Just two hours before the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) is scheduled to reveal their selection(s) for the National Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2015, the off-shoot Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) has named five players to their unofficial but highly regarded Hall of Fame. It should come as no surprise […]
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January 6th, 2015 at 6:00 am 
by Harold Uhlman Many Dodger fans, myself included, were a bit concerned when rumors started to swirl that Dee Gordon was on the trading block. The concerns were that Dee had just had a career year leading the majors in stolen bases and triples and playing way above anyone’s expectations for him heading into the 2014 season. He […]
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Hall of Fame could see largest class in 68 years
January 5th, 2015 at 12:00 pm by Ron Cervenka On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 11 a.m. (PT), the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) could do something they haven’t done since 1947 – elect more than three players into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. According to a January 4 article posted by ESPN, seventeen of their undisclosed number of eligible BBWAA voting […]
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Honesty not the best policy for Dodgers new front office
January 5th, 2015 at 7:00 am by Evan Bladh As I walked through Barnes and Noble the other day, the post holiday sales were in full force. Coming across the “Calendar” section, I figured this would probably be a good time to purchase one for 2015. Naturally my eyes gravitated towards the sports related calendars and there it was, a Los Angeles Dodgers calendar […]
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IBWAA Hall of Fame ballots in and counted
January 5th, 2015 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka According to Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) Director Howard Cole, there were 227 IBWAA members who cast ballots in this year’s IBWAA Hall of Fame voting – twice the number of ballots cast in 2014. This significant increase shows that the IBWAA is gaining both in popularity and credibility among internet baseball writers, journalists, bloggers, radio talk-show hosts […]
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Sports fan mourning the loss of longtime ESPN anchor Stuart Scott
January 4th, 2015 at 11:30 am by Ron Cervenka Having a favorite sportscaster or sports news anchor is a very personal thing. Some are very creative and original while (many) others are just plain annoying and obnoxious in their trite attempts to be cute or cleaver. Longtime ESPN anchor Stuart Scott was definitely in the former group. On Sunday morning, ESPN sadly announced the passing of […]
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Brad Golder stepping down as Loons Play-by-Play Radio Announcer
January 4th, 2015 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman For the past three years I have been listening to Great Lakes Loons baseball games on 100.9 FM ESPN and watching Loons games on MiLB.TV. I certainly don’t follow all 140 regular season games but I do catch many of them. I am particularly fond of minor league baseball and especially fond of the Loons […]
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2015 lining up to be a great year for Quakes fans
January 3rd, 2015 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka When the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes kicked off their 2014 season last April, Quakes pitching coach Matt Herges was very excited about his starting rotation, and with good cause. Not only did the former Dodger reliever have a first-round and a second-round draft pick to work with, but he also had a proven innings-eater and one […]
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A look back at the 2014 Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
January 2nd, 2015 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes are the Dodgers Advanced Single- A minor league team that plays in the highly competitive California League. Rancho Cucamonga is the usual stop for young Dodgers that have been promoted from the Class-A Great Lakes Loons. It has also become a frequent stop for Dodger players on rehabbing assignments providing some […]
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