You won’t find it on Baseball-Reference.com or any other baseball statistical website, yet it has as big of an impact on a game as hits, home runs and strikeouts. It is commonly referred to in a variety of ways: getting into their head, rattling their cage or simply psyching them out. It is the affect […]
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Keeping Justin Turner out of everyday lineup is hurting Dodgers
September 7th, 2014 at 10:08 am 
by Ron Cervenka A little over a week before Dodgers third baseman Juan Uribe returned from the disabled list for a strained hamstring, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly was asked if he was planning to stay with the hot bat of replacement third baseman Justin Turner even when Uribe returned. “No, we’ll get back to Juan,” Mattingly said. “We’re […]
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Lookouts take 2-1 series lead in Southern League playoffs
September 6th, 2014 at 11:47 pm by Harold Uhlman The Chattanooga Lookouts and Huntsville Stars squared off in the third game of their Southern League play-offs on Saturday. The series was knotted at one game apiece following the first two games in Huntsville. Several members of the Huntsville team will play in the Arizona Fall League including outfielder Tyrone Taylor, first baseman Nick Ramirez, […]
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Dan Haren making strong argument for Dodgers 2015 starting rotation
September 6th, 2014 at 12:51 pm by Ron Cervenka As little as three weeks ago Dodgers right-hander Dan Haren wasn’t the least bit concerned that his $10 million player option for 2015 might not vest. In fact, Haren, who turns 34 next week, wasn’t even sure that he wanted to come back for another season and instead retire from the game leaving that $10 million, […]
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Selig denies controversy over MLB Rule 7.13
September 6th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka As part of outgoing MLB commissioner Bud Selig’s farewell tour he is visiting every major league team’s home ballpark and Friday it was Dodger Stadium’s turn. But instead of a run-of-the-mill press conference, the energetic 82-year-old commissioner began things by presenting Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully with the Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award, the 14th such […]
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Lookouts head back to Chattanooga with series tied 1-1
September 5th, 2014 at 8:09 pm by Harold Uhlman The Chattanooga Lookouts took the field in the second game of their divisional play-offs on Friday at Joe Davis Stadium in Huntsville. They held a one game lead in the play-offs having defeated the Stars 4-3 in a very tight game on Thursday. The Huntsville team claimed a play-off berth in the first half of […]
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Video review forcing teams to change sliding tactics
September 5th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka At first it seemed to be just a fluke – a guy steals second base and clearly beats the tag and is ruled safe but the opposing manager challenges the call. Sure enough, super slow motion reveals that the runner took his foot off the bag for a millisecond while the infielder held the tag on him […]
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You will be missed Kevin Towers… by no one
September 5th, 2014 at 5:45 am by Ron Cervenka The Arizona Diamondbacks took their first step towards rebuilding their organization late Wednesday night – they fired general manager Kevin Towers. Surely Dodger fans remember Kevin Towers. He’s the guy who, along with D-backs owner Ken Kendrick: Demanded that if the Dodgers clinched the N.L. West Division at Chase Field last year (which they did) that […]
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Chattanooga Lookouts – Believe!
September 4th, 2014 at 9:53 pm by Harold Uhlman On Thursday, September 4th the Chattanooga Lookouts began their best of five play-off series with the Huntsville Stars. Lookouts manager Razor Shines in a pre-game interview said for the season that the goal was to have the players “believe and just keep believing.” That is, believe they can win. “From the first of August,” Shines […]
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Mattingly says Kershaw is ‘Lined up’ for rest of season
September 4th, 2014 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Prior to Monday night’s game against the Washington Nationals, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly was asked if his rotation is basically set for the remainder of the regular season with everyone going every fifth day. “We can still tweak [the rotation] a little bit,” said Mattingly. “We’ve talked about some different days so there still may […]
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