The Dodgers have announced that second baseman Chase Utley has been named as the winner of the 13th annual Roy Campanella Award, which is given to the Dodger player who best exemplifies the spirit and leadership of the late Hall of Fame catcher. The award, which was voted upon by Dodger uniformed personnel, will be presented to […]
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Dodgers name Chase Utley as 2018 Roy Campanella Award winner
September 19th, 2018 at 12:59 pm 
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September 18 belongs to the Dodgers
September 19th, 2018 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Twelve years ago to the day, September 18, 2006, the Dodgers pulled off what even today is considered the single greatest come-from-behind walk-off win in Dodgers (if not baseball) history, when Messrs. Jeff Kent, J.D. Drew, Russell Martin and Marlon Anderson hit back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to turn a […]
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From Rancho to the Ravine
September 18th, 2018 at 8:30 am by Ron Cervenka When you walk into the home clubhouse at Dodger Stadium, you immediately notice several things. The most obvious is that it is filled with (almost) 40 guys who are very focused and determined to bring not only a sixth consecutive National League West title to the City of Angels, but also their first World Series […]
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Puig named NL Player of the Week
September 17th, 2018 at 2:56 pm by Ron Cervenka Dodger outfielder Yasiel Puig has been named the National League Player of the Week presented by W.B. Mason for the period ending September 16th. The announcement was made on Monday 0n MLB Network. Puig batted .429 (9-for-21) with seven runs scored, a double, five home runs, nine RBI, three walks and a stolen base over […]
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It’s Showtime
September 17th, 2018 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka It took but a brief glance at social media following the Dodgers 5-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday evening to realize that there were a lot of upset Dodger fans out there. The loudest gripe carried the theme of: How can a team that scored 17 runs on Saturday get shutout by […]
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Yasiel Puig did what?
September 16th, 2018 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka You have to admit that when Dodgers left-hander Rich Hill walked the bases loaded and then coughed up a monster second deck grand slam home run to St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Patrick Wisdom in the bottom of the fourth inning on Saturday morning at Busch Stadium to turn a 3-0 Dodgers lead into a 4-3 […]
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Quakes sweep Rawhide in California League Championship Series
September 15th, 2018 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka Shortly after the Dodgers Advanced Single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes won the California League South Division first half title, thereby guaranteeing them a berth into the postseason, they underwent a very significant personnel change. In addition to losing guys named Gavin Lux, Zach McKinstry, Logan Landon, Zach Reks, Tony Gonsolin, Karch Kowalczyk, and Dustin May (among others) to promotion […]
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Two Dodgers minor league affiliates poised to make history … together
September 14th, 2018 at 11:15 am by Ron Cervenka While the Dodgers continue in their seemingly endless battle to return to their league’s World Championship Series (the World Series), two of their minor league affiliates are on the cusp of winning theirs … on the same night. Never before since becoming Dodgers affiliates have the Double-A Tulsa Drillers (in 2015) and the Advanced Single-A […]
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Dodgers beat Cardinals … barely
September 14th, 2018 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers won the first game of their crucial four-game weekend series against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Thursday night … but just barely. In fact, if you were to rate their performance during their eventual 9-7 win over the current National League Wild Card leaders with only 15 games left to […]
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Quakes return home up 2-0 in Cal League Championship Series
September 13th, 2018 at 10:40 am by Ron Cervenka This pretty much sums it up: What this means in plain English is that following Wednesday night’s 9-3 pounding of the Cal League North Division champion Visalia Rawhide (Rockies) by the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes at Recreation Park in Visalia to take a two-games-to-none lead in the best-of-five California League Championship Series, and following Thursday’s off day, Game-3 of the […]
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