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• Hanley Ramirez has a fractured rib, will try to play
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  UPDATE: Apparently the Dodgers were just waiting a while to release the CT scan results, because they've now announced that Ramirez has a "small fracture" in his rib. He...
  Share • October 14, 2013 at 11:35 AM
• On this day in 1965 …
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Today in 1965 the Dodgers defeated the Twins to win the World Series behind a Sandy Koufax shutout in Game 7. As a Minnesotan several of my family members consider it to...
  Share • October 14, 2013 at 9:35 AM
• Cards try to haunt another city
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are hoping to win their first WorldSeries title in a quarter-century. To do it, they'll have to getpast baseball's big roadblock.
  Share • October 14, 2013 at 8:35 AM
• NLCS Game 3: Can Dodgers beat Wainwright?
  From the Web › SI.com
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• Can Dodgers shake the gloom and win without Hanley Ramirez?
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Grim, dark, scary. It's not a Halloween ad for a haunted house, it's the situation the Dodgers find themselves in after losing the first two games of the National League...
  Share • October 14, 2013 at 6:35 AM
• Injured Ramirez uncertain for Game 3
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  The Dodgers' offense is struggling, and they might have to faceSt. Louis ace Adam Wainwright without their top hitter in Game 3 ofthe NL championship series.
  Share • October 14, 2013 at 2:35 AM
• Report: Chris Carpenter to retire
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  OK, so he isn't the staff ace anymore. But Chris Carpenter is a CyYoung winner, a two-time champ and perhaps the biggest mentor toSt. Louis' young starters. And he is...
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 11:35 PM
• Nightengale: Dodgers' backs against the wall
  From the Web › USA Today
  Now the great Titanic looks like a raft drifting out to sea, headed for an oil spill.
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 11:35 PM
• Ryu ready to rise to occasion against Cardinals
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Hyun-Jin Ryu understands what's at stake for the Dodgers as he prepares for his second start of the postseason. With the Dodgers trailing the Cardinals in the National...
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 11:35 PM
• Dodgers unsure if Hanley, Ethier will play Game 3
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers, down 2-0 in the National League Championship Series, are preparing to play Monday night's Game 3 without Hanley Ramirez and Andre Ethier in the starting...
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 11:35 PM
• Dodgers ready for challenge of facing Wainwright
  From the Web › MLB.com
  If Monday's Game 3 of the National League Championship Series were a prizefight, one corner would be occupied by Adam Wainwright, St. Louis' formidable right-hander. In...
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 11:35 PM
• Dodgers express confidence before Game 3
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers did not hang their heads on the flight back from St. Louis on Saturday night after falling behind in the National League Championship Series, 2-0. Instead...
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 11:35 PM
• Wainwright, Kershaw throwing hitters for a curve
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright and Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw are considered to possess the game's top curveballs, but their effectiveness only comes in...
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 11:35 PM
• Hanley, Yadier the driving forces in NLCS
  From the Web › MLB.com
  While Hanley Ramirez's ribs are the primary storyline with the National League West champs, it's fundamentally about the beautiful mind of Yadier Molina for the NL...
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 11:35 PM
• Pitching-dominated NLCS echoes 1966 World Series
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers-Cardinals National League Championship Series is following the path of another postseason matchup involving Los Angeles: the 1966 World Series, which...
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 11:35 PM
• Dodgers keep door open for Greinke in Game 4
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Zack Greinke's bullpen session Sunday lasted only 12 pitches, leaving him fresh enough to pitch Game 4 of the National League Championship Series if the Dodgers...
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 11:35 PM
• Former Dodgers official part of Cards' scouting team
  From the Web › MLB.com
  If the Dodgers get out-scouted in the National League Championship Series, they have a past member of the organization to blame. Former Dodgers official Matt Slater and...
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 11:35 PM
• Expect Puig to make presence felt during NLCS
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dodgers rookie outfielder Yasiel Puig has looked horrible in the first two games of the National League Championship Series, and he knows it. But he's going to do...
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 11:35 PM
• Dodgers know how to bounce back from long odds
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers know they've put themselves in an difficult spot by dropping the first two games of the NLCS, but they also know it's not impossible to come back and win the...
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 11:35 PM
• This injury hurts more than all others for Hanley Ramirez, Dodgers
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Hanley Ramirez must feel like an enemy holds a voodoo doll with his likeness, and every time a pin is inserted he sustains another frustrating injury in that...
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 8:35 PM
• Pitchers Hyun-Jin Ryu and Adam Wainwright offer contrasting styles in Game 3
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  The pitching matchup for Game 3 of the National League Championship Series will be called a contrast in styles, and rightly so.Dodgers starter Hyun-Jin Ryu is a rookie...
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 8:35 PM
• Dodgers' playoff lineup still uncertain
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Dodgers manager Don Mattingly still doesn't know whose name he'll write in for two spots on the playoff roster for Monday's Game 3 of the NLCS.It's disconcerting to be...
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 8:35 PM
• Dodgers lineup hobbled by injury, slumping Yasiel Puig
  From the Web › USA Today
  The Dodgers could be missing two key figures in a lineup that is batting .184 in the NLCS.
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 7:35 PM
• Andre Ethier might play in Game 3, but Hanley Ramirez looks doubtful
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Now for the Dodgers' definitive injury report on Hanley Ramirez and Andre Ethier -- they have no idea.
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 5:35 PM
• Status of Dodgers' Ramirez uncertain in NLCS
  From the Web › SI.com
  The Los Angeles Dodgers' offense is struggling, and they might have to face Adam Wainwright without their top hitter in Game 3 of the NL championship series.
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 5:35 PM
• Ramirez aims to play, but Mattingly cautious
  From the Web › ESPN
  The Dodgers' Hanley Ramirez and Andre Ethier are game-time decisions for Monday's Game 3.
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 4:35 PM
• Cardinals-Dodgers Preview
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  The Dodgers' offense is struggling, and they might have to faceSt. Louis ace Adam Wainwright without their top hitter in Game 3 ofthe NL championship series.
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 4:35 PM
• Hanley Ramirez's status uncertain for Dodgers in NLCS
  From the Web › USA Today
  The Dodgers' offense is struggling, and they might have to face St. Louis ace Adam Wainwright without their top hitter in Game 3 of the NL championship series.
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 4:35 PM
• Ramirez's status uncertain for Dodgers in NLCS
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  The Los Angeles Dodgers' offense is struggling, and they mighthave to face Adam Wainwright without their top hitter in Game 3 ofthe NL championship series.
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 3:35 PM
• Hanley Ramirez says he will play in NLCS Game 3 if he can withstand the pain
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez sat out Game 2 of the NLCS after taking a 95 MPH Joe Kelly fastball to the ribs in the first inning of Game 1. X-rays were negative and...
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 3:35 PM
• For the Dodgers, the plan is to discover a whole new plan
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Well, that didn't work out so well. And it looked like such great plan.
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 12:35 PM
• Dodgers dismiss broadcasters Steve Lyons, Eric Collins
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times has the inside scoop: The Dodgers do not plan to bring Steve Lyons and Eric Collins back to their broadcast team next year. Lyons...
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 12:35 PM
• Andre Ethier aiming to return for Game 3 of NLCS
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier played nearly 13 whole innings in Friday night's NLCS Game 1 loss to the Cardinals and woke up on Saturday morning with renewed soreness...
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 8:35 AM
• Ramirez's rib injury remains concern
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Star shortstop Hanley Ramirez was a late lineup scratch for theLos Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of the NL championship series becauseof sore ribs that hindered his swing...
  Share • October 13, 2013 at 2:35 AM
• Dodgers' offense disappears in 1-0 loss to Cardinals in Game 2
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  ST. LOUIS >> Eighteen teams, including the Dodgers, chose not to pick pitcher Michael Wacha in the 2012 draft. The Angels did too, in a sense, when they signed Albert...
  Share • October 12, 2013 at 10:35 PM
• Dodgers are hurting in more ways than one
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  About an hour before Game 2 of the National League Championship series, a rumor began circulating inside the Dodgers dugout that closer Kenley Jensen injured himself...
  Share • October 12, 2013 at 10:35 PM
• Tigers shut down Red Sox, win Game 1
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Anibal Sanchez and four Detroit Tigers relievers came within twoouts of the first combined no-hitter in postseason history,striking out 17 to beat the Boston Red Sox 1-0...
  Share • October 12, 2013 at 10:35 PM
• Saturday's 1-0 nail-biters make history
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Cardinals' victory over the Dodgers in Game 2 of the NLCS and the Tigers' triumph over the Red Sox in the ALCS opener made Saturday the first day in postseason...
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• St. Louis 'Kid-inals' stymie Dodgers
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  The Cardinals have used five rookie pitchers in the NLCS, includingfour on Saturday. And they now lead the Dodgers two games to none.
  Share • October 12, 2013 at 8:35 PM
• Pressure is on as Dodgers can't win with aces
  From the Web › USA Today
  Hyun-Jin Ryu will attempt to salvage a season suddenly teetering on the brink of ending.
  Share • October 12, 2013 at 8:35 PM
• Dodgers know how to stage comebacks
  From the Web › MLB.com
  As improbable as overcoming an 0-2 deficit in a best-of-seven series might seem, it's not impossible. And the Dodgers even had to stage a major in-season comeback of...
  Share • October 12, 2013 at 8:35 PM
• Dodgers eager to get offense going in return home
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Manager Don Mattingly is choosing to see the Dodgers' postseason glass as half-full, noting their two losses had been closely contested and the Dodgers' pitchers had...
  Share • October 12, 2013 at 8:35 PM
• Dodgers see opportunity as NLCS goes west
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers are well-acquainted with the adversity they currently face, so they can cope with trailing St. Louis, 2-0, in the National League Championship Series as they...
  Share • October 12, 2013 at 8:35 PM
• Dodgers in a hole to Cardinals after failing to capitalize on their aces
  From the Web › SI.com
  After a 1-0 loss in Game 2, the Dodgers face a long road back in the NLCS against the confident Cardinals.
  Share • October 12, 2013 at 8:35 PM
• Ramirez rib injury ongoing concern for Dodgers
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Star shortstop Hanley Ramirez was a late lineup scratch for theLos Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of the NL championship series becauseof sore ribs that hindered his swing...
  Share • October 12, 2013 at 7:35 PM
• Hanley Ramirez rib injury ongoing concern for Dodgers
  From the Web › USA Today
  "If he can move and be able to swing the bat," then he would play, said Don Mattingly.
  Share • October 12, 2013 at 7:35 PM
• Dodgers looking uncomfortably familiar vs. Cards
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers are looking like they did in May, when no one knew if they'd get their act together. That's bad. But after a 1-0 loss to the Cardinals in Game 2 of the...
  Share • October 12, 2013 at 7:35 PM
• Sure-handed Ellis laments costly passed ball
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Over the course of the regular season, Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis received thousands of pitches over hundreds of innings. What he could not have envisioned was that his...
  Share • October 12, 2013 at 7:35 PM
• Despite vintage effort, Kershaw handed loss
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Clayton Kershaw, who surrendered just an unearned run and two hits in six innings, was impressive on Saturday, but that was hardly enough for the Dodgers in their 1-0...
  Share • October 12, 2013 at 7:35 PM
• Tom Hoffarth: The 'Drabble factor' speaks volumes for Dodger, Scully fans
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  It's a work of art that quite simply speaks for itself.That's because Kevin Fagan speaks for almost every Southern Californian who follow a Dodgers' postseason run this...
  Share • October 12, 2013 at 6:35 PM
• Notebook: Adrian Gonzalez finds himself in vulnerable position
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  ST. LOUIS >> Without Hanley Ramirez or Andre Ethier in the lineup, and with cleanup hitter Yasiel Puig looking more and more fooled with each at-bat Saturday, the...
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• Hanley to have CT scan on ribs after X-rays negative
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez had X-rays taken on his ribs during Game 2's 1-0 loss to the Cardinals in the National League Championship Series on Saturday, and they...
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• Did you know? NLCS Game 2: STL 1, LA 0
  From the Web › MLB.com
  A look at some notable facts and figures from the St. Louis Cardinals' 1-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series at Busch...
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• Offense comes up empty on scoring threat in sixth
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Though the Dodgers created more than a single scoring chance in Game 2, nothing was as promising as what unfolded in the sixth, when a bases-loaded opportunity against...
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• Wacha, Cardinals shut out Dodgers in Game 2
  From the Web › SI.com
  Dodgers-Cardinals Gameflash for game played on October 12, 2013
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• Hanley Ramirez is worried his CT scan will reveal a serious injury
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez was hit in the ribs by a 95 MPH Joe Kelly fastball in the first inning of Game 1. He gingerly took his spot at first place after being...
  Share • October 12, 2013 at 6:35 PM
• Tom Hoffarth: The 'Drabble factor' speaks volumns for Dodger, Scully fans
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  It's a work of art that quite simply speaks for itself.That's because Kevin Fagan speaks for almost every Southern Californian who follow a Dodgers' postseason run this...
  Share • October 12, 2013 at 5:35 PM
• Vincent Bonsignore: Dodgers can't escape nightmare in St. Louis
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  St. Louis Nightmares this awful don't just randomly arrive out of nowhere in the middle of a still, quiet night.They don't just assault with no explanation, jarring you...
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• Dodgers waste chances in 1-0 loss to Cardinals
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Yasiel Puig and the Los Angeles Dodgers again came up empty inSt. Louis.
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• Wacha, Cards nip Dodgers for 2-0 lead
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Rookie Michael Wacha pitched into the seventh inning with zeromargin for error and the St. Louis Cardinals silenced the LosAngeles Dodgers for the second straight day...
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• Down 2-0 in NLCS, Dodgers appear doomed
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Not even 24 hours into a seven-game series, the Dodgers' World Series hopes are already on life support. By failing to secure either of the first two games with Zack...
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• Wacha, Cardinals shut out Dodgers, take 2-0 lead in NLCS
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  ST. LOUIS >> Eighteen teams, including the Dodgers, chose not to pick pitcher Michael Wacha in the 2012 draft.The Angels did too, in a sense, when they signed Albert...
  Share • October 12, 2013 at 4:35 PM
• 25 YEARS LATER: The Dodgers' 1988 playoff run - NLCS Game 7
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIESGAME 7 AT DODGER STADIUMDate: Oct. 12, 1988Final score: Dodgers 6, New York 0Starting pitchers: Orel Hershiser vs. Ron DarlingHow it...
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• Kershaw deals, but Dodgers hitters blown away
  From the Web › ESPN
  ST. LOUIS – The spotlight found Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly yet again.With his team desperate for offense Saturday, Mattingly lifted ace Clayton...
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• Wacha, Cards blank Dodgers for 2-0 lead
  From the Web › ESPN
  Rookie Michael Wacha pitched into the seventh inning with zero margin for error and the St. Louis Cardinals silenced the Los Angeles Dodgers for the second straight day...
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• Cardinals beat Dodgers thanks to incredible young pitching
  From the Web › USA Today
  Rookie Michael Wacha shines in NLCS Game 2.
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• Michael Wacha seized the moment for Cardinals
  From the Web › USA Today
  There's more bad news waiting when the Dodgers get back to L.A.
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• Dodgers' bats neutralized behind Kershaw in duel
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers tried to win an October game with the injury-depleted lineup they often used in September, and even Clayton Kershaw couldn't make that work in Saturday's 1-0...
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• Wacha, Cardinals beat Dodgers, take 2-0 NLCS lead
  From the Web › SI.com
  Yet another gem of a Michael Wacha performance made the Cardinals' sole run enough to take a 2-0 NLCS lead over L.A.
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• Cardinals take a 2-0 lead in NLCS with 1-0 shutout of Dodgers
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Cardinals starter Michael Wacha turned in a gem, needing only one run of support to help pitch his team past the Dodgers. Wacha shut out the Dodgers over six and...
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• Yasiel Puig has come up small for the Dodgers in the NLCS
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Cuban superstar Yasiel Puig is the reason why the Dodgers are in the NLCS. The day before he made his Major League debut on June 3, the Dodgers were 23-32 in last place...
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• Dodgers expect Ryu to rise to occasion in Game 3
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Hyun-Jin Ryu, Los Angeles' starter for Monday's Game 3 of the National League Championship Series against St. Louis, has the confidence of his teammates.
  Share • October 12, 2013 at 3:35 PM
• Michael Wacha hands 1-0 lead over to Cardinals' bullpen after stellar start in Game 2 of NLCS
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Cardinals starter Michael Wacha dazzled, shutting the Dodgers out over six and two-thirds innings. He allowed just five hits and a walk while striking out eight...
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• Could Tony La Russa replace Don Mattingly as Dodgers manager?
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  ST. LOUIS -- If the Dodgers don't retain Don Mattingly as their manager next season, could they replace him with Tony La Russa?
  Share • October 12, 2013 at 2:35 PM
• Ethier, Ramirez not in Game 2 lineup
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Hanley Ramirez and Andre Ethier were both out of the Los AngelesDodgers starting lineup for Game 2 of the NL championship seriesSaturday because of injuries.
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• Dodgers not concerned with quick turnaround
  From the Web › MLB.com
  It was a bleary-eyed group of players who arrived at Busch Stadium late Saturday morning, fresh -- or not so fresh -- off a brief night of sleep at their nearby hotels...
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• Mattingly wouldn't change strategy from Game 1
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Disbelief and skepticism lingered Saturday over Don Mattingly's eighth-inning strategy in Friday night's 3-2 loss in the National League Championship Series opener...
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• Dodgers and Cardinals scoreless through four innings in Game 2 of NLCS
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  After the Dodgers and Cardinals needed 13 innings to determine a winner in Game 1 of the NLCS last night, we're scoreless through four innings in Game 2 this afternoon...
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• The Cardinals get on the board first in Game 2 of NLCS
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was able to stand Matt Carpenter at third base after a leadoff triple in the bottom of the first inning, but he wasn't as fortunate in the...
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• Hanley Ramirez joins Andre Ethier on Dodgers bench for NLCS Game 2
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  ST. LOUIS -- The Dodgers scratched shortstop Hanley Ramirez as well as center fielder Andre Ethier from their lineup for Game 2 of the National League Championship...
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