Former MLB manager and current MLB Network Radio analyst Kevin Kennedy will be joining former Dodger great and longtime Dodgers radio broadcaster Rick Monday this weekend on AM 570 LA Sports radio. Monday’s regular partner Charlie Steiner will be filling in for Joe Davis in the SportsNet LA television booth while Davis is away fulfilling contractual agreements with Fox Sports.

“I’ll be doing the games this Friday, Saturday and Sunday against the Miami Marlins [at Dodger Stadium],” Kennedy said. “I’m scheduled to do 30 games on the radio this season when Rick or Charlie are on vacation or when Charlie to needed in the SportsNet LA booth.”

Kennedy, who was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley and grew up a huge Dodger fan, was drafted as a catcher by the Baltimore Orioles in the eighth round of the 1976 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of San Diego State University. And even though he never made it beyond Triple-A as a player, his tremendous baseball knowledge did not go unnoticed by the Dodgers, who appointed him to manage of their Pioneer rookie league Great Falls Dodgers in 1984. Kennedy eventually worked his way up to manage the Dodgers Triple-A affiliate Albuquerque Dukes for three seasons until he was hired to manage the Texas Rangers in 1993.

After two seasons in Arlington, Kennedy was hired by the Boston Red Sox, where he managed in 1995 and 1996. In 1997 Kennedy joined ESPN as a color analyst on the network’s Wednesday Night Baseball telecasts, performing the same role on ESPN Radio’s Sunday Night Baseball in 1998 and on Fox Sports Net’s Thursday Night Baseball in 1999 and 2000. From 2001 to 2008, he was a studio analyst for baseball on Fox, teaming with host Jeanne Zelasko. He also contributed to Fox Sports Net’s Best Damn Sports Show Period and hosted a radio program on FOX Sports Radio, and was a co-host of Dodgers Live on Prime Ticket at this time.

In 2009 Kennedy was hired as a television analyst for the Tampa Bay Rays. He returned to the Dodgers’ postgame show for the 2009 postseason and more recently was a co-host on the popular DodgerTalk postgame talk radio show. This past off season Kennedy teamed up with national sports radio personality Rich Herrera to launch their popular Inside the Dugout podcasts.