The Dodgers, who have the National League’s best record at 35-18, return home on Monday and will take on the New York Mets (May 27-30) and Philadelphia Phillies (May 31-June 2) during a seven-game homestand. The Mets series kicks off with a special 5:10 p.m. holiday start time on Monday, May 27, when the Dodgers […]
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Dodgers tie franchise record in 7-2 rout of Pirates
May 26th, 2019 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka After a three-hour rain delay at PNC Park in downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday night, the Dodgers pounded the NL Central third place Pirates by a score of 7-2 and are now not only one win away from sweeping them in the current three-game series, but also one win away from sweeping them this season, having […]
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Roberts not concerned about short bullpen
May 25th, 2019 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka Shortly before Friday afternoon’s 10-2 shellacking of the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park, the Dodgers issued a press release stating that soon-to-be (on June 15) 31-year-old right-hander Joe Kelly had been placed on bereavement leave and 27-year-old outfielder Kyle Garlick recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City as a temporary extra right-handed bat off the bench. Kelly’s […]
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Quakes and Rawhide washed out … again
May 24th, 2019 at 8:00 am by Lauren Jennings As it is, rain is a rare occurrence in sunny Southern California, but it’s even more rare during baseball season. However, the rain got the best of the three-game series between the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and Visalia Rawhide (Diamondbacks) this week. Game-1 was played as expected with no issues, however, game-2 of the series was […]
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The Dodgers are Scary Good
May 23rd, 2019 at 10:00 am by 0799291000348 “Thanks for the insight, Captain Obvious,” or “Duh” might be appropriate retorts to this title; after all, the Dodgers are leading the National League with a win-loss record of 32-18, a full nine games better than their 2018 record after 50 games. The Dodgers offense leads the NL in runs (257), runs batted in (248), […]
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Quakes place catcher Stevie Berman on IL with wrist injury
May 22nd, 2019 at 1:42 pm by Lauren Jennings Stevie Berman, one of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes two primary catchers, has been placed on the Injured List and is reportedly headed to Arizona to recover. Per Quakes Director of Public Relations and longtime ‘Voice of the Quakes’ Mike Lindskog, the 24-year-old backstop suffered an injury to his left (non-throwing) wrist during last Saturday’s (May […]
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Could it be Déjà vu all over again with Alex Verdugo?
May 22nd, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Since 1947, when the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) first began voting for an annual Rookie of the Year in each league, there have been 18 Dodgers to win the prestigious award – certainly none more significant than the inaugural winner Jackie Robinson. But what many baseball fans may not know is that the […]
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It’s happening again … right before our very eyes
May 21st, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Having been a baseball fan my entire life (and I’m old) with my very first recollection of the game being a five-year-old sitting in the seats at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum with my father and two older brothers watching guys named Koufax, Drysdale, Reese, Snyder, Hodges, Newcombe, Furillo (and all the rest of the […]
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Dodgers to hold Alumni Weekend June 1-2
May 20th, 2019 at 3:00 pm by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers will hold their annual Alumni Game on Saturday, June 1 as part of Alumni Weekend presented by Security Benefit, when the club will welcome back over 30 fan-favorite players to Dodger Stadium. The Alumni Game lineups will include Dave Anderson, Billy Bean, Nomar Garciaparra, Shawn Green, Kevin Gross, Jerry Hairston, Jr., Orel Hershiser, […]
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Prospect promotions coming – Part-2
May 20th, 2019 at 12:00 pm by 0799291000348 On May 8th we identified ten Double-A Tulsa Drillers players who were on the cusp of being promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers, noting that some would be sooner-than-later. Last week the Dodgers Player Development group assigned three of those players to OKC; right-handed, starting-pitcher Mitchell White, left-handed relief-pitcher Adam McCreery, and left-hand-hitting outfielder […]
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