In the past three weeks the Dodgers have continued to search for and sign minor league players – especially pitchers – that they can bring on board in trades, as minor league free agents or even claim off waivers. This never ending process is both interesting to minor league enthusiasts and significant in developing the […]
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Texas League names Player of the Week for July 31 – August 6
August 8th, 2017 at 6:00 am 
by Harold Uhlman A quick question for Dodger minor league enthusiasts. Without peeking at the Texas League statistics, which Texas Driller has the highest batting average in the league? OK, I didn’t guess it either although I knew he was having a good week. If fact, if play wrapped up today in the Texas League, Drillers third baseman/first […]
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Bellinger’s home run on Sunday was his longest yet
August 7th, 2017 at 3:00 pm by Ron Cervenka It’s one of those things that unless you were looking for it, you probably missed it. You are probably unaware that Dodgers rookie phenom Cody Bellinger‘s two-run home run on Sunday night against the New York Mets at Citi Field was his longest of the season which, of course, makes it the longest of his brief major […]
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Hyun-Jin Ryu is back
August 7th, 2017 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka After two long years, two major surgeries, several arduous rehab assignments and seemingly endless criticism, 30-year-old South Korean left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu is back. Not just adequately back, but full-blown 2013-2014 good back. On Sunday night before a rather anemic Citi Field crowd of 27,077, the Dodgers once rock-star-like Incheon, South Korea native was but a harmless third […]
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Dodgers match record set in 1912
August 6th, 2017 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka Chances are there are very few baseball fans – or anyone else for that matter – alive today who were around the last time that a major league baseball team won 43 games over a 50-game stretch. The last time that this incredible feat occurred was in 1912, the same year that the Titanic sank. […]
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Darvish brilliant in Dodger debut
August 5th, 2017 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka Dodger fans undoubtedly rolled out of bed on Saturday morning with a huge smile on their faces, and why wouldn’t they? They went to bed on Friday night having witnessed exactly what they had hoped for – a dominating win by just-acquired right-hander Yu Darvish, who the Dodgers picked up in the final minutes of […]
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Darvish set to make Dodgers debut against Mets
August 4th, 2017 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka As much as I try to avoid writing articles that are about myself, this is one of those occasions where the news is just too big to shy away from. By now, every Dodger and baseball fan on the planet is aware that soon-to-be (on August 16) right-hander Yu Darvish is now a Dodger. The […]
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Great Lakes Loons experience historic power surge
August 4th, 2017 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman On Thursday evening, I tuned in to the Great Lakes Loons game on 100.9 FM radio with play-by-play announcer Chris Vosters and his broadcasting partner Brad Tunney. It soon became one of those games, the likes of which you have not seen or heard before. The Dodgers Low Single-A affiliate has had a bit of […]
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KTLA to simulcast six additional Dodger games
August 3rd, 2017 at 4:56 pm by Ron Cervenka Spectrum Networks – aka SportsNet LA – has announced that they have reached an agreement with KTLA5 to broadcast an additional six Dodgers games this season, with the first to be on Tuesday, August 22 from PNC Park in Pittsburgh against the Pirates. KTLA, Tribune Broadcasting’s Los Angeles television station, is available on Channel 5. […]
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Is Bellinger a legit MVP candidate?
August 3rd, 2017 at 10:00 am by Ron Cervenka When 22-year-old rookie phenom Cody Bellinger slugged his 30th home run of the season on Wednesday night, he became only the 10th rookie in MLB history to do so and only the third National League player to do so. In fact, Bellinger is now only five home runs shy of tying former Dodger and Hall of […]
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