The first-place Dodgers, who have the best record in the National League, begin a six-game interleague homestand on Tuesday at Dodger Stadium that will feature three games against the AL East fourth-place Toronto Blue Jays (52-75) and an extremely crucial three-game weekend series against the AL East first-place New York Yankees, which could have a […]
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MLB Post Season – ‘A Fine Kettle of Fish’
August 20th, 2019 at 8:00 am 
by 0799291000348 From 1903 through 1968, Major League Baseball concluded each season* with a ‘World Series’ – the best team (based on win-loss record) from the National League playing the best team from the American League in a best-of-seven series (four seasons were best-of-nine). The concept was simple, yet classic – the long, regular season determined which […]
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Quakes Win Series vs Rawhide in Potential Cal League Championship Preview
August 19th, 2019 at 8:00 pm by Lauren Jennings After two rough series against their most dangerous opponents to start the month of August, the Quakes have rebounded nicely, taking four of their last five series. The most recent series win came this past weekend against the Visalia Rawhide (Diamondbacks), who they swept in last year’s California League Championship Series to win their third […]
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Downs heading to Double-A Tulsa
August 19th, 2019 at 3:00 pm by Ron Cervenka ThinkBlueLA has learned that 21-year-old middle infielder Jeter Downs has been promoted from the Dodgers Advanced Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes to their Double-A affiliate Tulsa Driller. As most Dodger fans know, Downs was acquired in the trade that sent outfielders Yasiel Puig and Matt Kemp, catcher/utility infielder Kyle Farmer, and left-hander Alex Wood to the […]
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2020 Spring Training Schedules Announced
August 19th, 2019 at 11:30 am by Ron Cervenka It’s like Christmas in August! Late Monday morning, Major League Baseball released the preliminary 2020 Spring Training schedules for both the Cactus and Grapefruit Leagues. Although game times are still to be determined and the respective schedules are subject to change, baseball fans can begin making plans to visit Arizona and/or Florida to watch their […]
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‘Right down Broadway’
August 19th, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka You knew it was coming. After entering his first-ever major league game out of the Dodgers bullpen, issuing a one-out walk, giving up a base hit, and hitting a batter to load the bases, 21-year-old Dodgers rookie right-hander Dustin May, making only his fourth major league appearance and first in relief (having spent nearly his […]
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Gyorko Joins Dodger in Atlanta
August 18th, 2019 at 10:00 am by Ron Cervenka Remember the July 31 trade deadline when many (most) Dodger fans thought that Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman (et al.) would go out and get that much-needed reliever – or starter – who would finally help the Dodgers get to – and through – a postseason? Didn’t happen. Instead, when the sun rose […]
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And The Gold Glove(s) Go To…
August 18th, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka If you are a ‘bottom line’ type of person, the bottom line is that the Dodgers lost to the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night by a score of 4-3. But if you are a true, diehard fan of the game and saw the running catch that Dodgers All-Star outfielder and All-Star-caliber first baseman Cody Bellinger […]
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Urias Suspended for 20 Games
August 17th, 2019 at 3:00 pm by Ron Cervenka Major League Baseball has announced that 23-year-old Dodgers left-hander Julio Urias has been suspended for 20 games under the league’s Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. The suspension stems from a May 13, 2019 arrest for misdemeanor domestic battery in the parking lot of the Beverly Center shopping mall, after which Urias […]
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Give Credit Where Due
August 17th, 2019 at 11:30 am by Ron Cervenka Judging by social media (i.e., Twitter), Dodger fans were absolutely positively at wits’ end when nine Atlanta Braves batters came to the plate in the bottom of the second inning against Dodgers right-hander Kenta Maeda, three of whom scored. By every indication, it was blatantly obvious that the 31-year-old Senboku-gun, Japan just didn’t have it against […]
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