If you were to look up the term ‘as advertised,’ you would see a photograph of 22-year-old right-hander Jose De Leon – well, at least you should. On Thursday night, the Isabela, Puerto Rico native made his California League debut with that Advanced Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and looked every bit as good as he did […]
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Have a game, Adrian Gonzalez
April 9th, 2015 at 6:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka Question: Who is the last MLB player to hit five home runs in his team’s first three games of a season? Answer: There isn’t one because it has never happened before – until Wednesday night, that is. Through the first three games of the 2015 season against the San Diego Padres, Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez has […]
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The 2015 Great Lakes Loons – for starters
April 8th, 2015 at 12:00 pm by Harold Uhlman The Great Lakes Loons kick off their 2015 season with a home game at Dow Diamond against the Fort Wayne TinCaps on Thursday, April 9th with a 6:05 P.M. start. The Loons are the Dodgers Class A affiliate in the Midwest League. A preliminary roster for the Loons was released on Monday. Only six players […]
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Dodgers need to rethink their approach to the Padres
April 8th, 2015 at 7:31 am by Ron Cervenka It’s been said so many times in the past six months than it now almost goes without saying – the once perennial NL West cellar-dwelling San Diego Padres are now not only a legitimate threat to be contenders within the division, they recently became a very real threat to win it outright. The off-season acquisitions by new […]
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Top Dodgers prospect Corey Seager to begin ’15 season at Double-A Tulsa
April 7th, 2015 at 12:28 pm by Ron Cervenka Dodger fans expecting to see top Dodgers prospect Corey Seager begin the 2015 minor league season with the Triple-A received a rude awakening on Tuesday morning when the Dodgers officially released their minor league rosters. Instead of heading to Oklahoma City – home of the Dodgers new Triple-A affiliate OKC Dodgers – Seager is on […]
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Jimmy Rollins – As professional as it gets
April 7th, 2015 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka When your team is down by a run in the bottom of the eighth inning and you’re down in the count 0-2, what do you do? If you’re Jimmy Rollins, you slow everything down “I was looking for a pitch in one spot and I didn’t get it and I was down 0 and 2,” […]
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It’s Opening Day! – Happy New Year everybody!
April 6th, 2015 at 6:13 am by Ron Cervenka From all of us at ThinkBlueLA, Happy Opening Day! However you choose to watch or listen to today’s game, please have a safe and wonderful time. GO DODGERS!
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Remembering Billy Delury
April 6th, 2015 at 6:00 am by Evan Bladh He provided me my first real one on one interview. He didn’t have to. I wasn’t much of anything. Just a guy pounding out my thoughts on the computer each day. He didn’t know what a blog was. I didn’t feel it was important enough to explain to him. “Sir,” I said, “It’s an internet […]
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De Leon named Quakes Opening Day starter
April 5th, 2015 at 8:35 am by Ron Cervenka ThinkBlueLA has learned that Dodgers Top-10 pitching prospect Jose De Leon has been named as the Opening Day starting pitcher for the Advanced Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes when the team kicks off its 2015 season on Thursday, April 9 against the Bakersfield Blaze (Mariners) at historic Sam Lynn Ballpark in Bakersfield. De Leon, who had a […]
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Dodgers announce Opening Day roster
April 5th, 2015 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka As anticipated, the Dodgers announced their Opening Day 25-man roster following Saturday night’s Freeway Series and spring training finale which ended in a 6-6 tie – the eighth of the spring for the Dodgers. While there were no major surprises in Dodgers President of Baseball Operation Andrew Friedman’s announcement, which came during Dodger manager Don Mattingly’s post-game […]
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