Two members of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes have been named to represent the team in the upcoming California-Carolina League All-Star Game. Noel Cuevas and Ryan Mount have been selected as California League All-Stars. That game will be played at the San Jose Municipal Stadium on Tuesday, June 18th. Noel Cuevas, 21, is presently the Quakes […]
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Down on the Farm – Cuevas & Mount named to Cal League All-Star Team
June 8th, 2013 at 8:42 am 
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Five-tool player
June 8th, 2013 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka It is a baseball term that fans have heard for years, yet most have absolutely no idea what it means – a five-tool player. What exactly are these five tools and why do they even exist? I’ll answer the ‘why’ part first. When baseball scouts and player development people watch and evaluate players (primarily position players), […]
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Witnessing history in the making
June 7th, 2013 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka No sense in me rehashing Yasiel Puig’s unbelievable grand slam in the bottom of the 8th inning during Thursday night’s 5-0 shutout of the Atlanta Braves since every writer, blogger and talk show host in the baseball world has already done so. But what no writer, blogger or talk show host can put into words is […]
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Dodgers select Chris Anderson in first round of 2013 MLB Draft
June 7th, 2013 at 5:45 am by Harold Uhlman The Dodgers have drafted Chris Anderson in the first round of the 2013 first year player draft, also known as the Rule 4 draft. With their 18th overall pick, they perhaps surprised many with their selection of the 6 foot 4 inch Anderson. At 225 pounds the big right hander has the frame that many […]
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The seemingly impossible dream – A Dodger winning streak
June 6th, 2013 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka If it seems to you like the 2013 Dodgers just can’t win more than two games in a row, you would be 100% correct. The painful truth is that the Dodgers have won three games in a row exactly once this entire season – yes, I said once. That aberration occurred way back on April […]
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An interview with the man who discovered Yasiel Puig
June 5th, 2013 at 6:26 am by Ron Cervenka By now everyone is well aware that Cuban superstar outfield Yasiel Puig, who made his major league baseball debut on Monday evening before 37,055 at Dodger Stadium, defected to the United States from Cuba. Everyone also knows that the Dodgers signed the (then) 21-year-old ball player to an enormous 7-year/$42 million contract basically unseen – […]
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37 million on hand to witness ‘The Throw’
June 4th, 2013 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka It always happens – not immediately, but usually within a few weeks or months and especially after a few years. It happened after the Koufax perfect game. It happened after the Gibson and the Finley home runs. It happened after the back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs. And it will undoubtedly happen now, after ‘The Throw’ … the […]
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‘Lima Time’ could return to Dodger Stadium
June 3rd, 2013 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka It was a fleeting moment in Dodger history but one that I will cherish forever – Lima Time. It began on January 28, 2004 when the Dodgers signed journeyman free agent right-hander José Lima to a one-year contract which, at the time, drew very little fanfare. But during that magical season the Dodgers would win the […]
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Shortest article in ThinkBlueLA history
June 3rd, 2013 at 5:59 am by Ron Cervenka Puig Is Here.
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Dodgers paying for Colletti’s questionable moves
June 2nd, 2013 at 8:07 pm by Evan Bladh Oh my, those perplexing roster moves. I don’t envy Ned Colletti too much this year. With the boatload of injuries the Dodgers have had, maintaining an optimal 25 man roster has been a chess game of Fischer/Spassky-esque proportions. I don’t think I’m alone at thinking that our chess master could have handled the board much […]
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