From their Monday through Thursday night games, to their stadium giveaway games on Fridays, to their firework nights on Saturdays, all Rancho Cucamonga Quakes night home games and all Sunday home day games have, for the most part, always had start times of 7:05 p.m. and a 2:05 p.m. respectively. Until now. On Tuesday, the […]
(Read More)Archive for January, 2020
Dodgers 2020 Top-10
For those fans of Major League Baseball who closely follow the minor league prospects, there is no better single source of information than Baseball America. There is a wealth of data available on BA’s website and a subscription provides even more detailed analyses and scouting reports. Each year BA publishes its MLB Organization Talent Rankings, […]
(Read More)Is the ‘Automatic Double’ Gone for Good?
In 1962, Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills set an unfathomable modern-era (since 1900) record, when he stole 104 bases; a record that most baseball fans and experts thought would never be broken. The now 87-year-old should-be-Hall-of-Famer finished his brilliant 14-year MLB career with 586 stolen bases, two World Series rings, a MVP trophy, seven All-Star Game […]
(Read More)Carlos Sepulveda – Hidden in Plain Sight
During last month’s Winter Meetings in San Diego, CA, the Dodgers did not sign Gerrit Cole or Stephen Strasburg or Anthony Rendon … or anybody else for that matter. And while Dodger fans were – and still are – disappointed or even angry that their beloved team basically did nothing at the Winter Meetings, they […]
(Read More)Dodgers / White Sox Single-Game Spring Training Tickets Go On Sale Monday
Camelback Ranch, the spring home of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox, has announced that single-game tickets for Spring Training 2020 will go on sale online and by phone at 9:00 a.m. PT on Monday, January 6. The 2020 season with be the 12th for both teams at the Cactus League’s Crown Jewel, […]
(Read More)Dodgers 2020 Team Chemistry
Whether you call it team chemistry, team spirit/morale, or esprit de corps, there was a synergy (for Star Wars fans) a Force amongst the Dodgers on-field personnel during the 2019 season that helped the team achieve greater results than one might expect from the simple sum of its parts. There was a one-for-all team attitude […]
(Read More)Quakes to Kickoff 10th Season as Dodgers Affiliate
As the calendar flips to 2020 and a new decade begins, so too does the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes affiliation as the Dodgers Advance Single-A affiliate in the prestigious and highly-competitive California League. To mark this historic anniversary, the Quakes recently unveiled a commemorative logo that will proudly and prominently be used throughout the upcoming 2020 […]
(Read More)Is the Fourth Time a Charm?
As Dodger fans rang in the New Year and new decade early Wednesday morning, they had to come to grips with the harsh realization that it also brought the beginning of the fourth decade since their beloved team’s last world championship. Oh sure, you can argue that it’s only been 32 years which, of course, […]
(Read More)Dodgers WAR Room
As Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and his staff continue to build the 2020 roster, they are analyzing players’ performance data to forecast, with a reasonable amount of confidence, expected future contributions. When fans debate the pros and cons of current Dodgers relative to potential acquisitions, they may refer to the common stats […]
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