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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.
Share • January 12, 2011 at 1:35 PM -
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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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The tragic shooting spree Saturday at a political rally in Tucson, Arizona has an unfortunate baseball tie. Christina-Taylor Greene, the 9-year-old child who was killed...
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The horrific shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others Saturday is hard enough to comprehend, even...
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The nine-year-old daughter of Dodgers scout John Green was among the six people killed in the Saturday shooting in which Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was critically...
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In recent days, more than eight years after our first child was born and more than two years after our third, we've retired the stroller and the Pack 'n...
Share • January 8, 2011 at 10:35 PM -
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Would absolutely love to report that ex-Dodgers manager Joe Torre has decided what he wants to do next, but it appears it's more like he's decided what...
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A new book on Roy Campanella is coming out in March (link via Carson Cistulli of Notgraphs). Sounds like it won't be pure hagiography, according to the press...
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Short answer: Does Frank McCourt have an image problem? OK, so last season, they pretty much had trouble hitting any kind of pitching. Right-handers, lefties...
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According to Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times, Dodgers owner Frank McCourt met with executives from the commissioner’s office — but not the...
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The Dodgers owner outlined his legal and financial plans for retaining control of the team, amid divorce proceedings that began 15 months ago, according to one...
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The game, which originally was scheduled for 1 p.m. April 1, will be at 5 p.m. March 31 at Dodger Stadium. The move is to accommodate ESPN's broadcast...
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In what figures to be a sterling matchup between Clayton Kershaw and Tim Lincecum, the Dodgers and Giants will play a rescheduled Opening Day game at Dodger Stadium on...
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Hey, why not? This is another one of those what-have-you-got-to-lose scenarios. And a fairly intriguing one. Let's review: Adding older, broken-down veteran to...
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It's all official and everything. The Dodgers' season opener against the Giants has been moved back one day to March 31. That likely Clayton Kershaw-Tim...
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The World Series champion San Francisco Giants will play at the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 31, becoming the sixth game scheduled in the major leagues on opening day...
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Eric Chavez is serious about wanting to return for a 13th professional season. The oft-injured infielder told Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle that he has a...
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ESPN has announced its Opening Day triple header:Â Detroit in the Bronx to face the Yankees early, San Diego at St. Louis later and the Giants in L.A. to play the...
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Lefty slugger Eric Chavez only appeared in 33 games for the Oakland Athletics last season, hammering out one...
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If Eric Chavez can perform better in a January 20 workout than, say, Chien-Ming Wang in a parking lot, the Dodgers might have a new part-time third baseman.Susan Slusser...
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All's well that ends well? That ESPN-driven effort to have the Dodgers open the season in San Francisco March 31 -- instead of at Dodger Stadium against the...
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Manny, how I love ya, how I love ya, my dear ol' Manny ... Oh, wait. That was then. This is now, which is another entire planet for Manny Ramirez. On this...
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All-star third baseman Adrian Beltre and the AL champion Texas Rangers have agreed on a US$96 million, six-year contract.
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The Big Bat, or perhaps better put, the Elusive Big Bat. To paraphrase Don Henley, it's not here, it's not coming. The Dodgers' offense is what...
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The second in a series of at least two, on how close selected Dodger prospects are to the majors ...Trayvon RobinsonVitals: CF, switch-hitter, throws right, 5-foot-11...
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Hopefully, we'll learn Wednesday that Bert Blyleven has been elected to the Hall of Fame, capping what has to be the most effective grassroots campaigns for...
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Spurned by Cliff Lee, Texas didn't spend the rest of its offseason boo-hooing. It went for the next-best thing.
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Clayton Kershaw's fancy footwork has been everywhere this offseason. First, the young Los Angeles Dodgers ace...
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It's Tuesday. People have decided to stick with the work thing ...The Platoon Advantage has a fun (and lengthy) rundown of players who could have become eligible...
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They've won two World Series in my lifetime and as recently as 2009 were the best in their league for the better part of a season, but I don't think...
Share • January 3, 2011 at 10:35 PM -
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Former Dodgers manager, the team's undisputed top ambassador, is still going strong at 83 and serving up one great story after another.He's 83, and Tom...
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Looks like the world is getting back to work ...The Dodgers signed Tim Redding to a minor-league contract. Redding, who will be 33 in February, had a 2.89 ERA in 109...
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Pitcher Tim Redding has agreed to a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The right-hander, who turns 33 next month, spent last season in the minor leagues...
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If gossip magazines like Us Weekly are accurate, Matt Kemp and his famous singing girlfriend Rihanna have broken up.This should come as welcome news for many Dodgers...
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