On September 28, 2015, Justine Siegal made baseball history when she was offered and accepted a coaching position with the Oakland Athletics making her the first female coach in Major League Baseball history. Siegal took the position of guest instructor of the Athletics Fall Instructional League which ran from October 4–17. Her signing might have […]
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New Quakes manager Drew Saylor has simple message – ‘Know Thyself’
March 4th, 2016 at 9:00 am 
by Harold Uhlman On December 21, 2015 the Dodgers announced their minor league managers for the upcoming season. There were three new faces among the group including 32-year old Drew Saylor who takes over the reins of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the Class A+ California League. Saylor – born in Barberton, Ohio – became a Wadsworth High […]
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Rob Segedin – the Dodgers other third baseman
March 4th, 2016 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka Over the past four months and especially the past four weeks, much has been written about Justin Turner and his recovery from off-season microfracture surgery on his left knee. Most of the recent Turner hubbub has been centered around the fact that new Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has officially named Turner as his everyday third baseman; then […]
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Spring training ’16 could be Guerrero’s last as a Dodger
March 3rd, 2016 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka When the Dodgers signed Alex Guerrero to a four-year / $28 million contract back on October 21, 2013, it seemed like a great idea at the time – especially with the extremely deep pockets of new Dodgers ownership and the Dodgers glaring need for a second baseman. Guerrero, then a 26-year-old who had defected to Haiti in late […]
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Dodgers spring training broadcast schedule
March 2nd, 2016 at 9:30 am by Ron Cervenka With the Time Warner Cable – DirecTV dispute headed into its third season, television coverage of Dodgers spring training games will take a hit this year. Whereas the Dodgers aired 31 games last spring on SportsNet LA – the Dodgers regional sports network – there will be only 16 games aired on SNLA this spring. The […]
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Dodgers’ search for an everyday third baseman is over – and has been for a year
March 2nd, 2016 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka It was one of those unanswered questions that had Dodger fans constantly scratching their heads, maybe not so much in 2014 but definitely in 2015. Why don’t the Dodgers just name Justin Turner as their everyday third baseman and be done with it instead of calling him the proverbial utility bench player? The long answer is that […]
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Retired number pins sure to be a hit with Dodger fans
March 1st, 2016 at 10:37 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers marketing and PR teams have hit another home run with Dodger fans for the upcoming 2016 season. It started in 2014 when they decided to honor the no-hitters thrown by Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw and former World Series champion Josh Becket with commemorative pins that instantly became huge collectors items. And then last […]
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Jim Walton – The real ‘Gus Lobel’
March 1st, 2016 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman It doesn’t seem possible that three years have passed since I watched Trouble With The Curve. I certainly enjoyed it more than The Perfect Storm and the Clint Eastwood production created its own perfect storm for me. I love baseball, appreciate and value the work done by baseball scouts, and I am a huge Clint […]
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