If you were fortunate enough to attend Tuesday night Quakes games, you saw a pretty exciting and well played game… until the 8th inning, that is. After fighting their way back from a 4-2 deficit to tie the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres), the proverbial bottom fell out for the Quakes, giving up 2 runs in […]
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Confidence in Withrow Rises to New Levels
August 6th, 2013 at 6:00 am 
by Evan Bladh Up until this season, the career of Dodger pitcher Chris Withrow had stalled to the point that many questioned whether he would ever amount to anything as a major league pitcher. Drafted 20th overall in the first round by Logan White in the 2007 First Year Player Draft, his live arm was coveted and considered […]
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Will Biogenesis suspensions eliminate PED use in the MLB?
August 5th, 2013 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka With the Biogenesis suspension announcements only hours away, there is a sense of anxiety in the air – not the ‘who will it be?’ type of anxiety but more of a ‘is this finally the end of the PED era?’ kind of anxiety. Realistically, MLB will never be 100% PED free – at least not […]
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A tough series just got tougher
August 5th, 2013 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka In late May the St. Louis Cardinals took 2 of 3 from the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. In that series, Paco Rodriguez recorded the lone win in relief of recently released Dodger starter Ted Lilly. The two losses? Those were suffered by Chris Capuano and Clayton Kershaw, who allowed five and four earned runs respectively. […]
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Are the Dodgers about to go Puig-less?
August 4th, 2013 at 8:26 am by Ron Cervenka Anyone who has been watching the Dodgers regularly since Yasiel Puig made his MLB debut on June 3 knew that this day would come. In fact, there hasn’t been a single game in which Puig hasn’t scared the tar out of Dodger fans at least once during a game and usually two or even three […]
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The record the Dodgers are trying to break
August 3rd, 2013 at 9:42 am by Ron Cervenka It has been well publicized that the red hot 2013 Dodgers need only one more road win to set a new all-time franchise record for consecutive road wins, having tied the record at 12 with their 6-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Friday afternoon. And though Dodger broadcasters and beat writers have clearly stated […]
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DOTF – July Dodger Pride Awards Predictions – Position Players
August 3rd, 2013 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman (Editor’s Note: Here is the second installment of our own Harold Uhlman’s picks to win the Dodgers July Dodger Pride Awards for position players Down on the Farm. The actual winners will be announced by the Dodgers in the coming days): July Dodger Pride Awards Predictions – Position Players Dominican Summer League Dodgers Outfielder Ibandel Isabel might […]
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DOTF – July Dodger Pride Award Predictions – Pitchers
August 2nd, 2013 at 8:00 am by Harold Uhlman (Editor’s Note: We’re trying something new here at ThinkBlueLA.com. Our Dodgers minor league expert Harold Uhlman is predicting which Dodger pitchers and position players will win the July Dodger Pride Award based on his observations and research from ‘Down on the Farm.’ Here are Harold’s picks for the pitchers. Let’s see how he does): July Dodger Pride Award […]
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Holding Teams Accountable for Reckless Long Term Contracts
August 2nd, 2013 at 6:00 am by Evan Bladh Buck Showalter came out to say yesterday that he opposes a life-time ban for Alex Rodriguez from the game. His words were short and to the point and shouldn’t be interpreted as support for the Yankee third baseman. The Baltimore manager believes that the Yankees should be saddled with that brutal contract for it’s remaining […]
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Wait… The Dodgers did what?
August 1st, 2013 at 7:27 am by Ron Cervenka Anyone who is surprised by the first eight innings of Wednesday nights game between the Dodgers and Yankees before a sold out Dodger Stadium crowd simply doesn’t follow baseball very closely. When you pit two guys with the first and sixth best ERAs in all of baseball against one another, it really should come as […]
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