The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes are the Dodgers Advanced Single-A minor league team that plays in the highly competitive California League. The Quakes bridge the gap between the Dodgers Low Single-A Great Lakes Loons in Midland, MI and their Double-A Lookouts in Chattanooga, TN. The Quakes draw many of their players from the Loons but also from […]
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Down on the Farm – Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Year in Review
October 18th, 2012 at 5:43 am 
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Rawlings puts the Ball in Baseball
October 17th, 2012 at 12:05 pm by Ron Cervenka Most die-hard baseball fans are well aware that Rawlings has been the official and exclusive supplier of baseballs for Major League Baseball for over a quarter-century. They may even know that each Rawlings Official Major League Baseball (ROMLB) is made in Costa Rica. But what most baseball enthusiasts might not know is the extreme scrutiny and the […]
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A Prospect or Not
October 16th, 2012 at 5:52 am by Harold Uhlman Is there any wonder why we love this game… this game called baseball? It is arguably the most unpredictable of all major sports. Not only is baseball the most difficult team sport to play, it is unquestionably the most difficult to be successful at. What other professional sport can you fail at 70% of the time […]
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The Home Field Disadvantage
October 15th, 2012 at 1:22 pm by Evan Bladh Do you ever remember a time when so many road teams won in the post season? Look at these results: Wild Card Playoffs Baltimore beats Texas on the road. St. Louis beats Atlanta on the road. NLDS San Francisco against Cincinnati results in all five games won by the visiting team. St. Louis against Washington results is 3 of […]
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Was it the Right Call?
October 15th, 2012 at 5:24 am by Ron Cervenka On Sunday evening, Stephen Strasburg and the rest of the Washington Nationals sat on their couches at home watching the first game of the 2012 NLCS on TV while the St. Louis Cardinals were playing in it. Just as the Texas Rangers had done in game-6 of the 2011 World Series, the Nationals watched their playoff hopes go up […]
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Down on the Farm – Ogden Raptors Year in Review
October 14th, 2012 at 6:09 am by Harold Uhlman The Ogden Raptors are the Dodgers’ Rookie League team in the Pioneer league. The Raptors are an advanced rookie team that became affiliated with the Dodgers in 2003. Prior to that, the Ogden team was an affiliate of the Brewers. The Raptors are gifted with one of the most beautiful settings for a baseball park […]
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Early Observations from the Arizona Fall League
October 13th, 2012 at 12:49 pm by Ron Cervenka With a very long off-season looming and the unpleasant thought of no baseball until spring training 2013, I decided to make the 5 1/2 hour drive over to Phoenix to take in three 2012 Arizona Fall League games. As has been well documented here on ThinkBlueLA.com over the past week, there are six teams in the […]
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The Arizona Fall League
October 12th, 2012 at 3:59 am by Harold Uhlman Play in the Arizona Fall League has begun again, marking its 20th anniversary. Play started on Tuesday, October 9th and the AFL season will wrap up with the league’s championship game slated for Saturday, Nov. 17th at Scottsdale Stadium. In between those dates, thirty -two games will be played by all six teams in the […]
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The Defining Moment
October 11th, 2012 at 9:43 am by Ron Cervenka Without exception, every post season series has a defining moment – that one single moment or play that changes the eventual outcome of the entire series, one way or the other. It could be something as simple as a key Dave Roberts stolen base or something as spectacular as a James Loney grand slam, Jeff Kent […]
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Ynoa Shines in AFL Debut
October 10th, 2012 at 9:05 am by Ron Cervenka Dodgers second base prospect Rafael Ynoa went 2 for 4 with an RBI for the Mesa Solar Sox in a very well played 6-5 losing effort in Tuesday evening’s AFL season opener against the Salt River Rafters at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. Ynoa, one of nine Dodgers prospects selected for the Arizona Fall League, also […]
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