There is no way to describe it. It was something that you couldn’t put your finger on but immediately felt the instant you saw the team together for the first time back on Opening Day. No, it wasn’t the Dodgers, but rather their Advanced Single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. You could feel right then – on April […]
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Dodgers confident about bullpen as postseason nears
September 21st, 2015 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka It’s no secret that the Dodgers bullpen has been the team’s Achilles heel for the past two postseasons. There is no greater example of this than last year’s National League Division Series when a bridge between their starting pitchers and closer Kenley Jansen was non-existent, forcing Dodgers manager Don Mattingly to keep his starters in longer than […]
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Mission accomplished – Quakes are California League Champions
September 20th, 2015 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka One strike. That was all that was needed to send the High Desert Mavericks to the California League Championship Series – the Advanced Single-A Cal League’s equivalent of the World Series – and send the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes home for the winter. But that strike never came. Instead were four pitches out of the strike zone on […]
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Quakes confident heading into Game-3 of Cal League Finals
September 19th, 2015 at 11:45 am by Ron Cervenka Anyone who has spent any time around professional baseball knows first-hand that it is, without exception, the most confidence-driven game in all of professional sports. There is no greater example of this than last Wednesday’s exciting game between the High Desert Mavericks and Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in the fifth and final game of the California League […]
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Quakes one win away from Cal League Championship
September 19th, 2015 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka If you’re going to have the game of your career, what better time to do it than in a championship series game. That’s exactly what Dodgers pitching prospect Scott Barlow did on Friday night in Game-2 of the California League Championship Series when he led the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes to a 4-3 win over the San […]
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Is this a ‘must-win’ series?
September 18th, 2015 at 12:00 pm by Ron Cervenka Throughout the course of a long 162-game season, we often hear the phrase “This is a must-win series.” And while it is the goal of every major league team to win every series during the season – and the good teams win most of them – there are definitely several must-win series, especially during the final two […]
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Quakes pound Giants in Cal League Championship opener
September 18th, 2015 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka After a bit of a slow start, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning in what ended up being a 12-3 rout of the San Jose Giants on Thursday evening at LoanMart Field. The inning started with the teams tied 2-2 – the result of two-run home […]
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Quakes enter Cal League Finals ‘Good to Go’
September 17th, 2015 at 6:37 pm by Ron Cervenka Anybody who says that the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes exciting bottom of the ninth, down to their last out, down to their last strike, come-from-behind 6-5 win over the High Desert Mavericks on Wednesday night to advance to the California League Championship Series wasn’t a miracle or didn’t involve a little divine intervention is lying – it’s as simple […]
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Dodgers use economy line-up to beat Rockies
September 17th, 2015 at 11:41 am by Ron Cervenka It’s no secret that the Dodgers have the highest annual payroll in all of baseball – $308,740,533 at last count. But on Wednesday evening, they fielded a starting line-up that totaled a mere $29,400,400 – a drop in the bucket in the big scheme of things for Mark Walter and the rest of the Guggenheim Baseball […]
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Quakes pull off miracle win to advance to Cal League Championship Series
September 17th, 2015 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers Advanced Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes pulled off what can only be described as a miracle win over the High Desert Mavericks (Rangers) on Wednesday night at LoanMart Field to advance to the 2015 California League Championship Series, which begins this evening – also at LoanMart Field. After jumping out to a quick 3-0 lead […]
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