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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
A look at a wealth of Dodgers stories on the web, including the chances of Clayton Kershaw repeating his Cy Young season.
Share • January 26, 2012 at 5:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Steve Garvey's Dodgers bid signs up heavy hitter
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From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
Camelback Ranch is the spring training home of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox. Situated in Phoenix and operated by the city of Glendale, the stadium is...
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Prince Fielder never thought it could happen, but it did. The Prince appeared at a Comerica Park news conference to announce his $214 million, nine-year contract, the...
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The Yankees have finalized their $10 million, one-year contract with free-agent right-hander Hiroki Kuroda.
Share • January 26, 2012 at 2:35 PM -
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Though one of the teams that missed out on Prince Fielder, the Los Angeles Dodgers made a run at the slugger and thought they had a good chance of landing him, according...
Share • January 26, 2012 at 11:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Dodgers reportedly did go hard after Prince Fielder, offering a seven-year deal worth over $160 million that included an opt-out for the first baseman after four...
Share • January 26, 2012 at 11:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
By offering big bucks up front and an opt-out clause after four years of a seven-year deal, the Dodgers were finalists in the bidding for Prince Fielder after all...
Share • January 26, 2012 at 11:35 AM -
From the Web › HardballTalk
Interesting report from Jon Heyman. Seems that the Dodgers were involved in the Prince Fielder bidding. Like, seriously involved: The Dodgers were a surprise entrant in...
Share • January 26, 2012 at 11:35 AM -
From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
On occasion, Big League Stew honors a birthday boy per week by taking a longer look at his career. Please join us in lighting the candles. Steve Sax, who turns 52 on...
Share • January 26, 2012 at 9:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
At lunch today with Dodger publications director Jorge Martin, we marveled with glee not only at Clayton Kershaw's magnificent 2011 season, but our inability, despite...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Billionaire philanthropist Patrick Soon-Shiong, a minority owner of the Lakers, has met with some who are trying to buy the Dodgers from Frank McCourt.The richest man in...
Share • January 25, 2012 at 7:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
A bundle of clickable goodness today ...Andre Ethier had some interesting comments in an interview Tuesday with ESPN AM 710... Asked about wanting to be with the...
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Daryle Ward, an 11-season veteran who hasn't played in the major leagues since 2008, has been suspended for 50 games after testing positive for a banned amphetamine...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The richest man in Los Angeles has not bid for the Dodgers.However, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong could join the Dodgers sweepstakes soon -- not by bidding on his own, but by...
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From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
Matt Kemp and Clayton Kershaw won't get much help until new ownership starts calling the shots in Los Angeles.
Share • January 25, 2012 at 12:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
APChristina-Taylor GreenOn the morning of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords' emotional resignation from the House, I checked in on the website in memory of...
Share • January 25, 2012 at 10:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Latest Frank McCourt nightmare: What if McCourt agrees to sell the Dodgers to Stan Kroenke if he brings the Rams back to Los Angeles and they become partners in a new...
Share • January 25, 2012 at 8:35 AM -
From the Web › HardballTalk
Bill Shaikin writes of another interested bidder in the Los Angeles Dodgers: Leo Hindery. His significance? He was the founder of YES Network and his presence in the...
Share • January 25, 2012 at 8:35 AM -
From the Web › FOX Sports
Shortly after the All-Star break, the Dodgers appeared to need a massive roster overhaul, as they were double digits under .500 and double digits out of first place. The...
Share • January 25, 2012 at 12:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Source says the free-agent first baseman's contract with the club is for nine years. It is only the fourth $200-million contract in major league history.Free-agent first...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Gap between Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw's $10 million arbitration request and Dodgers' $6.5 million offer is huge, and nothing good can come if it goes to a hearing...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Daly, who owned 10% of the team during the Fox era, says "we didn't realize what a bad guy [McCourt] was.'' Daly doubts the sale to a new owner will be completed by...
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The New York Yankees avoided arbitration with catcher Russell Martin by signing him Tuesday to a one-year, $7.5-million contract that also includes performance bonuses...
Share • January 24, 2012 at 6:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Dodgers sale: Leo Hindery's involvement in the bidding process could give owner Frank McCourt more confidence that the Dodgers might sell for more than $1.5...
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Prince Fielder's free-agent search brought him full circle to Detroit, a city ready to fall in love all over again.
Share • January 24, 2012 at 4:35 PM -
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Slugger Prince Fielder and the Detroit Tigers have agreed in principle on a nine-year, $214 million contract.
Share • January 24, 2012 at 1:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Despite everything they've been through, and coming off a mediocre season, the Dodgers can win the National League West, where parity still rules.
Share • January 24, 2012 at 1:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
For the money and years that Prince Fielder signed for, it's a good thing the Dodgers were bankrupt and out of the running to sign the first baseman.
Share • January 24, 2012 at 1:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Prince Fielder and the Detroit Tigers are close to a contract — a nine-year, $214 million contract. That's a bigger deal than I expected Fielder to get, and I'm...
Share • January 24, 2012 at 1:35 PM -
From the Web › HardballTalk
Yesterday was the deadline for those wanting to bid on the Dodgers. It wasn't a hard deadline - the bankers handling the sale can waive the deadline if new suitable bids...
Share • January 24, 2012 at 8:35 AM -
From the Web › LA Daily News
Some bidders for the Dodgers have started talking with each other about combining their groups, even before initial offers for the bankrupt team were submitted...
Share • January 23, 2012 at 11:35 PM -
From the Web › FOX Sports
Bankers handling the sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers receivedmultiple bids in excess of $1 billion on Monday, people familiarwith the matter said.
Share • January 23, 2012 at 10:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Initial bids for the Dodgers officially have been made. Tony Jackson covered it for ESPNLosAngeles.com, while Bill Shaikin was on it for the Times. Not much in the way...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Those submitting bids include Magic Johnson, Mark Cuban, Peter O'Malley and Joe Torre. Sources say that St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke has explored whether to bid.The...
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From the Web › FOX Sports
Some bidders for the Los Angeles Dodgers have started talkingwith each other about combining their groups, even before initialoffers for the bankrupt team were submitted...
Share • January 23, 2012 at 6:35 PM -
From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
Some bidders for the Los Angeles Dodgers have started talking with each other about combining their groups, even before initial offers for the bankrupt team were...
Share • January 23, 2012 at 5:35 PM -
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The New York Yankees are expected to formally announce the retirement of catcher/designated hitter Jorge Posada at a Tuesday morning press conference in Yankee Stadium...
Share • January 23, 2012 at 4:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
It is looking more like someone's love affair for the Dodgers is going to cost them a lot more to buy than they are actually worth.
Share • January 23, 2012 at 2:35 PM -
From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
For fans of the turmoil-afflicted Los Angeles Dodgers, speculation is finally on the verge of giving way to reality. Monday marks the targeted deadline for first-round...
Share • January 23, 2012 at 11:35 AM -
From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
Last offseason, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw kept busy by getting married (that's his wife Ellen on the left) and taking a goodwill trip to Zambia that...
Share • January 23, 2012 at 9:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The other day, Molly Knight and I were chatting on Twitter when we both realized how much each other loved the films of 2006. That happened to be my first fall working...
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From the Web › HardballTalk
Mike Piazza will make his first appearance on the Hall of Fame ballot next year and the 12-time All-Star catcher wants to wear a Mets hat on his plaque. Piazza was...
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From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
After weeks spent wandering through the free agent wilderness, might Prince Fielder and Scott Boras finally be reaching the end of their riches-seeking road? Maybe, if...
Share • January 23, 2012 at 7:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
It still seems like such a significant period in my life, but it really was just so short.Five seasons. Five seasons between the moment, at an exhibition victory over...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
With opening bids due Monday, here is a look at the 15 individuals, groups or corporate entities publicly identified as prospective buyers.Who's the front-runner in the...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Opening bids are due Monday, then sale process begins in earnest. Frank McCourt has until April 1 to pick who will succeed him as team's owner. The Times' Bill Shaikin...
Share • January 22, 2012 at 7:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
I wrote in October that the Dodgers could and should sign Prince Fielder. More and more people appear to be coming around to the idea, as this post at Hardball Talk...
Share • January 22, 2012 at 10:35 AM -
From the Web › HardballTalk
This is more speculation than rumor, but it's worth passing along anyway given the subject matter. Joel Sherman of the New York Post says a "surprising number" of team...
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Ryan Braun referred only in passing to his positive drug test and possible 50-game suspension as he accepted the National League MVP award at a black-tie dinner Saturday...
Share • January 21, 2012 at 10:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
As Frank McCourt prepares to sell the Dodgers he has kept a limit on player payroll. But if the team had Fielder, it could make the team relevant again and drive up the...
Share • January 21, 2012 at 6:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
It is now 100 days until Dodgers owner Frank McCourt must officially sell the team and be gone.
Share • January 21, 2012 at 1:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Supercross rider Ryan Villopoto, leading in this season's standings, returns to Dodger Stadium, where he won last year.Supercross returns to Dodger Stadium on Saturday...
Share • January 21, 2012 at 12:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The team includes the figure in filing its reorganization plan in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Meanwhile, Oracle founder Larry Ellison's name emerges as another potential...
Share • January 20, 2012 at 7:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
If McCourt is involved, it's enough to drive a Dodgers fan to not drive.So, the new Dodgers owner may buy the team and stadium only to be surrounded by a Frank...
Share • January 20, 2012 at 6:35 PM -
From the Web › FOX Sports
The Los Angeles Dodgers filed a proposed bankruptcyreorganization plan Friday.
Share • January 20, 2012 at 5:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Getty ImagesReggie SmithReading Evan Bladh's recent post on Mike Piazza at Opinion of Kingman's Performance, I got to wondering about the Mike Piazzas of every team in...
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While visiting Glendale, Ariz., for the Cactus League spring training games held at Camelback Ranch, you may also have time for entertainment outside of the baseball...
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Winter's chill grips the country, but Major League Baseball spring training games will be starting shortly. This is a guide to buying tickets and attending a game (or...
Share • January 20, 2012 at 11:35 AM -
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The Los Angeles Dodgers have filed a bankruptcy reorganization plan, a week after resolving a court fight with Fox Sports that threatened plans to sell the club. The...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Mark Cuban, one of the many interested in purchasing the Dodgers, when on ``The Tonight'' show Thursday and told Jay Leno if he were to be the winning bidder: ``L.A...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Dodgers tell U.S. Bankruptcy Court that team has $573 million in debt. The Dodgers' filing in Bankruptcy Court say all creditors will be paid in full...
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