Baseball is a funny game. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, something else happens that leaves you speechless. But baseball is also a cruel game. Sometimes things happen that shouldn’t or, in your wildest dreams, couldn’t possibly happen, but they do – such as a guy who hasn’t had a hit all season who hits […]
(Read More)Archive for May, 2016
Posted in 
In other news, Quakes’ Tim Locastro hits for the cycle
May 11th, 2016 at 6:46 am 
by Ron Cervenka It’s hard to argue that Tuesday night’s dramatic bottom-of-the ninth, down-to-their-final-strike, pinch-hit home run by Dodgers outfielder Trayce Thompson wasn’t the most exciting event within the Dodgers organization, if not in all of baseball. But Thompson’s walk-off home run to give the Dodgers a 3-2 win over the New York Mets and sole possession of first place […]
(Read More)
Kiké Hernandez and Trayce Thompson heading in opposite directions
May 10th, 2016 at 12:54 pm by Ron Cervenka Remember when Kiké Hernandez hit two home runs off of Giants ace Madison Bumgarner on Jackie Robinson Day? It was great … epic even. It was also almost a month ago and the extremely popular right-handed-hitting San Juan, Puerto Rico native hasn’t hit a home run since. In fact, the perception that he hits lefties far […]
(Read More)
Kazmir head shaking not sitting well with Dodger fans
May 10th, 2016 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka In the grand scheme of things, Monday night’s 4-2 loss to the New York Mets was just one of the one-third of the games that Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda says every team will lose over the course of a 162-game season; this to accompany the one-third of the games every team will win. But if it ends […]
(Read More)
Fans wanting to see Kyle Garlick better do so real soon
May 9th, 2016 at 8:32 am by Ron Cervenka While most Dodger fans primarily focus on… well… the Dodgers, there is a very strong group of loyal Dodger fans who also follow the team’s Advanced Single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, and with good cause – Rancho Cucamonga is relatively close to Dodger Stadium and, even more so, the Quakes are a really good team. So good, […]
(Read More)
This homestand could be tougher than last one for Dodgers
May 9th, 2016 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka If you would have told me that the Dodgers would go 1-6 at Dodger Stadium against two of the weakest teams in the National League, I would have said you were nuts – especially with three-time Cy Young award winner and 2014 NL MVP Clayton Kershaw pitching two of those seven games and with the […]
(Read More)
Bartolo Colon becomes baseball’s (and life’s) new mantra
May 8th, 2016 at 6:28 am by Ron Cervenka Anyone who has ever seen Bartolo Colon pitch has witnessed one of the game’s fiercest competitors – this in spite of his age. But on Saturday afternoon at Petco Park in San Diego, the 5′-11″ – 285-pound 2005 AL Cy Young award winner etched his name into baseball immortality when he slugged the first home run of his […]
(Read More)
An interview with Dodgers Sr. Manager of Player Development Jeremy Zoll
May 8th, 2016 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman On Thursday evening as I prepared to gear up for the Loons game at Dow Diamond against the Cedar Rapid Kernels of the Midwest League, I picked up MiLB.TV a bit early so I could tune in to the pre-game interview with Chris Vosters and his guest. Vosters had mentioned earlier, just before his broadcast […]
(Read More)
Not much more for Urias and De Leon to prove in minors
May 7th, 2016 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka We’ve been hearing about it for months – the Dodgers have an abundance of pitching depth, and technically it’s true. In addition to the Dodgers current rotation of Clayton Kershaw, Scott Kazmir, Kenta Maeda, Alex Wood and Ross Stripling, they have Zach Lee, Sam LeCure, Jharel Cotton and Jeremy Kehrt but a 2:45 flight away; […]
(Read More)
Did Dodgers spend wisely on Yaisel Sierra?
May 6th, 2016 at 10:10 am by Ron Cervenka There is no way that you can give an accurate or fair evaluation of a minor league pitcher based solely on two Advanced Single-A outings – absolutely none. That said, it’s probably safe to say that the Dodgers might be getting a little concerned about their investment for highly-touted Cuban right-hander Yaisel Sierra. For those […]
(Read More)
