First things first, biographical info on the Dodgers third selection in the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft – right-handed pitcher Jimmy Lewis. Lewis was the 78th overall pick in the draft, a second round compensatory pick for losing Yasmani Grandal in free agency. (Note: The Dodgers forfeited their own second round draft pick by signing […]
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RISP – The Dodger Killer
June 8th, 2019 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka If you’ve been a Dodger fan for more than 10 minutes, you are well aware that they have the uncanny ability to absolutely positively not hit the moment – the very microsecond – that they get a runner in scoring position, or RISP. And if you’ve been a Dodger fan for years, or even decades, […]
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Quakes drop series to JetHawks at home
June 7th, 2019 at 4:00 pm by Lauren Jennings After taking three of four from the Inland Empire 66ers (Angels), the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes continued their seven game homestand with a three-game series against the Lancaster JetHawks (Rockies). It did not go well. Game-1 Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes joined the Quakes for two rehab games as he worked his way back from a strained […]
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Dodgers Draft Profile: Michael Busch
June 7th, 2019 at 9:00 am by 0799291000348 First things first, biographical info on the Dodgers second selection in the 2019 MLB First Year Player Draft – Michael Busch: Date of birth: November 9, 1997 Height: 6′-0″ Weight: 207 pounds Bats and throws: right-handed High school: Simley High School, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota College: North Carolina University – Chapel Hill, NC According to […]
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Quakes pick worst possible time to struggle
June 7th, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Let’s face it, when you’re the defending California League champions looking to repeat as such and there are three other teams in your division who would love nothing more than to be the ones to knock you off, there really isn’t a good time to struggle. But when you are on the very cusp of […]
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Dodgers activate Barnes from IL, option Smith to OKC
June 6th, 2019 at 4:00 pm by Ron Cervenka Although every Dodger fan on the planet knew it was coming, many – perhaps even most – were hoping against hope that maybe… just maybe the Dodgers might reconsider. They did not. On Thursday afternoon, the Dodgers officially announced that 29-year-old Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes had been activated from the 10-day Injured List for a […]
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‘You can’t win them all’
June 6th, 2019 at 1:30 pm by 0799291000348 “You can’t win them all” That quote is attributed to legendary Hall of Fame baseball manager and team owner Cornelius McGillicuddy (December 22, 1862 – February 8, 1956). Never heard of him, you say? Perhaps you know him by his shortened, more popular name – Connie Mack. Even the most zealous of Dodger fanatics never […]
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Quakes and U.S. Bank join forces to assist those in need
June 6th, 2019 at 8:00 am by Lauren Jennings Since 2010, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and U.S. Bank have joined forces to make a difference in the community by hosting annual Youth Baseball Clinics at beautiful LoanMart Field in Rancho Cucamonga. “2010 was our first year,” said Mike Lindskog, director of public relations and longtime Voice of the Quakes. “That was our first year […]
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Barnes sharp in first rehab appearance
June 5th, 2019 at 10:30 am by Ron Cervenka Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes completed the first of what is expected to be two rehab appearances with the team’s Advanced Single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on Tuesday night at LoanMart Field. According to the 29-year-old Fullerton, CA native and 2009 ninth-round draft pick (by the Miami Marlins), his five innings of play went off without […]
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Dodgers Draft Profile: Kody Hoese
June 4th, 2019 at 10:00 am by 0799291000348 First things first – biographical info on Dodgers first selection in the 2019 MLB First Year Player Draft Kody Hoese (pronounced Hose-ee): Date of birth: July 13, 1997 Height: 6′-4″ Weight: 200 pounds Bats and throws: right-handed High school: Griffith High School, Griffith Indiana; as a senior batted .388 with four home runs. College: Tulane […]
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