Beginning on Wednesday in select markets, Minor League Baseball (MiLB) players, coaches and umpires in its U.S.-based teams will take the field in specialty caps to celebrate the Independence Day weekend. Traditionally the largest-attended holiday of the baseball season, more than one million fans will pass through the gates at MiLB games from July 3–7. […]
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Minor League Baseball Celebrates Independence Day Weekend with Fourth of July Specialty Caps
July 2nd, 2019 at 10:00 am 
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Improving the Dodgers Bullpen – Internal Options
July 2nd, 2019 at 9:00 am by 0799291000348 Seldom is there unanimity amongst baseball experts and fans on Major League Baseball topics, but the state of the Dodgers bullpen is one of the exceptions. Other than Kenley Jansen and Pedro Baez, Dodgers relievers in 2019 have neutral or negative Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Theoretically, the team could replace all of those other relievers […]
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Skaggs death brings back painful memories of another July day
July 2nd, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Late Monday morning, July 1, 2019, the baseball world was stunned when reports began flooding social media that 27-year-old Angels left-hander Tyler Skaggs, a Southern California native who was born in Woodland Hill, CA and grew up in Santa Monica, was found dead in his team hotel room in Southlake, Texas only hours before the […]
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May Sharp in Triple-A Debut
July 1st, 2019 at 9:00 am by Ron Cervenka If you only watched 21-year-old Dodgers top right-handed pitching prospect Dustin May face his first two batters in his Triple-A debut with the Oklahoma City Dodgers against the Nashville Sounds (Rangers) on Sunday afternoon at First Tennessee Park in downtown Nashville, you probably would have rolled your eyes and said something like “Oh great.” After […]
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Quakes Split Series with JetHawks
July 1st, 2019 at 8:30 am by Lauren Jennings The Quakes looked to get back to their series winning ways against the Lancaster JetHawks in their first home series of the second half, but they ended up having to settle for a split instead. Game-1 A huge third inning set the tone for the Quakes as three home runs and a double put the […]
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Two Important Dates Approaching for Dodgers
June 30th, 2019 at 8:00 am by 0799291000348 Why are July 20 and July 31, 2019 important for the Dodgers? According to the current Major League Baseball Rule Book, each team has 45 days from the conclusion of the MLB First-Year Player Draft to sign the players they selected in that year’s Draft. That would give the Dodgers until 5:00 PM (ET) on […]
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What to do with Joc Pederson?
June 29th, 2019 at 12:00 pm by 0799291000348 The Joc-Pederson-at-first-base experiment must end … now! Give him kudos for being a team player and for trying to learn a significantly different position in the middle of the regular season. But his errors by commission and omission are hurting the team, many of which are not recorded on his stat page. After years of […]
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Kelly stoops to new low
June 29th, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Dodger fans who aren’t particularly fond of right-hander Joe Kelly have yet another reason not to care for him … as if another one were needed. During Friday night’s complete meltdown by the Dodgers defense at Coors Field, baseball’s least popular venue (at least from a pitcher’s perspective), the 31-year-old Anaheim, CA native with the […]
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Dodger Stadium inaugurates LA Feeds Blue dining initiative with Chef Series pop-up
June 28th, 2019 at 2:00 pm by Ron Cervenka Fans can savor rotating menus at home games this summer created by Trejo’s Tacos, Border Grill and Socalo, Park’s BBQ, and Boo’s The Dodgers and hospitality partner Levy have teamed up to launch the new LA Feeds Blue dining initiative bringing renowned chefs, local ingredients, and diverse flavors representing the neighborhoods of LA to Dodger Stadium. LA Feeds Blue kicks-off with a special […]
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OKC Dodgers just got significantly better
June 28th, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka While most Dodger fans are understandably excited whenever one of their team’s top-ranked prospects like Alex Verdugo, Matt Beaty, Kyle Garlick, Josh Sborz, Tony Gonsolin, Edwin Rios and, of course, Will Smith (to name only a few), get called up to The Bigs, their call-up affects the entire franchise exponentially. I mean, let’s face it. […]
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