In what was undoubtedly among his toughest calls as president of the Advanced Single-A California League, Charlie Blaney announced via social media on Wednesday morning that the 2020 Cal League All-Star game and related activities scheduled for June 22-23, 2020 at Banner Island Ballpark – home of the Stockton Ports (Athletics) – have been canceled […]

Anyone who has been to a MiLB game will tell just how much fun an afternoon or evening at a minor league stadium can be. Major league fans can check out future MLB stars or get a closer look at optioned players from their favorite teams. Casual spectators or even non-baseball fans can enjoy inter-inning […]

  *  *  *   “People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” – Rogers Hornsby   *  *  *   For baseball fans, the four or so month stretch between the World Series and Spring Training is […]

For the past week, my friend and I have been waking up early before work to watch and text back and forth about the only active baseball league right now: the CPBL. The CPBL is the highest level of professional baseball in Taiwan and although the acronym stands for ‘Chinese Professional Baseball League,’ the CPBL […]

It is journalism’s Golden Rule and the cause of many immediate job openings in the field, if you get my drift: “It’s better to be right than to be first.” Joe Doyle, whose Twitter profile reads – “Contributor at @BaseballAmerica, @LookoutLanding, @ProspectsLive, and @OperationSports | #GoCougs | MLB Draft | Minor League Baseball | Pay […]

Had it not been for the rain, or the virus that shall not be named, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes would have opened their 28th season – their 10th as the Dodgers Advanced Single-A affiliate – on April 9th. Would have. Instead, for the previously mentioned reasons, that scheduled April 9 California League 2020 season opener […]

This will complete our first look at the 2020 First-Year Player Draft prospects who are projected to be available when the Dodgers make the 67th selection (acquired from the Minnesota Twins in the Kenta Maeda trade) using Baseball America, Fangraphs, and Major League Baseball Pipeline current rankings.   *  *  * Baseball America David Calabrese […]

With no baseball scheduled to be played any time soon, we have time to consider which players the Dodgers may select in Major League Baseball’s 2020 first-year entry draft. Based upon the recent agreement between MLB and the Players Association, there will be a minimum of five rounds to this year’s draft (possibly more). The […]

Imagine being Ty Haselman, a (now) 22-year-old catcher who was the 1,211th overall player to be selected in the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft by Dodgers out of UCLA but elected not to sign, obviously hoping to improve his draft status in 2020 (and yes, he is the son of former major league catcher and […]

Considering the global coronavirus pandemic that is taxing the limits of the U.S. health care system, shortages of basic necessities, borders closing, suspension of schools and businesses, hundreds of thousands of people unemployed, and the uncertainty of the financial markets, baseball should not even be a small blip on the radar of our collective consciousness. […]