By Jack Ankony After fending off five foul balls in a row, Chicago Dogs second baseman Joey Terdoslavich waited patiently for a mistake. He turned on a fastball from Luke Lind and cut Fargo-Moorhead’s lead to one run with a home run over the right field wall in the bottom of the seventh inning. Terdoslavich’s [...]
By Jack Ankony The Dogs gained significant ground on the division-leading Milwaukee Milkmen over the weekend thanks to a three-game sweep of the Sioux Falls Canaries. Milwaukee was swept by the Winnipeg Goldeyes, which means the Dogs trail Milwaukee by two games for first place with 25 games remaining. Let’s break down the most notable [...]
By Jack Ankony Ryan Lidge roped a single in his first at-bat against the Cleburne Railroaders on Aug. 4. When he reached first base safely, Dogs hitting coach Joe Dominiak poked fun at Lidge. “This is first base,” Dominiak told Lidge. “Second is over there, third base is over there.” Dominiak jokingly explained the layout [...]
By Jack Ankony The Dogs capped off a series victory in Cleburne with a 6-1 win over the Railroaders on Wednesday night. With this win, the Dogs move into sole possession of second place in the North division in what promises to be a heated playoff race until the final day of the regular season. [...]
By Jack Ankony Ryan Lidge golfed an ankle-high pitch over the head of Adam Brett Walker II in left field. Lidge drove in K.C. Hobson to score the Dogs’ first run of the game in the fourth inning. The Dogs’ hot-hitting catcher kept his rhythm at the plate, but the same wasn’t true for the [...]
By Jack Ankony It would be hard to guess the score of the game given a close-up shot of the Dogs’ dugout. A level-headed mentality is employed throughout the veteran-led clubhouse, which doesn’t allow its players to get too high or too low in any situation. This culture was vital in the Dogs’ afternoon contest [...]
By Jack Ankony The Dogs' bats were hot upon arrival in Sioux Falls. For the second straight game, the Dogs scored three runs in the first inning. After a Michael Crouse single and a walk from Danny Mars, K.C. Hobson scorched a line drive down the first base line. Ryan Lidge followed that up with [...]
By Jack Ankony After drilling a home run into the bullpen last night, K.C. Hobson upped the ante on Tuesday with a home run over the bleachers, crashing into the brick wall of the Diamond Club at the U.S. Steelyard. Hobson’s 10th home run, and fourth in the last four games, gave the Dogs a [...]
By Jack Ankony After being robbed of a home run by RailCats left fielder Alec Olund in the fifth inning, K.C. Hobson spun his helmet between his hands and walked slowly back to the dugout. But as Hobson dug into the batter’s box in the seventh inning, he made sure Olund had no chance of [...]
By Jack Ankony After relentlessly challenging Milwaukee Milkmen hitters during each frame, Dogs starting pitcher Jake Dahlberg flushed his mind of the dominance that just took place. For Dahlberg, staying in the moment and thinking of each inning as three batters to attack is what led to him becoming the third pitcher in Dogs history [...]