By now most Dodger fans are quite familiar with the name Josh Suchon, as well they should be. In addition to being a former co-host of KABC-AM 790′s popular DodgerTalk radio show from 2008 to 2011, Suchon is also the author of the recently released book “Miracle Men: Hershiser, Gibson, and the Improbable 1988 Dodgers”, which has [...]
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Down on the Farm – Stripling wins Southern League debut
May 12th, 2013 at 5:56 am 
by Harold Uhlman Ross Stripling, who was promoted to the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts earlier this week, made his Southern League debut on Saturday afternoon earning the win, as the Lookouts topped the Mobile BayBears 4-1 at Hank Aaron Stadium in Mobile, AL. Although Stripling’s promotion was facilitated when Lookouts left-hander Onelki Garcia was placed on the DL this past [...]
(Read More)Down on the Farm – Dodgers announce April Dodger Pride Winners
May 10th, 2013 at 12:40 pm by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have announced the April winners of the Dodger Pride Awards. The Dodger Pride Awards were created in 2008 by General Manager Ned Colletti, and are issued on a monthly basis to the players at each level of the club’s minor league system who play the game with a hustling, smart, aggressive style. The [...]
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Down on the Farm – Stripling pitches Quakes to 4-1 win over Giants
May 5th, 2013 at 3:59 pm by Ron Cervenka Top right-handed Dodger pitching prospect Ross Stripling had the game of his young career on Sunday afternoon leading the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes to a 4-1 win over the normally powerful San Jose Giants. Stripling was overpowering in his 8 innings of work, the longest outing of any Quakes starter this season, allowing only 1 run [...]
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Down on the Farm – Quakes RHP Owen Jones making a quick name for himself
May 3rd, 2013 at 5:59 am by Ron Cervenka If you had checked the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes roster a week ago, you would have noticed something – or rather not noticed something. You would have not seen the name Owen Jones on the roster. But if you had checked it again on Tuesday night, April 30, you would have not only seen Jones’ name on the [...]
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Down on the Farm – A power hitting Dodger prospect not named Puig
April 18th, 2013 at 7:00 am by Ron Cervenka Living relatively close to Rancho Cucamonga (well, within an hour and a half drive, that is), I attend quite a few Quakes games each season. During the 2012 season, I attended maybe 15 or 20 Quakes games and closely followed several players. One such player was 20-year-old top Dodger outfield prospect Joc Pederson from Palo Alto, California. [...]
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Down on the Farm – These are not your 2012 Quakes
April 14th, 2013 at 8:23 am by Ron Cervenka Having attended more than a dozen Rancho Cucamonga Quakes games last season, I had developed a pretty good feel for the Dodgers Advanced Single-A affiliate. The team was loaded with mashers such as Joc Pederson, C.J. Retherford, Leon Landry (until the Dodgers traded him to the Mariners for Brandon League), Jonathan Garcia and some guy named Yasiel [...]
(Read More)Sunday’s Minor League Wrap
April 8th, 2013 at 12:48 am by Harold Uhlman Pitching was the order of the day with five strong starts. The home run bats also started to heat up a bit. Great Lakes Loons The Loons won 8-3 picking up their first win of the season after three consecutive losses to the Fort Wayne TinCaps. Carlos Frias got the win with five strong innings. [...]
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Quakes prove new ownership is making a difference for Dodgers
March 29th, 2013 at 6:10 am by Ron Cervenka There is no question that the spring training game against the Angels in Anaheim took top billing over the other half of Thursday evening’s split-squad action against the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, the Dodgers very own Advanced Single-A affiliate, at the Epicenter, and rightfully so. The game in Anaheim, the first of three annual Freeway Series games [...]
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More Minor League Challenges
March 2nd, 2013 at 5:40 am by Harold Uhlman On January 29 I wrote a blog article that chronicled the inadequate pay structure of minor league players. That structure, which has changed very little over the past 35 years, puts in place some of the trials of being a minor league player. In that article the nature of fast food diets was touched upon [...]
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