The Great Lakes Loons of the Midwest League for the first time in their 10-year history are in the championship round of the playoffs. The Loons run seemed unlikely even one month ago. However, they finished in a flurry winning 18 of their last 25 games and capturing the last wildcard berth in the Eastern […]
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Opponents should be very afraid of Clayton Kershaw
September 16th, 2016 at 9:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka When Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw landed on the disabled list around the All-Star break, opposing teams breathed a collective sigh of relief. It’s not that they wished anything bad on the 28-year-old Dallas, Texas native; no MLB player ever wishes that on another player. It’s just that they knew that they would not have to […]
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Dodgers 2017 schedule features interleague play vs. AL Central
September 16th, 2016 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka On Wednesday Major League Baseball released its preliminary schedule for the 2017 regular season. As happens every three years, the Dodgers – and all National League West Division teams – will play the American League Central Division teams in 2017. The Dodgers kickoff the season on April 3, 2017 at home with a four-game series against […]
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Loons shut out LumberKings in Game-2 of Midwest Playoffs
September 16th, 2016 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman In the past two days the Great Lakes Loons have actually lived a tale of two cities. On Tuesday evening they tallied five runs in the last three innings to defeat the West Michigan Whitecaps 5-2 and claim the Eastern Division Championship in the Midwest League. On Wednesday they scored five runs in the first […]
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Loons implode in Game-1 of Midwest League Division playoffs
September 15th, 2016 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman The Great Lakes Loons are on the road again. Having eliminated the West Michigan Whitecaps – in an exciting third game of the series – to capture the Eastern Division Championship of the Midwest League, the Loons earned a berth in the league championship series. No sooner had they done so than they had to […]
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Loons advance to first-ever Midwest League Championship Series
September 14th, 2016 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman The question of the day on Tuesday is how would the Loons respond following their loss to the West Michigan Whitecaps on Monday. After the third inning the Loons bats were absolutely silenced by the Whitecaps as West Michigan forced a third and deciding game. The winner of that game will advance to face the […]
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Puig continues to flourish since returning from exile
September 13th, 2016 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka Controversial Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig had only one pinch-hit at-bat in Monday night’s 8-2 pounding of the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium but he made the best of that one at-bat; he lifted an opposite field solo home run just inside the right field foul pole off of Yankees left-hander James Pazos. Although Puig’s “short-porch” home […]
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Great Lakes Loons playoff run stalls
September 13th, 2016 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman The Great Lakes Loons most likely had a better night’s sleep Sunday night than they did on Saturday night. The Loons traveled all the way from Bowling Green, Kentucky after their Saturday game with the Hod Rods, arriving home in Midland, Michigan at 8:30 am. After a period of rest, they had to report to […]
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Loons take first game of Eastern Division Championship Series
September 12th, 2016 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman The Great Lakes Loons earned a berth in the second round of the Eastern Division playoffs in the Midwest League with a tense 5-2 win over the ever dangerous Bowling Green Hot Rods on Saturday. The game may have marked the coming of age for the youthful Loons who rebounded from their loss on Friday […]
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Poll: Did Roberts make right decision with Rich Hill?
September 11th, 2016 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka In a decision that will undoubtedly be debated for decades, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts removed left-hander Rich Hill after 89 pitches with him needing just six outs to become only the 24th player in baseball history to throw a perfect game and the first Dodger to do so since Sandy Koufax on September 9, 1965. […]
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