If the state of the Dodgers was based entirely on what was posted on social media, shortstop Jimmy Rollins would have been run out of town on a rail months ago. After all, the 36-year-old / 16-year MLB veteran was hovering right around the Mendoza Line for nearly all of the first half of the […]
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The secret world of Don Mattingly
July 6th, 2015 at 10:45 am 
by Ron Cervenka To say that Dodgers manager Don Mattingly is always forthcoming with the media would be… well… unforthcoming. It’s not that he outright lies to them, he just makes a game out of toying with them by withholding information – and he clearly enjoys doing so. Prior to Sunday’s series finale against the New York Mets […]
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Caleb Dirks joins Quakes Relief Corps
July 6th, 2015 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman On Thursday, July 2, the Dodgers jumped into the international signing pool with both feet. There was no testing the water. They just plunged in head first. Some say they caused waves on the international scene. However I expect for MLB teams that were not as aggressive as the Dodgers nor as willing to spend […]
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Mets Alex Torres chooses safety over style points
July 5th, 2015 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka It’s one of those vicious cycle kind of things. Everything is going alone fine for a major league pitcher and then he gets hit in the head or face with a line drive and is seriously injured – in most cases with a concussion or even structural damage to their face that requires surgery or other serious […]
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Is this Greinke’s final season as a Dodger?
July 4th, 2015 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka One of the biggest revelations in the Dodgers Camelback Ranch clubhouse on February 19 – the day that pitchers and catchers reported for spring training – was that Dodgers co-ace Zack Greinke had received a “lubricating injection” in his right elbow earlier that same morning – something that (unknown to reporters) he had done in the […]
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Meet Quakes new second baseman Tim Locastro – bruises and all
July 4th, 2015 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman The roster of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes changed dramatically on Thursday, July 2nd. Three young players acquired in trades by the Dodgers from outside their farm system were assigned to the Dodgers’ Advanced Single-A affiliate. The Dodgers added a total of four players to strengthen their farm system without subtracting any of their own prospects. […]
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Is Brandon League willing to play with house money?
July 3rd, 2015 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka On Thursday afternoon it was announced that Dodgers right-hander Brandon League, who has spent then entire first half of the season on the 60-day disabled list, had been designated for assignment as he was nearing the end of his rehab assignment with Dodgers Triple-A affiliate Oklahoma City Dodgers. As Dodger fans know, League was in […]
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Dodgers acquire former 2nd & 13th round draft picks from Blue Jays
July 2nd, 2015 at 2:09 pm by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have acquired minor league right-handed pitcher Chase DeJong and infielder Tim Locastro from the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for three international signing slots: 27, 57 and 117. DeJong and Locastro have been assigned to Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. DeJong, 21, was recently promoted to the Blue Jays’ Single-A Dunedin affiliate in the Florida […]
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Quakes Paul Hoenecke sees hitting streak end at 16
July 2nd, 2015 at 12:00 pm by Ron Cervenka Dodger fans who attended games at Camelback Ranch this past spring may not have seen his name, but they undoubtedly heard it over the PA system – Paul Hoenecke. The Kewaskum, Wisconsin native, who will turn 25 on July 8, appeared in five games for the Dodgers as one of the many late-inning replacements wearing one […]
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Crawford exits rehab game after being hit by pitch
July 2nd, 2015 at 1:00 am by Ron Cervenka After hitting an RBI triple in his first at-bat of his second rehab game with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on Wednesday night, Dodgers outfielder Carl Crawford was hit by a pitch in his second at-bat forcing him to exit the game in the third inning. The pitch, a 94-MPH fastball thrown by High Desert Mavericks right-hander Connor Sadzeck, […]
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