It was just a little blurb on Twitter. In fact, aside from two brief tweets by DodgerTalk’s David Vassegh and a couple others, the only other mention of it was a very brief one-liner by Dodgers beat writer Steve Dilbeck. Heck, even the Dodgers PR people didn’t mention it. “Right there I just want to be […]
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Isabel and Latimore – two lightning rods with the Quakes
August 27th, 2017 at 9:00 am 
by Harold Uhlman We have all heard it and for the most part there can be little doubt that it is not true. That is, lightening does not strike twice in the same place. Right now, Rancho Cucamonga Quakes manager, Drew Saylor, is pretty sure he has seen something like lightning strike twice in the past week. On […]
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Dodgers ‘spark’ set to return on Wednesday
August 27th, 2017 at 8:30 am by Ron Cervenka Dodger fans are a fickle bunch. When the team went on its historic 43-7 run earlier this season, all was well in the universe. But given the fact that the Dodgers have lost an unimaginable two of their last four games, and judging by what this has done in the Twittersphere, you would think that […]
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Raptors Rylan Bannon having a banner year
August 26th, 2017 at 10:30 am by Harold Uhlman Ogden Raptors third baseman Rylan Bannon was selected by the Dodgers in the eighth round of the 2017 First-Year Player Draft out of Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. The native of Joliet, Illinois attended high school at Joliet Catholic Academy in his home town. Upon graduation, Bannon headed off to Xavier and three years of […]
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Dodgers stellar pitching continues
August 26th, 2017 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka If you said that Dodgers pitchers would throw a near perfect game one night and then throw a near combined no-hitter two nights later, there’s a pretty good chance that you would have been the laughing stock of the baseball world. Yet this is exactly what happened. On Wednesday night, Dodgers left-hander Rich Hill came a […]
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AGon heating up at just the right time
August 25th, 2017 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka Although there was never really any doubt that he wouldn’t, 14-year MLB veteran and four-time Gold Glove first baseman Adrian Gonzalez is beginning to heat up after spending nearly 10 weeks on the disabled list for what was diagnosed as lower back discomfort. Since returning from the 60-day DL on August 18 following rehab assignments […]
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Raptors ‘Casey at the Bat’ repeats four-hit game
August 24th, 2017 at 10:00 am by Harold Uhlman Raptors outfielder Donovan Casey is on a bit of a tear in his last six games in which he has recorded 15 hits. During those six games, he has two four-hit performances and one three-hit game. Casey was selected by the Dodgers in the 20th round of the 2017 First-Year Player Draft out of Boston […]
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On a night when Rich Hill was perfect, his teammates were not
August 24th, 2017 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Baseball is a cruel game. A truly spectacularly and wonderful game, but cruel. On Wednesday night, it reminded us – once again – just how cruel it can be. On a night when 37-year-old Dodgers left-hander Rich Hill was perfect, his teammates were not … almost, but not. It’s not that Hill’s teammates didn’t try, […]
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Justin Hoyt named Pioneer League Pitcher of the Week
August 24th, 2017 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman Left-hander Justin Hoyt has been selected as the rookie level Pioneer League’s Pitcher of the Week for the period from August 14 to August 20. The Dodgers selected the 6’0”/210-pound Hoyt in the 22nd round of the 2017 First-Year Player Draft out of Jacksonville State University. Hoyt was born in Birmingham, Alabama and graduated from […]
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Beaty moving up on Dodgers top prospects list
August 23rd, 2017 at 8:00 am by Jacob Rudner On Friday, August 18th, the Dodgers made a trade to acquire outfielder Curtis Granderson from the Mets. When the trade occurred, it was announced that Granderson had been acquired for a player to be named later and on August 20th that player was announced to be the Dodgers number 28 overall prospect, Jacob Rhame. Because […]
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