron s right that he s not in the top 1 percent of third basemen but he s probably right behind it if you look at what he achieved through the prism of analytics he did what they wanted him to do and he did it really well in all phases of the game and the numbers back that up perhaps more importantly penguin power shares the stories behind that career in a breezy invigorating style not only cey s journey to greatness but the incredible experiences he had along the way read more senator steve garvey his dream began nearly 50 years ago by jon weisman on june 1 2023 in dodgers it s natural to me to say hello to everyone to wave to those little old ladies who haven t missed a game i look forward to seeing them in life you re either a people person or a private person i m a people person i like dealing with groups of people i think i can get along with banker s sons and blacks from the ghettos when i retire i d like to go into politics steve garvey speaking to pat jordan inside sports trouble in paradise august 31 1980 it didn t go without saying that dodger first baseman steve garvey would run for office someday but it went without questioning in the 1970s some would contend that garvey came across more like a politician killing time as an all star ballplayer than the reverse read more winning in may dodgers lose may by jon weisman on may 17 2023 in dodgers rookie sensation james outman of the dodgers has been in a slump since april 26 not only had he been struggling at the plate 591 ops but he had struck out in more than 40 percent of his plate appearances in his most recent 12 at bats entering wednesday he had no hits while striking out six times and then in wednesday s game against the minnesota twins outman singled stole a base and scored in the fourth inning and in the seventh inning he hit he flicked really a tiebreaking grand slam just what the dodgers ordered in fact the dodgers have gotten reliable delivery on what they ve ordered for the better part of a month the 7 3 victory over the twins was the dodgers 18th in their past 23 games after starting the season with a 10 11 record los angeles now tops the entire national league at 28 16 it might seem dubious given the franchise s tepid offseason moves but the dodgers have all the panache of a team that will once walk the runway in october at the same time the dodgers got a tough reminder wednesday of how quickly we can all lose our looks read the rest with a free trial at slayed by voices the clayton kershaw 200 by jon weisman on april 18 2023 in dodgers history it s not that clayton kershaw is mikhail baryshnikov it s that baryshnikov was kershaw look at that image above look at that competitor it s april 18 of a lethargic dodger season and the fire in the dodger legend is a red hot 200 degrees one degree for each career win on a night where history could be made kershaw brought history to life delivering a performance for which vintage is utterly insufficient attacking the strike zone and baffling the new york mets kershaw threw seven dominant shutout innings with 81 of his 105 pitches for strikes in a 5 0 dodger victory the 200th of his brilliant career read the rest for free at slayed by voices kershaw cd the 400 kershaws by jon weisman on april 7 2023 in dodgers history movies gentlewomen and gentlemen clayton kershaw makes the 400th start of his hall of fame career tonight at arizona as you know each start commands a feature length film of epic stature while we have not succeeded every time the producers and i have poured our hearts into this 15 year old project we hope you have found some joy some laughs maybe even some tears in coming along this journey with us please join in as we reminisce about what we believe to be the most important movie series in baseball history kershaw cccxcix kersho pioneers kershaw cccxcviii kershawllywood squares kershaw cccxcvii kershawrry wrong number kershaw cccxcvi production curtailed kershaw cccxcv kershawne to 5 kershaw cccxciv kershalona kershaw cccxciii the kershaw always rings twice kershaw cccxcii kershowsse pointe blank kershaw cccxci kershawaii five 0 kershaw cccxc kershawcan gigolo read more fernando s 34 is being retired who s next by jon weisman on february 5 2023 in dodgers history retired numbers it has been 45 years since the dodgers made an exception to their policy of only retiring the jersey numbers of hall of famers when in the throes of grief they honored jim gilliam s no 19 after his sudden death during the 1978 world series nine days shy of his 50th birthday in between gil hodges became the 11th number retiree last summer to accompany his belated 2022 journey to cooperstown and now fernando whose prodigious workload early in his career forestalled him putting up the late career numbers to make the hall will make it a dozen joining gilliam as an exception to the rule so many have hungered for this moment and few would dispute its worthiness on a practical level the dodgers haven t given any player no 34 since valenzuela so all that was missing was the official blessing at the same time this opens a floodgate or two however special the circumstances no longer can the dodgers hide from a clamor for other candidates read the rest at slayed by voices the dodgers might be down in 2023 but they aren t out by jon weisman on january 19 2023 in dodgers season preview status report from 2019 to the present no major league team has won more world series than the los angeles dodgers okay my cheek is enveloping my tongue but it s true but more seriously the dodgers have won 67 percent of their games 366 180 over the past four seasons the equivalent of 108 5 wins every 162 games to put that in perspective no other team has won 67 percent of its games even in a single season since the 2001 seattle mariners based on their offseason moves no one including myself believes that the dodgers will sustain that level of play in 2023 but how far down might they go and what are the consequences let s start from the outside in first the postseason then the regular season this is a free post at slayed by voices to read the rest click here revisiting the catcher in the rye by jon weisman on january 14 2023 in entertainment life i reread the catcher in the rye this week and i had a lot of fun writing about it check out my free post at slayed by voices no subscription necessary for this one trevor bauer is not a dodger by jon weisman on january 7 2023 in dodgers reprinted from slayed by voices through january 8 subscribe to slayed by voices for 25 off the annual price i m not sure i ever typed trevor bauer and dodgers in the same sentence and thankfully after tonight i never will the dodgers cut ties friday with the 31 year old pitcher on the following basis as indicated in their 4 16 p m pt statement the dodgers organization believes that allegations of sexual assault or domestic violence should be thoroughly investigated with due process given to the accused from the beginning we have fully cooperated with major league baseball s investigation and strictly followed the process stipulated under mlb s joint domestic violence sexual assault and child abuse policy two extensive reviews of all the available evidence in this case one by commissioner manfred and another by a neutral arbitrator concluded that mr bauer s actions warranted the longest ever active player suspension in our sport for violations of this policy now that this process has been completed and after careful consideration we have decided that he will no longer be part of our organization i don t have the slightest need nor desire to dive into the allegations of sexual assault that led to bauer s suspension from major league baseball on july 2 2021 bauer started flinging lawsuits around like kale chips from a hot air balloon i just made that up there was one high profile showdown in court in which the judge ruled that no restraining order was needed to keep bauer away from his accuser since they were nowhere near each other some in the public confused that as an exoneration of bauer when it was anything but click if you want the terrible details notwithstanding the woman s consent to some form of rough sex u s district court judge james selna wrote bauer engaged in acts while she was unconscious when she was physically and legally unable to give consent read more what are the dodgers doing you ask by jon weisman on december 16 2022 in dodgers status report i wrote a pretty lengthy status report on the 2023 dodgers over at slayed by voices this one i m keeping behind the paywall but i really hope you ll check it out you can always sign up with a no strings attached seven day free trial and here s a bonus for dodger thoughts readers if you sign up and then let me know 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