The 2019 season will forever be remembered as the year of the walk-off for the Dodgers; more specifically. the year of the walk-off by Dodgers rookies, including a few making their major league debuts. But on Tuesday night in front of a Dodger Stadium crowd of 52,231, the Dodgers pulled off yet another come-from-behind win […]
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Quakes Avoid Sweep Heading Into Playoffs
September 3rd, 2019 at 6:08 pm 
by Lauren Jennings After sweeping the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres), the Quakes appeared to have an easy last four games of the regular season as they went up against the last place Inland Empire 66ers (Angels). However, the 66ers put up quite a fight, taking 3-of-4 from the second-half champ Quakes over Labor Day weekend. Game-1 The 66ers […]
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Lux Makes History in First MLB Game
September 3rd, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Twenty-one-year-old Dodgers middle infielder Gavin Lux has been a major leaguer for exactly one game. That’s it. One nine-inning major league game, albeit a four-hour and six-minute one, in which the Kenosha, WI native and Dodgers first-round draft pick in 2016 out of Indian Trail High School in his home town went 2-for-5 (.400) at […]
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Dodgers, Dodgers Foundation, Getty House Foundation, Smart & Final, and Home Plate Project Team Up to Fight Childhood Hunger
September 2nd, 2019 at 1:16 pm by Ron Cervenka Mayor Eric Garcetti, Joe Kelly, and David Freese to pass out gift cards, backpacks at Tuesday event WHAT: The Dodgers, the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, Smart & Final and the Getty House Foundation are partnering to fight childhood hunger through the “Home Plate Project,” a partnership of Major League Baseball (MLB), Garth Brooks’ Teammates for […]
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Dodgers Bullpen Prevents Dbacks Sweep
September 2nd, 2019 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka While nearly all of the attention, hype, and hoopla in Sunday’s exciting Dodgers 4-3 win over the division-rival Arizona Diamondbacks understandably went to Dodgers right fielder Cody Bellinger for his top of the ninth inning game-tying solo home run and to left fielder Joc Pederson for his top of the 11th inning go-ahead and eventual […]
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Lux Called Up to Dodgers
September 1st, 2019 at 11:03 am by Ron Cervenka Although a surprise to absolutely no one, ThinkBlue LA has learned from a trusted source that 21-year-old middle infielder Gavin Lux has been called up to the Dodgers. As most Dodger fans know by now, the Kenosha, WI native and Dodgers first-round draft pick in 2016 out of Indian Trail High School in Kenosha flat out […]
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Jansen: “Just Gotta Laugh About It”
September 1st, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Remember a little over a week ago when, after blowing his sixth save of the season (which is now seven) against the Toronto Blue Jays at Dodger Stadium, Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen snubbed reporters (including SportsNet LA’s Alanna Rizzo) waiting to speak with him in the Dodgers clubhouse until they were finally told to leave? […]
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It Happens Every Season
August 31st, 2019 at 5:00 pm by 0799291000348 It happens every season. To be more accurate, every season since 2012. The Dodgers are closing in on their seventh consecutive National League West Championship and eighth straight postseason appearance with an enviable 88-49 record. But there is also another trend over this period that is of great concern and extremely frustrating. As the team […]
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Dodgers Find “Unconventional Way to Lose”
August 31st, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka It is the first thing, absolutely positively the very first thing that a pitcher learns in Little League: You do not – and cannot – feign or fake a pickoff throw to first base. Second base or third base? Absolutely. But first base? Absolutely not. If you do, it is a balk. Period. On Friday […]
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Quakes Sweep Way to Second-Half Title
August 30th, 2019 at 8:00 pm by Lauren Jennings Coming into their final homestand of the season, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes sat in first place, but with the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres) right on their tails in second and Lancaster close behind in third. The Quakes took on the Storm, looking to not only widen the gap between them but also earn the second-half […]
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