The Tulsa Drillers continued their assault on the Texas League Player of the Week and Pitcher of the Week awards as right-hander Corey Copping was selected as the Pitcher of Week for the period of August 14 – August 20. He became the eighth Driller during the present campaign to be awarded one of the […]
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Granderson says all the right things on both sides of trade
August 20th, 2017 at 10:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka Like many, perhaps even most professional athletes, 36-year-old / 14-year MLB veteran Curtis Granderson is on social media, at least on Twitter. Also like most professional athletes, he does not use this platform to gloat or as an attempt to promote himself; heaven knows he has no need to whatsoever. When news that the veteran […]
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There is no second place in the World Series
August 19th, 2017 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka Just when most of us were all warm and fuzzy after the Dodgers 8-5 win over the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on Friday night and decided to check Twitter one last time before hitting the sack, Twitter exploded. We’re talking a magnitude 8.0 explosion here. At precisely 9:20 pm PT, the Dodgers PR Department […]
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It’s about rings not records
August 18th, 2017 at 8:03 am by Jacob Rudner This year the word “win” has become a regularly used word in Los Angeles. The 2017 Dodgers have actually done so much winning that when they lose it almost feels foreign. As of August 17, the team has already won 85 games with roughly a month and an half of baseball yet to play. So, […]
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‘Bellinger Magic’ is very real
August 17th, 2017 at 2:00 pm by Ron Cervenka Before the April 25, 2017 game between the Dodgers and the Giants at AT&T Park in San Francisco, the Dodgers were 9-11 on the season, five games behind the NL West-leading Colorado Rockies and 3.5 games behind the second place Arizona Diamondbacks. With Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw on the mound that night it’s no surprise […]
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Dodgers win a weird one over the White Sox
August 16th, 2017 at 12:00 pm by Ron Cervenka It was one of those games. When Chicago White Sox leadoff hitter Tim Anderson launched Dodgers starter Alex Wood‘s very first pitch of the game halfway up the Left Field Pavilion, followed by a one out single to right by Sox first baseman Jose Abreu five pitches later, followed by another single to right by Sox catcher Kevan […]
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AGon may be closer to returning than you think
August 15th, 2017 at 12:00 pm by Ron Cervenka Make no mistake about it, an Advanced Single-A rehab game is not the same as a major league game, not by any stretch of the imagination. However, a 93-MPH fastball is a 93-MPH fastball and a filthy slider is a filthy slider no matter what level it is on. On Monday night, rehabbing Dodgers first […]
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Ethier pleased with second rehab game
August 15th, 2017 at 6:00 am by Ron Cervenka The last time that Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier collected a hit in a professional baseball game was on October 15, 2016. It was during Game-1 of the 2016 National League Championship Series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field and it was a home run. Exactly 303 days would pass before the now 35-year-old Phoenix, […]
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Pederson could find himself on the outside looking in for playoffs
August 14th, 2017 at 10:30 am by Ron Cervenka It’s one of those things that happens to (almost) every major leaguer but one that nobody likes to talk about … a slump. For pitchers, it often results with a stint on the disabled list, especially with the new 10-day DL now in place. But for position players, it can sometimes result in a plane […]
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Dodgers conversion game from position player to pitcher accelerates
August 14th, 2017 at 6:00 am by Harold Uhlman The Dodgers have continued to play the position-player-to-pitcher conversion game during the 2017 season. In fact, they have accelerated the game. That is, converting position players to the mound. The Dodgers player development department has made a conscious effort to make players much more versatile by playing multiple positions and working from their strengths by […]
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