
Dodgers Assistant General Manager Kim Ng Ready to Make the Jump to Top Job
Los Angeles Dodgers Assistant General Manager Kim Ng never thought…

Walter O’Malley Was Right
An explanation of why Walter O'Malley was right in his decision…

June 2009: Dodgers vs. Oakland A’s
A poem about the Dodgers and Oakland A's in June 2009.
“He…

The (Movie) Hollywood Stars Game
Long before the Dodgers spied the bright lights and greener pastures…

Everybody’s a Star: The Dodgers Go Hollywood
In a scene from the Marx Brothers’ "Animal Crackers", Chico…

Home Run Derby: A Tale of Baseball and Hollywood
It was just the top of the first, and Willie Mays hit four home…

“There’s No Crying in Baseball”: Balls, Bats, and Women in Baseball Movies
In an iconic moment from A League of Their Own (1992), Manager…

Relocation, Descent, and Rejuvenation
A poem about the Dodgers' relocation.
Patterns are observed…

Buster Keaton, Baseball Player
Buster Keaton's journey as a physical athlete starring in silent…

Buck Rodgers: On the Road to Anaheim
A Biography of Buck Rodgers and his journey to Anaheim.
Millions…

Of Witches, Hexes, and Plain Bad Luck: The Reputed Curse of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
From the mid-1970s until the Angels won the World Series in 2002,…

Bo and Dean: A Lifetime of Fun and Friendship
A history of the friendship of Bo Belinsky and Dean Chance.
Every…

Mis-Management 101: The American League Expansion for 1961
Roland Hemond joined the Los Angeles Angels’ on…

“Never Make the Same Mistake Once: Remembering USC Baseball Coach Rod Dedeaux`
A look at the innovative style of legendary University of Southern…

Greater Los Angeles Area Colleges: Major League Mass-Production
A brief overview of Southern California University baseball programs,…

Lamentation: California Angels, October 1986
Lamenting the Angels' 1986 playoff loss.
Lamenting the Angels'…

Baseball at Sepulveda Dam: One Afternoon, Three Hall of Famers
One day in May 1973, on one large field out in the San Fernando…

Jimmie Reese: The Career and the Man
The life of Jimmie Reese as described by Tom Willman, journalist…

The Sandlot Mentors of Los Angeles
This article presents those little known but important men who…

Manzanar: Family, Friends, and Desert Diamonds Behind Barbed Wire
The irony of baseball behind barbed wire was that Japanese Americans…

Post-Cooperstown Post Modernism: The Baseball Reliquary and the Future of Nostalgia
Just what is the Baseball Reliquary, anyway? There are as many…

Los Chorizeros: The New York Yankees of East Los Angeles and the Reclaiming of Mexican American Baseball History
Los Chorizeros baseball played an essential role in the life…

A Whole New Franchise: Creating the 1961 Los Angeles Angels in 120 Days
Roland Hemond has worked in Organized Baseball since 1951, when…
