Tulsa Drillers left-hander Julio Urias has been drawing all kinds of accolades for his pitching acumen again this season. That is, for his pitch selection, his command, his maturity for an 18-year old, his confidence and rightfully so. He has had a remarkable start to his 2015 season. Running parallel to Urias’ season has been […]
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Pederson lights the Dodgers flame – again
May 3rd, 2015 at 6:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka Saturday night’s Dodgers – Diamondbacks game was one of those games where the momentum kept swinging back and forth. First it swung the Dbacks way when Dodger-killer Paul Goldschmidt slugged his sixth home run of the season with a man aboard in the first inning to make it 2-0 Arizona – momentum Dbacks. Then it […]
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Scott Van Slyke – ‘The Punisher’ – strikes again
May 2nd, 2015 at 1:46 pm by Ron Cervenka Over the past year, much has been made about the fact that Dodgers utility outfielder / first baseman Scott Van Slyke punishes left-handers – something that Dodgers manager Don Mattingly is well aware of. “He’s here really to punish left-handers,” Mattingly told reporters last May. “Right now, that’s what he’s doing. That’s his job really, is […]
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Pederson ends Dodgers 286-game grand slam drought
May 2nd, 2015 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka In 2014 Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner hit two grand slam home runs. In 2014 the entire Dodgers team hit zero grand slams. In fact, in 2014 only the Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates were without a grand slam and you have to go back another half season – to June 6, 2013 to be exact – […]
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Kyle Farmer makes debut with Tulsa Drillers
May 1st, 2015 at 1:06 pm by Harold Uhlman When I tuned in to the Tulsa Drillers game on Thursday evening I was surprised to see that catcher Kyle Farmer was making his AA debut in the Texas League. Farmer in his third year of professional baseball was selected by the Dodgers in the eighth round of the 2013 First Year Player Draft out of […]
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Quakes retake first place as De Leon dominates JetHawks
May 1st, 2015 at 12:05 pm by Ron Cervenka If you are one of those who base a game on the very first pitch, you probably would have left Thursday night’s Quakes / JetHawks game before your seat at The Hangar in Lancaster was even warm. But if you had done so, you would have missed out on an outstanding pitchers duel and an exciting battle […]
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‘Something is brewin, about to begin’
May 1st, 2015 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka About an hour before Thursday evening’s Quakes/JetHawks game at The Hangar in Lancaster, Quakes play-by-play man Mike Lindskog got one of those phone calls – a media guy’s nightmare. “The entire line-up just changed,” said Lindskog. “They’re sending [recently arrived Quakes left fielder] Yadir Drake to the Ogden. There’s going to be a bunch of […]
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