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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Ever since Jon Garland and Vicente Padilla signed/re-signed with the Dodgers, nothing has been said to indicate that Garland's spot in the Dodger starting...
Share • January 26, 2011 at 7:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
I'm thinking scare tactics must be the way to go in these legal proceedings. Not sure who shook me to my little baseball bones more Tuesday, but you have to hand...
Share • January 25, 2011 at 9:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Dennis Wasser, an attorney for Jamie, says, 'If this trial continues … I don't think there's any hope for the family or the...
Share • January 25, 2011 at 5:35 PM -
From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer
Share • January 25, 2011 at 2:35 PM -
From the Web › HardballTalk
Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times — who has been all over the McCourts divorce saga since it began — has an update. And it’s not rosy...
Share • January 25, 2011 at 1:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Frank McCourt might have to become business partners with his ex-wife in order to keep the Dodgers in the family, her attorneys said Tuesday. With the Dodgers set to...
Share • January 25, 2011 at 12:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Scratch half of the billionaire combo. In a story appearing in the Detroit News, a spokesman for Tom Gores denied he was interested in purchasing the Dodgers along with...
Share • January 25, 2011 at 11:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The fifth in a series of at least five, on how close selected Dodger prospects are to the majors ...Ivan DeJesus, Jr.Vitals: SS-2B, 5-foot-11, 190 pounds, turns 24 on...
Share • January 25, 2011 at 7:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
With the Oscar nominations coming out Tuesday morning, I thought I'd detour into my favorite films of the past year ...(Read full post)
Share • January 24, 2011 at 9:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
And now for your daily Joe Torre update ... he's leaning toward accepting that job with Commissioner Bud Selig. Also, he absolutely won't be returning to...
Share • January 24, 2011 at 3:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
OK, I lied. Going to write another pained, positive post about Frank McCourt. You know, sometimes the truth does hurt: He has apparently made them a desirable item...
Share • January 24, 2011 at 2:35 PM -
From the Web › HardballTalk
A couple of weeks ago we learned that Joe Torre was considering taking Sandy Alderson’s gig with Major League Baseball. Today it’s reported that...
Share • January 24, 2011 at 2:35 PM -
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Joe Torre may not stay retired much longer. The former Los Angeles Dodgers manager says he's leaning toward accepting a job with Commissioner Bud Selig that...
Share • January 24, 2011 at 1:35 PM -
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Frank McCourt’s official line is that the Dodgers are not for sale. But whether they’re ultimately sold is kind of out of his hands. If the latest...
Share • January 24, 2011 at 12:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
In a little over three weeks, Jonathan Broxton will once again report to spring training as the Dodgers' closer. And barring injury, when spring training draws...
Share • January 24, 2011 at 7:35 AM -
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Jed Jacobsohn/Getty ImagesIn 2011, Juan Uribe will be trying to bring at least a division title south to Los Angeles from San Francisco.With so much attention locally...
Share • January 24, 2011 at 7:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Just classic – first the introduction, and then Rich Lederer of Baseball Analysts telling the story of umping a Blyleven-pitched game four decades ago.* * *...
Share • January 23, 2011 at 11:35 PM -
From the Web › FOX Sports
Q: Will the Giants miss Juan Uribe and EdgarRenteria? A: One upside of an offense that lackssuperstars is that nobody is indispensable. That said...
Share • January 22, 2011 at 6:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Transforming the baseball field into a supercross track for Saturday night's racing event kills the stadium grass, but organizers promise a new field will be...
Share • January 22, 2011 at 12:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
In a world where money doesn't matter, newest Angel outfielder Vernon Wells is better than anyone the Dodgers will have playing alongside Matt Kemp and Andre...
Share • January 21, 2011 at 9:35 PM -
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Now maybe you think I just unmercifully hammer Frank McCourt and never have an encouraging thing to say about him. You are so wrong, my little naysayer. Here's...
Share • January 21, 2011 at 3:35 PM -
From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
February may not seem like a big month for sports, but it is the transition month between football and baseball. After the Super Bowl and Pro Bowl ends, within a couple...
Share • January 21, 2011 at 10:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
I'm growing increasingly numb to the various lists ranking Dodger prospects. My interest in the prospects themselves hasn't waned, but more and more, the...
Share • January 21, 2011 at 8:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Left fielder Jay Gibbons can't wait to continue his feel-good resurgence with the Dodgers after his career seemed finished.Can't get excited about the...
Share • January 21, 2011 at 8:35 AM -
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Manny Ramirez and Vladimir Guerrero used to command the headlines. Now they are the ones being tacked onto...
Share • January 21, 2011 at 2:35 AM -
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Johnny Damon has found a new home for the upcoming season. Well, almost. According to Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports, the 37-year-old free agent is “closing in...
Share • January 21, 2011 at 12:35 AM -
From the Web › LA Daily News
LOS ANGELES - The Dodgers and outfielder Marcus Thames agreed to a $1 million, one-year contract.
Share • January 20, 2011 at 11:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Longtime Dodger Thoughts readers might remember the visit of Young Miss Weisman to the comments section a couple of years ago. Tonight, I am privileged to offer this...
Share • January 20, 2011 at 8:35 PM -
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Red Sox president and CEO Larry Lucchino, who guided the ballclub through two World Series championships and the renovation of Fenway Park, was honored Thursday by the...
Share • January 20, 2011 at 7:35 PM -
From the Web › FOX Sports
The Los Angeles Dodgers and outfielder Marcus Thames have agreedto a $1 million, one-year contract.
Share • January 20, 2011 at 12:35 PM -
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The Los Angeles Dodgers and outfielder Marcus Thames have agreed to a $1 million, one-year contract. Thames had a .288 batting average and a .350 on-base percentage in...
Share • January 20, 2011 at 12:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Don Mattingly spent his entire 14-year playing career in the American League. He spent his first four years as a coach in the American League. It was only in the last...
Share • January 20, 2011 at 12:35 PM -
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I thought of doing something cute and copying and pasting an article about Nomar Garciaparra from a couple of years ago but changing all the names, but that would take a...
Share • January 20, 2011 at 12:35 PM -
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The 2011 MLB season is just around the corner. That means it's time for me to pull out my Kansas City Royals team gear and find my anything-can-happen positive...
Share • January 20, 2011 at 10:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
As we all know, replacing a legendary broadcaster isn't easy — and certainly won't be for the Dodgers on that sad, hopefully far-off day after...
Share • January 19, 2011 at 4:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Milton Bradley the superb talent, Milton Bradley the charismatic, Milton Bradley the troubled. Who can pretend to truly know what burns at the center of Bradley...
Share • January 19, 2011 at 2:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
I spent the fall quarter of my junior year of college in Tours, France, which was every bit as wonderful a privilege as I would think it sounds to most of you. Living in...
Share • January 19, 2011 at 9:35 AM -
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Roy Hartsfield, the Toronto Blue Jays' manager for their first three seasons, has died. He was 85. Bernhardt Funeral Home in Ellijay confirmed that Hartsfield...
Share • January 19, 2011 at 8:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
How about that Dodgers defense? Pretty excited, are you? Just imagining it in action kind of triggers the goose bumps. Such anticipation. As currently envisioned, I...
Share • January 19, 2011 at 7:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Because his story never gets old. Lederer has a great writeup, with lots of photos, of his meeting with Bert Blyleven following Blyleven's Lederer-boosted...
Share • January 19, 2011 at 7:35 AM -
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Dodgers and pitcher settle on one year, $6.275 million. Angels avoid arbitration with Kendry Morales, Howie Kendrick, Erick Aybar and Reggie Willits.The Dodgers and...
Share • January 19, 2011 at 12:35 AM -
From the Web › LA Daily News
The Dodgers and pitcher Chad Billingsley agreed to a one-year deal worth $6,275,00.
Share • January 18, 2011 at 11:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Because he has reportedly been arrested, and because as much strife as he has been involved in, dating back almost to the time I began Dodger Thoughts, he is someone...
Share • January 18, 2011 at 9:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Dodgers' two remaining arbitration-eligible players exchanged salary figures with the Dodgers on Tuesday, with James Loney asking for $5.25 million and...
Share • January 18, 2011 at 4:35 PM -
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Marcus who?Thames actually has a Dodger history — producing "Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest":But of course, for many, this is the program Thames is most...
Share • January 18, 2011 at 4:35 PM -
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Tony Jackson of ESPNLosAngeles.com updates the arbitration situation with Hong-Chih Kuo and James Loney:... In each case, the gap seemed small enough that the sides...
Share • January 18, 2011 at 3:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Gabe Kapler has officially signed a minor-league contract with the Dodgers that includes an invitation to their major-league spring training camp. A 35-year-old...
Share • January 18, 2011 at 2:35 PM -
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Matt Kemp and Jonathan Broxton are among those who must rebound for cash-strapped L.A. to contend again.
Share • January 18, 2011 at 1:35 PM -
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Proceeds from a baseball game between injured veterans and former major leaguers will be used to support charities and establish a fund honoring victims of the...
Share • January 18, 2011 at 1:35 PM -
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Kirby Lee/US PresswireIn his final 14 starts of 2010, Chad Billingsley had a 2.45 ERA with 82 strikeouts in 92 innings, averaging 6 2/3 innings per start. The Dodgers...
Share • January 18, 2011 at 12:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Dodgers have avoided salary arbitration with Chad Billingsley, as they agreed on Tuesday to a one-year, $6.275-million contract. Billingsley, 26, was...
Share • January 18, 2011 at 11:35 AM -
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Kirby Lee/US PresswireJay Gibbons will be among several Dodgers vying for playing time in left field.Can't recall when so many spots on the Dodgers'...
Share • January 18, 2011 at 9:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Know how they say everything is relative? Well, relatively speaking, the Dodgers outfield is better today after coming to terms with Marcus Thames than it was yesterday...
Share • January 18, 2011 at 7:35 AM -
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He's likely to platoon in left field with Jay Gibbons. Club is also close to signing outfielder Gabe Kapler.The Dodgers went into spring training last year with...
Share • January 17, 2011 at 11:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Dodgers informed me tonight that there was an error in their media guide, and that therefore contrary to what I wrote Sunday, Rubby De La Rosa was never suspended...
Share • January 17, 2011 at 10:35 PM -
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Russell Martin has a good explanation for why he isn't any good anymore, and it's not going to be very comforting to Dodgers fans. Martin, a two-time...
Share • January 17, 2011 at 10:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Dodgers are close to making some modest upgrades to their outfield, as they have agreed to terms on a deal with Marcus Thames and are close to signing Gabe Kapler to...
Share • January 17, 2011 at 6:35 PM -
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Tom Szczerbowski/US PresswireMarcus ThamesAdding to their collection of poor-defending but slugging outfielders, the Dodgers are poised to sign the guy who might be Jay...
Share • January 17, 2011 at 6:35 PM