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The club is also close to an agreement with outfielder Gabe Kapler.The club is also close to an agreement with outfielder Gabe Kapler.
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According to Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times, the Dodgers have reached an agreement on a contract with Marcus Thames. No word on the specific terms involved...
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TORONTO - Cognisant of a young starting rotation and the volatility of relievers, Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulous added to his bullpen options Monday...
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Oh, so that was the problem. Silly us. It wasn't that Russell Martin was too thin, or too heavy; it wasn't that he was trying too hard to pull the ball...
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Who would have thunk it? When Jamey Carroll was signed as a utility player a year ago, it was fairly underwhelming stuff. Nice addition, not exactly significant. Some...
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And miles to link before I sleep ...The state of Don Mattingly is profiled by Ramona Shelburne of ESPNLosAngeles.com.Evan Bladh Sr. of Opinion of Kingman's...
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The Astros are for sale, and while they haven’t improved much, owner Drayton McLane is maintaining curb appeal.
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That was some event Dennis Gilbert pulled off Saturday night in his eighth annual awards dinner to raise funds for the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation...
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.The fourth in a series of at least four, on how close selected Dodger prospects are to the majors ...Rubby De La RosaVitals: RHP, 6-foot-1, 170 pounds, turns 22 on...
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The TV network and the club's owner are linked to the sinking of the once-proud franchise, and they could be connected for years to come.We begin with a...
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The St. Louis Cardinals Winter Warmup event is usually a time for the team's fans to gather and share in...
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Here's the up-to-date list of non-roster invitees to major-league Spring Training for the Dodgers ... a mix of not-yets, has-beens and never-weres. It...
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The sun is shining bright through our home office window as I begin typing this. There's a short but powerful time period in our house when, on a cloudless...
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According to Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times, who has been all over this story, Fox has advanced Dodgers owner Frank McCourt money in order to help cover the...
Share • January 15, 2011 at 6:35 AM -
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That little tidbit about the Dodgers releasing Pat Borders nearly five years after he last suited up for the organization piqued a good amount of interest here and...
Share • January 14, 2011 at 2:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Had me at: Dodgers don't tender Russell Martin, sign Rod Barajas. OK, guilty. Made an assumption, I guess. Me and just about everyone else. Just assumed that...
Share • January 14, 2011 at 1:35 PM -
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Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon has certified as final the ruling in which he threw out a marital property agreement that would have provided Frank McCourt...
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The 2011 MLB Draft order is now set for this upcoming summer. Type A free agent signings have altered the 2011 MLB Draft order, as have compensation picks for unsigned...
Share • January 14, 2011 at 9:35 AM -
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Thanks to everyone for their feedback Thursday ...As I suggested a month ago, Tony Gwynn Jr. might end up being the best option for the current Dodger outfield. Tony...
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Free-agent third baseman Eric Chavez may get injured fairly often but that's not stopping teams from...
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Not the way you're supposed to do it, of course. Goes against the unofficial manager's handbook. Teams like to have at least two lefties in their...
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Tony Gwynn Jr. was non-tendered by the Padres, but ESPN Los Angels reports that he may be good enough to start for the Dodgers: As he prepared to leave...
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With the Dodgers one month from opening training camp, General Manager Ned Colletti said Thursday that he has not necessarily finished acquiring new players. Colletti...
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Yesterday manager Don Mattingly reiterated that the Dodgers won’t be bringing back Manny Ramirez and today general manager Ned Colletti also ruled out signing...
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After getting over my initial disappointment, I've mostly come to terms to the decline of participation in the comments. I have what I think are pretty sound...
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Despite the Dodgers’ offseason-long search for a left fielder and/or middle-of-the-order bat, new manager Don Mattingly reiterated to Beth Harris of the...
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The annual migration of Major League Baseball teams to Florida and Arizona is an event we know as spring training. Baseball's spring training traces its roots...
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Rich Lederer and Bert Blyleven met in a surprise visit at a Minnesota Twins fantasy camp event Wednesday. David Dorsey of the Fort Meyers (Fla.) News-Press has the...
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Jay Gibbons has been playing winter ball in Venezuela, but had to leave the team earlier this week because of blurred vision following November eye surgery to improve...
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From the Web › LA Daily News
One thing is for certain: The Dodgers have to look no further than themselves to find the cause of the quagmire that is the team.
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From the Web › LA Daily News
One thing is for certain: The Dodgers have to look no further than themselves to find the cause of the quagmire that is the team.
Share • January 12, 2011 at 11:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Baseball in January - I can always get behind that.With the Dodgers opening their annual winter workout for minor leaguers to the press today, on the same day as...
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Barrel of fun in this new feature at Fangraphs, which gives you a graphical look at batters' Wins Above Replacement through the ages. Here, for example, are the...
Share • January 12, 2011 at 9:35 PM -
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Rookie manager admits the personnel isn't much different than last season but sees potential for improvement.Will the Dodgers be any good this year?
Share • January 12, 2011 at 8:35 PM -
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With his ownership of the Dodgers under legal and financial strain, Frank McCourt said Wednesday he is not worried about losing control of the team. On the first day of...
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Joe Torre said he hopes to discuss a possible job in the commissioner's office with Bud Selig on Thursday. "I'm not totally sure what the job...
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Recently retired manager Joe Torre says he is "definitely interested" in working for Commissioner Bud Selig. Torre says he and Selig have had several...
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Jay Gibbons, who was playing winter ball in Venezuela, returned to Los Angeles on Tuesday night to get his eyes examined, according to Dodgers sources. Among the...
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A right-handed bat to play in left field remains the great void in the Dodgers' starting lineup -- OK, other than adding an impact bat -- but you can scratch a...
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New manager Don Mattingly wants the Los Angeles Dodgers to play baseball the way he once did, with no excuses. Mattingly is busy preparing for his first spring training...
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Catcher Koyie Hill and the Chicago Cubs have agreed to an $850,000, one-year contract, avoiding arbitration. The 31-year-old signed with the Cubs in 2007 and is entering...
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SAN DIEGO - Trevor Hoffman used to arrive for work late at night, with heavy metal music blaring from the speakers.
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Reed Johnson, who spent 2008 and 2009 with the Cubs before playing last season with the Dodgers, has returned to Chicago on a minor-league contract with an invite to...
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Koyie Hill was arbitration eligible for the second time after earning $700,000 last season, but he’s avoided the process by agreeing to a one-year, $850,000...
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The Sunday Night Baseball schedule for the first half of the season has been released, and it breaks down thusly: April 3: Â San Francisco at Los Angeles Dodgers...
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In the first morning of the baseball owners' meetings, the Oakland Athletics issued a statement Wednesday saying the owner of their team, Lew Wolff, had "no...
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Yesterday Buster Olney mused — and explicitly said he was musing, not reporting — that Bud Selig could fix it that A’s owner Lew Wolff...
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So what do you think Frank McCourt is up to? Three days of meetings in New York. All so hush-hush. Don't think he was just dropping by after visiting Vladimir...
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Baseball's all-time saves leader Trevor Hoffman has thrown his final changeup, deciding at age 43 to retire and return to the San Diego Padres in a front office...
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SAN DIEGO - Baseball's all-time saves leader Trevor Hoffman has thrown his final changeup, deciding at age 43 to retire and return to the San Diego Padres in a...
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A charitable fund in memory of Christina Green, the 9-year-old slain in Arizona on Saturday, has been established by her family. Green was one of six killed in the...
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The Dodgers have created a memorial fund for 9-year-old Arizona shooting victim Christina-Taylor Green and provided addresses where people can send condolences.Green...
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As you surely know by now, one of the victims of Sunday’s rampage in Tucson was Christina Taylor Green, the nine-year-old daughter of Dodgers scout John Green...
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There’s an interesting — but troubling — musing in Buster Olney’s latest column. First Olney notes that Frank McCourt is in dire...
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Senseless. Just another feeble word right now, like all the rest, like the thousands in some ethereal dictionary. No matter how heartfelt, the words will not run...
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Former big league pitcher Dallas Green thanked his extended baseball family for their support on the shooting death of his granddaughter and five others in Tucson, Ariz...
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The third in a series of at least three, on how close selected Dodger prospects are to the majors ...Dee GordonVitals: SS, bats left, throws right, 5-foot-11, 150...
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"There's gonna be a lot of those kind of moments - I had one this morning, just waking up, and she comes up and says, 'Daddy, it's time to...
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From MLB.com’s Ken Gurnick comes word that the Dodgers have traded shortstop Chin-Lung Hu to the Mets for left-hander Michael Antonini. Hu, now 26, was once a...
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The 9-year-old girl killed by a gunman who opened fire at an Arizona congresswoman's event is the granddaughter of former manager Dallas Green, The Philadelphia...
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Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt is expressing condolences about the 9-year-old girl killed by a gunman who opened fire at an Arizona congresswoman's...
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One of the victims of the tragic shooting in Arizona on Saturday was the daughter of Dodger scout John Green and granddaughter of former Phillies manager Dallas...
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