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• Dodgers' Farhan Zaidi tries to show geeks how to laugh at themselves
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  OK, listen up geeks, all you data-loving, worship-at-the-feet-of-Nate Silver types. I can only perform this public service for so long. At some point you must walk on...
  Share • November 10, 2014 at 2:35 PM
• Hanley Ramirez rejects Dodgers' offer
  From the Web › ESPN
  PHOENIX -- Hanley Ramirez has rejected the Los Angeles Dodgers' $15.3 million qualifying offer and become a free agent, according to a source who called Monday's...
  Share • November 10, 2014 at 1:35 PM
• Ramirez turns down Dodgers' qualifying offer
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Free-agent shortstop Hanley Ramirez declined a $15.3 million qualifying offer from the Dodgers on Monday.
  Share • November 10, 2014 at 1:35 PM
• Hanley Ramirez rejects qualifying offer from Dodgers
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Hanley Ramirez is widely regarded as the top position player on the free-agent market, so it came as no surprise Monday when the three-time all-star declined the...
  Share • November 10, 2014 at 11:35 AM
• Hanley Ramirez rejects Dodgers' qualifying offer
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Ramirez is still free to re-sign with the Dodgers if he wants, but if he signs elsewhere they will receive draft pick compensation and his new team will forfeit a draft...
  Share • November 10, 2014 at 11:35 AM
• What Andrew Friedman left behind
  From the Web › ESPN
  PHOENIX -- In the last month, the Tampa Bay Rays have lost one of the game's brightest executives, Andrew Friedman, and one of its most innovative managers, Joe...
  Share • November 10, 2014 at 10:35 AM
• Hanley Ramirez Twitter bio update: "MLB Player."
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Is Hanley Ramirez willing to switch positions for his next team? This isn't the Dodgers' most pressing concern at the moment, but it was interesting to see that Ramirez...
  Share • November 10, 2014 at 9:35 AM
• Report: Dodgers are "aggressively" shopping outfielders.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, one of the first orders of business for the Dodgers' new front office includes trading an outfielder. There's no surprise...
  Share • November 9, 2014 at 11:35 PM
• Report: Dodgers working hard to trade one of their outfielders
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  The Dodgers are looking to move one of Matt Kemp, Carl Crawford, and Andre Ethier.
  Share • November 9, 2014 at 7:35 PM
• Dodgers go 'Moneyball' in bid to end Series drought
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  By Mark Lamport-Stokes LOS ANGELES - Having once again failed to reach the World Series with the biggest payroll in Major League Baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers have...
  Share • November 9, 2014 at 12:35 PM
• Video: Introducing new Dodgers GM Farhan Zaidi
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Hear from new Dodgers general manager Farhan Zaidi in an interview with MLB.com ...
  Share • November 9, 2014 at 7:35 AM
• Russell Martin to meet with three more teams
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Russell Martin certainly has the Cubs' interest, but he'll meet with the Pirates, Dodgers, and Blue Jays as well in his quest to find a multi-year contract.
  Share • November 8, 2014 at 7:35 PM
• Dodgers GM Farhan Zaidi has funny response to insulting L.A. Times column
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  The reaction to the Los Angeles Dodgers front office reshuffling has been interesting and wide-ranging to say the least. From outright praise for being 'ahead of the...
  Share • November 8, 2014 at 1:35 PM
• L.A. Dodgers' Yasiel Puig embraces trip to Japan for upcoming MLB goodwill tour
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Konichiwa, Yasiel Puig-san.The so-called Wild Stallion is about to be unleashed onto Japan as part of Major League Baseball's latest goodwill tour to the country for the...
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 10:35 PM
• In final analysis, stats have stature with Andrew Friedman's Dodgers
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  The Dodgers have transformed their baseball operations department, turning what was considered a traditional front office into one that now looks like one of the most...
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 8:36 PM
• A's executive Zaidi named Dodgers' general manager
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers named Farhan Zaidi their new general manager, and Josh Byrnes senior vice president of baseball operations on Thursday.
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 8:35 PM
• Gabe Kapler and Billy Gasparino join Dodgers' growing front-office ranks.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Gabe Kapler formally joined the Dodgers' front office Friday with a ringing endorsement from a former teammate. Check out what retired pitcher C.J. Nitkowski wrote today...
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 6:35 PM
• Dodgers officially announce hiring of Gabe Kapler and Billy Gasparino
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  The Dodgers announced that they have added Gabe Kapler and Billy Gasparino to their front office.
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 6:35 PM
• Letters: Dodgers' chain of command might fence them in
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Farhan Zaidi sees a great trade for the Dodgers.
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 5:35 PM
• Dodgers coaching staff to return in 2015.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman confirmed that the Dodgers' coaching staff will return next year. Bench coach Tim Wallach, hitting coach Mark...
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 5:35 PM
• Some highlights from Farhan Zaidi's first interview as Dodgers general manager.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Earlier today, Farhan Zaidi was introduced as the Dodgers' new general manager. Here are some highlights from his press conference that didn't make my main story (which...
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 5:35 PM
• Andrew Friedman: Hanley Ramirez hasn't rejected the Dodgers' qualifying offer.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Hanley Ramirez dropped a strong hint in a series of tweets Thursday that he will not accept the Dodgers' qualifying offer, a $15.3 million contract for 2015. Ramirez has...
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• Dodgers add ex-big leaguer Gabe Kapler to front office overhaul
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  The Los Angeles Dodgers put the finishing touches on what many are labeling a front-office dream team on Friday by officially announcing the hiring of former major...
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• Dodgers hire Gabe Kapler as farm director, Billy Gasparino as scouting director
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Those hires just keep coming for the Dodgers, some bolder than others.
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 4:35 PM
• Dodgers' front office undergoes large overhaul in short order
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Dodgers president Stan Kasten has been a baseball executive for 25 seasons. He oversaw a massive offseason turnover in 2009, when he was the Washington Nationals'...
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 3:35 PM
• Dodgers add Gabe Kapler, Billy Gasparino to front-office roles
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  In Gabe Kapler, their new director of player development, the Dodgers stayed local. Kapler attended Taft High School in Woodland Hills before earning a scholarship to...
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 3:35 PM
• New Dodgers GM plans to study rival Giants
  From the Web › ESPN
  The Los Angeles Dodgers won their division the past two seasons, finished six games ahead of the San Francisco Giants last year and still had to watch their rivals...
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 3:35 PM
• Dodgers stay busy revamping front office
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers are busy revamping their front office, adding general manager Farhan Zaidi and three more hires in just over three weeks since Andrew Friedman...
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 3:35 PM
• Dodgers add Kapler, Gasparino to staff
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers continued to fill out their front office Friday by naming Gabe Kapler director of player development and Billy Gasparino director of amateur...
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 3:35 PM
• Zaidi excited to be part of Dodgers' team
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers not only have a new general manager, they have a new definition of general manager. Farhan Zaidi was given the title Thursday, but at his introductory press...
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 3:35 PM
• Dodgers plan to return entire coaching staff in 2015
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  The changes this off-season are of the fast and furious variety in the Dodgers' front office, but the staff downstairs all gets to return.
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 1:35 PM
• Dodgers bringing back entire coaching staff
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Manager Don Mattingly's coaching staff will return in 2015, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman announced Friday.
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 1:35 PM
• Dodgers' new GM Farhan Zaidi has a good sense of humor
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Fighting trolls with humor since 2014.
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 12:35 PM
• Cano, Puig, Altuve head Japan All-Star Series roster
  From the Web › MLB.com
  A collection of the game's top talent will represent Major League Baseball next week when the Japan All-Star Series begins on Tuesday, and the roster for the MLB team...
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 9:35 AM
• Report: Dodgers have inquired on Chicago White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  The Dodgers might have a Ramirez at shortstop next year after all. According to a report on CBSChicago.com, the Dodgers are one of at least three teams that have...
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 1:35 AM
• Hanley Ramirez sounds ready to reject the Dodgers' qualifying offer.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  As expected, it looks like Hanley Ramirez will reject the Dodgers' $15.3 million qualifying offer and become a free agent. At least, that was the logical conclusion...
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 1:35 AM
• Adrian Gonzalez wins Silver Slugger Award.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez won the second Silver Slugger Award of his career Thursday. Gonzalez slashed .276/.335/.482 in his second full season with the...
  Share • November 7, 2014 at 12:35 AM
• Adrian Gonzalez wins prestigious award in Mexico.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez received the "Premio Nacional del Deporte," a national sports award presented by Mexico's La Comisión Nacional de Cultura...
  Share • November 6, 2014 at 11:35 PM
• Dodgers hire Farhan Zaidi, Josh Byrnes to cement front office leadership
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  The Dodgers announced the hires of general manager Farhan Zaidi and senior vice president, baseball operations Josh Byrnes on Thursday.The announcement, which had been...
  Share • November 6, 2014 at 10:35 PM
• Report: Dodgers to hire Gabe Kapler as farm director
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  The Dodgers' front office overhaul continues.
  Share • November 6, 2014 at 10:35 PM
• Farhan Zaidi officially hired to be Dodgers general manager
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Farhan Zaidi was officially named the Dodgers general manager Thursday. Zaidi, a former assistant general manager of the Oakland Athletics, will be introduced Friday at...
  Share • November 6, 2014 at 7:35 PM
• Dodgers hire Farhan Zaidi as general manager
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers hired Farhan Zaidi as general manager and Josh Byrnes as senior vice president of baseball operations Thursday.
  Share • November 6, 2014 at 7:35 PM
• Dodgers hire GM Farhan Zaidi, senior vice president, baseball operations Josh Byrnes.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  The Dodgers formally announced the hires of Farhan Zaidi (general manager) and Josh Byrnes (senior vice president, baseball operations) on Thursday. The announcement...
  Share • November 6, 2014 at 6:35 PM
• Dodgers announce Zaidi as GM, Byrnes as VP
  From the Web › ESPN
  The Los Angeles Dodgers have announced Oakland Athletics assistant general manager Farhan Zaidi as their new GM and Josh Byrnes as senior vice president of baseball...
  Share • November 6, 2014 at 6:35 PM
• Dodgers' Adrian Gonzalez wins his second Silver Slugger Award
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Pretty sure this qualifies as a decent week for Adrian Gonzalez.
  Share • November 6, 2014 at 5:35 PM
• Nominees unveiled for 2014 GIBBY Awards
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The season was saturated with fantastic feats, unforeseen ascents and memorable moments. But which were the best? Now it's time for you to decide, as voting has opened...
  Share • November 6, 2014 at 5:35 PM
• Adrian wins NL Silver Slugger Award at first base
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The MLB leader in RBIs in 2014 was rewarded on Thursday when Adrian Gonzalez won his second Louisville Silver Slugger Award (his first National League award) as the best...
  Share • November 6, 2014 at 4:35 PM
• Report: Mets, Yankees, and Dodgers interested in White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Ramirez, 33, batted .273/.305/.408 with 15 home runs, 73 RBI, and 21 stolen bases over 158 games this season.
  Share • November 6, 2014 at 4:35 PM
• Silver Slugger Award winners unveiled live
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The winners of the 2014 Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Awards are being announced live on MLB Network. Handed out annually since 1980, the Silver Slugger Awards...
  Share • November 6, 2014 at 3:35 PM
• Historic Dodgertown to be celebrated with ceremony
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Historic Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Fla., has been designated as a "Florida Heritage Landmark," and it will be celebrated with a ceremony Monday.
  Share • November 6, 2014 at 2:35 PM
• Historic Dodgertown to be celebrated with ceremony
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Historic Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Fla., has been designated as a "Florida Heritage Landmark," and it will be celebrated with a ceremony Monday.
  Share • November 6, 2014 at 2:35 PM
• Judge rejects Yasiel Puig's second attempt to dismiss lawsuit
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  For the second time this year, a federal judge has rejected an attempt by Yasiel Puig to dismiss a lawsuit blaming the Dodgers outfielder for the imprisonment and...
  Share • November 6, 2014 at 11:35 AM
• Kershaw honored with Warren Spahn Award
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw added another honor on Thursday, being named winner of the Warren Spahn Award for the second consecutive season.
  Share • November 6, 2014 at 11:35 AM
• Juan Uribe, Adrian Gonzalez claim Wilson awards.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Adrian Gonzalez won his fourth career Gold Glove award yesterday. The Dodgers first baseman added to his resume today. Gonzalez was named the Wilson defensive first...
  Share • November 5, 2014 at 9:35 PM
• Swisher, Lasorda honored with Feller Award in DC
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Indians slugger Nick Swisher was joined by former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda and U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Carl Thompson as recipients of the second annual...
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• Farhan Zaidi, the Dodgers' next GM, is met with a familiar skepticism
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  In many ways, the Dodgers will not be treading new ground when Farhan Zaidi is announced as their new general manager this week. There have been younger general managers...
  Share • November 5, 2014 at 8:35 PM
• Dodgers to interview Padres scouting director Gasparino
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers received permission to speak with Padres scouting director Billy Gasparino, who figures to be the next addition to their "dream team" front office.
  Share • November 5, 2014 at 7:35 PM
• Dodgers' Andrew Friedman doesn't go just by the numbers
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Andrew Friedman, the Dodgers' new president of baseball operations, is often described as a former investment banker who applied the analytic principles he learned on...
  Share • November 5, 2014 at 5:35 PM
• A-Gon, Uribe corner Defensive Player of the Year awards
  From the Web › MLB.com
  First baseman Adrian Gonzalez and third baseman Juan Uribe of the Dodgers were each named Wilson Defensive Player of the Year on Wednesday.
  Share • November 5, 2014 at 4:35 PM
• Defensive Players of the Year unveiled live
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Handed out since 2012, the Wilson Defensive Player of The Year Award winners are being unveiled live on MLB Network. The awards cover the best defensive players in the...
  Share • November 5, 2014 at 3:35 PM
• Dilbeck: The "geeks" and "nerds" have taken over the Dodgers
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Sportswriting: the last bastion of the proudly ignorant.
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• Geeks inherit the Earth, or at least the Dodgers front office
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  The nerds have officially taken over the world. Just give into it. All those guys who used to sit in the back of the classroom with their black horn-rimmed classes...
  Share • November 5, 2014 at 1:35 PM
• Rays, Dodgers prospects make splash Down Under
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The 2014-15 Australian Baseball League season kicked off this past weekend with four Rays prospects and three Dodgers prospects making immediate impacts on their...
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• Ryan Theriot laughs off Dodgers' hiring of GM Farhan Zaidi
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
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• How one subtlety could seal A.J. Ellis's fate
  From the Web › ESPN
  LOS ANGELES -- When Andrew Friedman was still working out of his office in St. Petersburg, Fla., he gave Ryan Hanigan -- a career .256 hitter -- a three-year, $10.75...
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• Ryan Theriot is laughing at the Dodgers' new front office
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Thanks for chiming in, Ryan.
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• Dodgers general manager Farhan Zaidi: Some supplemental reading.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  In case you missed it, the Dodgers are expected to name Farhan Zaidi their next general manager at some point this week. Compared to many assistant general managers...
  Share • November 5, 2014 at 8:35 AM
• Dodgers' Adrian Gonzalez , Zack Greinke win Gold Glove awards
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez said that Zack Greinke positions the infielders himself when he's on the mound. That might not be the case in 2015, if Andrew...
  Share • November 4, 2014 at 10:35 PM
• Source: Dodgers choose Farhan Zaidi as their next general manager
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  The Dodgers will name Oakland A's assistant general manager Farhan Zaidi their next general manager, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed Tuesday night...
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• AP source: Dodgers hiring A's Farhan Zaidi as GM
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to hire Oakland Athletics assistant GM Farhan Zaidi as the club's new general manager, a person with knowledge of the...
  Share • November 4, 2014 at 9:35 PM
• Dodgers reportedly to hire Athletics' Farhan Zaidi as general manager
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Oakland Athletics assistant general manager Farhan Zaidi will be named the Dodgers general manager, according to people familiar with the situation who spoke under the...
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• Sources: Dodgers lure A's Zaidi for GM role
  From the Web › ESPN
  The Dodgers will name Athletics executive Farhan Zaidi, a Berkeley-educated economist, as their next general manager, baseball sources confirmed to ESPNLosAngeles.com...
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• Report: Dodgers will name Farhan Zaidi new general manager this week
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  From Yahoo Sports: Andrew Friedman brings in, reportedly, one of Billy Beane's top assistants from Oakland
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• A's executive Zaidi named Dodgers' general manager
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers named Farhan Zaidi their new general manager and Josh Byrnes senior vice president of baseball operations on Thursday.
  Share • November 4, 2014 at 8:35 PM
• Dodgers, Angels figure to pass on expensive free agents
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  In baseball, the season of giving is upon us yet again.
  Share • November 4, 2014 at 7:35 PM
• Source: Dodgers will name Farhan Zaidi their next general manager.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  The Dodgers will name Oakland A's assistant general manager Farhan Zaidi their next GM, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. Former San Diego Padres...
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• Dodgers nab a pair of Gold Gloves
  From the Web › ESPN
  LOS ANGELES -- Adrian Gonzalez won his fourth Gold Glove award Tuesday. Only eight first basemen in baseball history have won the award more than four times, with one of...
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• Farhan Zaidi to be named Dodgers' new general manager
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  MLB.com's Ken Gurnick reports that Farhan Zaidi will be named the Dodgers' new general manager later this week. He had been serving as the A's assistant general manager...
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• 2014 Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners
  From the Web › ESPN
  Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina earned his seventh consecutive Rawlings Gold Glove Award on Tuesday while pitchers Dallas Keuchel of the Astros and Zack Greinke of the...
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• Crawford inducted into AFL Hall of Fame
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dodgers outfielder Carl Crawford was inducted into the Arizona Fall League Hall of Fame on Tuesday night at Salt River Fields.
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