It will be all familiar faces for the Los Angeles Dodgers when it comes to affiliate invitees, as the team expects the return of the Oklahoma City Dodgers, Tulsa Drillers, Great Lakes Loons and the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. (more…)
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Dodgers Extend Four MiLB Affiliations Through 2020
The Los Angeles Dodgers have extended affiliations with the Oklahoma City Dodgers (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League), Tulsa Drillers (Class AA; Texas League), Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (High A; California League) and the Great Lakes Loons (Low A; Midwest League) through 2020. (more…)
Quakes, Dodgers Extend Player Development Deal
The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (High A; California League) and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their player-development contract (PDC) through 2018. (more…)
Promotions Watch: Social Media Nights
The growing influence of social media is simply too much for Minor League Baseball teams to ignore, leading to the increasing prominence of social media nights. (more…)
Quakes, Dodgers extend PDC for two more years
Here’s one of those unannounced affiliations we discussed yesterday: the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (High Class A; California League) and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their player development contract (PDC) through 2016. You can read more about the affiliation situation here, with a current list of affiliations here. “The partnership between the Quakes and the Dodgers […]
Quakes land 2015 California-Carolina League All-Star Game
Mark it on your calendars: The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes will host the 2015 California-Carolina League All-Star Game at LoanMart Field, marking the third time Rancho Cucamonga has hosted this inter-league event. “We are very excited to have the opportunity to bring the All-Star Game back to Rancho Cucamonga for the first time since 2003,” said […]
Rancho Cucamonga, Dodgers extend PDC
The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (High Class A; California League) and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their player-development contract (PDC) for two years, through 2014. The 2013 season will be the Quakes’ third with the Dodgers and their 21st in the California League. “The Dodgers have been a great partner of the Quakes and we are […]
The Week That Was: October 2
Here are the most popular stories published in Ballpark Digest this past week, as measured by page views. The big stories this week: new ballparks in Potomac and Westfield; a baseball institution drops baseball; and the continuing follies in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre over a new ballpark. Westfield approves site for sports complex, complete with new ballpark P-Nats, […]
Dodgers sign affiliate deal with RC Quakes; Angels go with Inland Empire
As first reported here, the Los Angeles Dodgers have indeed signed a two-year affiliation deal with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (High Class A; California League); the Dodgers also purchased a minority chunk of the team, we’re told. Meanwhile, the Quakes’ former parent, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, signed an affiliate deal with the Inland […]
Booted from Myrtle Beach, Atlanta turns to Lynchburg
Atlanta will have a new High Class A affiliate for the next four years — the Lynchburg Hillcats, on their third parent in three years — after the Braves were dumped as a parent by the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, a move that also leaves Cincinnati in a bad situation. The Braves were informed by the […]
Could we see casualty of affiliate dance in Cal League? Dodgers eying Rancho
Though nothing’s been officially announced — and won’t be until the end of the regular season — word is that the Los Angeles Dodgers are negotiating a purchase of a chunk of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (High Class A; California League) and will switch affiliation to the team. It’s become trendy for major-league teams for […]
California League
The California League began life as a joint operation between Major League Baaeball and the Pacific Coast League to bring a lower classification of baseball to the Pacific Coast. When baseball reorganized after the 1962 season it was repositioned as a High Class A league. Class C / 1941-1942, 1946-1962 High Class A / 1963-present […]