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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Like many youngsters, my love and passion for the game of baseball came from my father, who had tremendous patience when he would schlep my brothers and me in our (then) new 1957 Plymouth station wagon to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to watch his beloved Chicago Cubs play the newly-arrived Los Angeles Dodgers. It […]

For the first time this season the Dodgers Advanced Single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes took on the Inland Empire 66ers (Angels). It was also their first series split of the new season, with the Rancho squad taking the two middle games of the four-game set.  Rancho got on the board first in game-1 after third […]

In November of 2015, the Dodgers signed 17-year-old Cuban free agent middle infielder Omar Estevez to a contract that included a $6 million signing bonus. At the time, the collective eyebrows of the international scouting community were raised, as the teenager was not considered a top prospect and the bonus was regarded as an overpay […]

None of the above; just three guys with three very different backgrounds working their way through the Dodgers minor league system pursuing their dreams to be major league baseball players. But there are dozens of players who fall into this category. What makes these three guys special? Glad you asked. Three home runs in one game […]

In the 2018 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, the Dodgers selected Hunter Feduccia in the twelfth round, the 32nd catcher drafted.  Based on his 2018 slash line for the Louisiana State University (LSU) Tigers baseball team, .233 / .375 / .377 / .752, it could be debated that he was more of a project […]

As the Dodgers were experiencing what was arguably their worst game of new season against the Chicago Cubs at historic Wrigley Field, their Advanced Single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes were experiencing what was unquestionably their best. In fact, Tuesday night’s game against the Inland Empire 66ers (Angels) at San Manuel Stadium in San Bernardino, California […]