Take your pick: hot, red hot, white hot, blazing hot, smoking hot. But whichever adjective you choose, just be sure that it precedes the noun Justin Turner who, on Friday night, was hotter than the postgame fireworks at Dodger Stadium. In a game that played out much more difficult than it should have for the […]
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Dodgers offensive nightmare continues
June 17th, 2016 at 8:35 am 
by Ron Cervenka It’s a statistic that is absolutely shocking; one that leaves you saying “How is this even possible?” When the Dodgers score exactly six runs … six of them, they are an unbelievable 1-5 this season. (h/t to @RyanWaltonSBN for that statistic). The Dodgers scored six runs on Thursday night … and they lost. Oh sure, it’s easy to […]
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Ogden Raptors kick off 2016 season
June 17th, 2016 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman The Ogden Raptors are the Dodgers’ Rookie League team in the Pioneer league. The Raptors are an advanced rookie team that became affiliated with the Dodgers in 2003. Prior to that, the Ogden team was an affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. Ogden, with a population of about 83,000, claims to be the oldest settlement in […]
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A little-known fact about the newest Dodger
June 16th, 2016 at 10:45 am by Ron Cervenka The date was April 13, 2012. It was a Friday night – yes, Friday the 13th. The Dodgers were playing those pesky San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium – the same San Diego Padres who always seem to be involved in unusual games with the Dodgers. (Who can forget that historic four-consecutive four-home-run game – […]
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Nine Drillers named to Texas League All-Star team
June 15th, 2016 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman The 2016 Texas League All-Star game will be played on Tuesday, June 28 at Springfield’s Hammons Field. Tulsa Driller fans, able to attend or watch, are in for a treat. Well, it’s the same treat they have been enjoying all season long but on a bigger stage. Nine Drillers have been voted in to represent […]
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Dodgers sign free agent outfielder Will Venable
June 14th, 2016 at 4:17 pm by Ron Cervenka One day after releasing light-hitting outfielder Carl Crawford, the Dodgers have signed light-hitting free agent outfielder Will Venable to a one-year contract. The 33-year-old, left-handed-hitting Greenbrae, California native was originally selected by the San Diego Padres in the seventh round of the 2005 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Princeton University. He owns a career .251 batting average with 81 […]
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Why isn’t Austin Barnes playing?
June 14th, 2016 at 1:00 pm by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers currently have exactly one player hitting above .275 – 22-year-old rookie shortstop Corey Seager at .284. But on the other end of that spectrum the Dodgers have five guys hitting below .205 – including all three Dodger catchers – A.J. Ellis (.195), Yasmani Grandal (.187) and Austin Barnes (.105). To be fair, Barnes should not be lumped in […]
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It’s banana bread time for Kiké Hernandez
June 14th, 2016 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka It’s a vivid memory – one that I’ll smile about until my final days. My mother, who passed over 25 years ago, would almost always bring home a bunch of bananas from the grocery store each week. And though most of them would get eaten by my dad, my two brothers, my sister or me […]
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Brock Stewart makes Triple-A Debut
June 14th, 2016 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman One of the surprises in the 2016 Dodgers minor league system has been 24-year old right-hand pitcher Brock Stewart. He was selected by the Dodgers in the sixth round of the 2014 First Year Player Draft out of Illinois State University. He had been drafted by the New York Mets in the 40th round of […]
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Is Michael Ahmed even better than his brother Nick?
June 13th, 2016 at 12:30 pm by Ron Cervenka Dodger fans are very familiar with 26-year-old Arizona Diamondbacks infielder Nick Ahmed and with good cause. In his two seasons with the snakes, Nick is only hitting .349 against the Dodgers with a .391 on-base percentage and .635 slugging percentage for an alien-like 1.026 OPS. Among his 63 at-bats against Dodgers pitching are five home runs, three […]
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