Do these names ring a bell: Charlie Culberson, O’Koyea Dickson, Brian Dozier, Brett Eibner, Kyle Farmer, Logan Forsythe, Matt Kemp, Tim Locastro, Manny Machado, Yasiel Puig, Rob Segedin, Scott Van Slyke, or Trayce Thompson? It’s likely that some of these names are more familiar to you than others, but they all are right-handed hitters who […]
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Quakes take 3 of 4 from Storm
May 3rd, 2019 at 12:00 pm 
by Lauren Jennings At about the one-month mark into the Advanced Single-A California League season, the defending Cal League Champion Rancho Cucamonga Quakes are atop the standings board with a 17-11 record. To begin the month of May, the Quakes wrapped a four-game series against the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres), winning three-of-four. Game-1 of the series pitted Padres […]
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Toles getting what will likely be last chance with Dodgers
May 2nd, 2019 at 2:00 pm by Ron Cervenka When position players reported for spring training at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona on February 18, everyone was there; all 21 non-roster invitees and everyone on the Dodgers 40-man roster. …except one. Missing was 26-year-old outfielder Andrew Toles. The extremely popular and extremely quiet Decatur, Georgia native and 2013 third-round draft pick by the Tampa […]
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The Dodgers won the trade
May 2nd, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka When Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman traded outfielders Yasiel Puig and Matt Kemp, left-hander Alex Wood, and utility infielder / catcher Kyle Farmer to the Cincinnati Reds on December 21, 2018, his target in the transaction was not 32-year-old right-hander Homer Bailey. In fact, the La Grange, Texas native and 13-year MLB veteran […]
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A.J. Pollock update
May 1st, 2019 at 6:11 pm by Ron Cervenka During his pregame media scrum on Wednesday afternoon, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts provided an update on outfielder A.J. Pollock, who was placed on the Injured List on Tuesday for what was being called “an infection” in his twice surgically-repaired right elbow. Here is the information from longtime Dodgers beat reporter Ken Gurnick (via Twitter): Stay […]
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Kudos Russell Martin
April 30th, 2019 at 9:00 am by 0799291000348 You will not find it in the box score, or even in the most detailed scorebook, but Russell Martin put on a catching clinic during the Dodgers April 28 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Dodgers should edit the game video to highlight Martin’s defensive techniques and distribute it to each of their catchers throughout […]
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Quakes win in ten … again
April 30th, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka For the third time this season, the Dodgers Advanced Single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes won a game in extra innings, this time by a score of 3-2 over the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres) utilizing Minor League Baseball’s new system of beginning each extra frame with a runner automatically placed on second base. The new rule […]
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Rich Hill ‘Gets It’
April 29th, 2019 at 10:00 am by Ron Cervenka Anyone who has had the pleasure – and it is every bit that – to speak with 39-year-old Dodgers left-hander Rich Hill knows that he ‘Gets it.’ And why wouldn’t he? The Boston, Massachusetts native and 2002 fourth-round draft pick by the Chicago Cubs out of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor has played […]
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Quakes take series in Modesto
April 29th, 2019 at 9:00 am by Lauren Jennings The Dodgers Advanced Single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes overcame early leads and late rallies in two-of-three games against the Modesto Nuts (Mariners) to win their fifth series of the 2019 season. In game-1, the Nuts jumped out to an early lead, taking advantage of two first inning errors committed by third baseman Marcus Chiu. Within […]
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And the ‘Player of the Game’ is…
April 28th, 2019 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka Any way you slice it, the Dodgers ‘Player of the Game’ in Saturday night’s exciting 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Dodger Stadium boils down to three guys: Dodgers left-hander and future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw, who was absolutely brilliant in his third start of the season; Dodgers left-fielder Joc Pederson, who slugged […]
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