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• Los Angeles Dodgers find themselves in quite a dilemma
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Albert Pujols officially left St. Louis on Dec. 6, 2011. There were no torched jerseys, no midnight vigils.Cardinals' fans were still high on a World Series title. A...
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• Do Dodgers fans have to root for either Giants or Cardinals in NLCS?
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Ugh, now for the most difficult assignment for any blue-blooded Dodgers fan -- which team to pull for in the National League Championship Series.
  Share • October 8, 2014 at 3:35 PM
• Season-long 'pen woes led to Dodgers' disappointing end
  From the Web › MLB.com
  A bullpen full of former closers was ultimately unreliable due to injuries and inconsistencies.
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• Dodgers face decisions after abrupt playoff exit
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers were built to win a World Series, not just get into the playoffs. They struck out again.
  Share • October 8, 2014 at 1:35 PM
• Dodgers pitcher Josh Beckett retires at 34
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers pitcher Josh Beckett, facing surgery for a torn labrum in his left hip that caused him to miss most of the last three months of the season, has...
  Share • October 8, 2014 at 12:35 PM
• To McKeon, Beckett a standout competitor
  From the Web › MLB.com
  No Marlins complete game is more memorable than Josh Beckett's World Series-clinching gem at Yankee Stadium in 2003. Now 34 and dealing with a torn labrum in his left...
  Share • October 8, 2014 at 12:35 PM
• HBT Daily: What in the heck happened to the Dodgers and the Nationals?
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Cardinals "Devil Magic?" The Will To Win? Or something less metaphysical?
  Share • October 8, 2014 at 10:35 AM
• No relief: Bullpen struggles sink Tigers and Dodgers
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Tigers and Dodgers each entered the postseason with loaded lineups and multiple Cy Young Award winners. Unfortunately for both clubs, their season-long bullpen...
  Share • October 8, 2014 at 9:35 AM
• Five takeaways from Dodgers' 3-2 loss to Cardinals in Game 4
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  The final takeaways. No more looks at pitching matchups. No more keys to the next game. No more next game.
  Share • October 8, 2014 at 6:35 AM
• Cardinals Beat Dodgers, Head to Another NLCS
  From the Web › AOL On
  Associated Press - The St. Louis Cardinals tagged Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw in the seventh inning, and rode Matt Adams' three-run homer to a 3-2 victory over the...
  Share • October 8, 2014 at 1:35 AM
• St. Louis Cardinals 3, Dodgers 2: A familiar, painful ending.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Your browser does not support iframes. ST. LOUIS >> There were lots of questions for the Dodgers to ponder on the flight home after their season-ending, 3-2 loss...
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• Dodgers starter Beckett retires due to hip injury
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  - Injury-ravaged Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher and former World Series MVP Josh Beckett announced his retirement on Tuesday, confirming the decision in an...
  Share • October 8, 2014 at 12:35 AM
• Yasiel Puig has no issues with not starting Game 4 for Los Angeles Dodgers
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  ST. LOUIS >> Yasiel Puig admitted Tuesday that he had been pressing. Maybe Dodgers manager Don Mattingly recognized that, or maybe he recognized a bad matchup from far...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 11:35 PM
• Shelby Miller makes good on first postseason opportunity
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  ST. LOUIS — Shelby Miller no doubt enjoyed the success the St. Louis Cardinals had a year ago when they reached the World Series. But getting left out of the...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 11:35 PM
• How an at-bat tailor-made for Clayton Kershaw blew the $235M Dodgers' year (Yahoo Sports)
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  For all of Clayton Kershaw's dominance in the regular season, he still has no answer for the Cardinals.
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 11:35 PM
• Dodgers and Angels take early exits on road to Freeway Series
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  No one had to tell Clayton Kershaw that the playoffs mean everything.
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 10:35 PM
• There's enough blame to go around for this Dodgers debacle
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  The failure ended with baseball's best pitcher turning his back to home plate, dropping his hands to his knees and his head toward the ground, shadowed by a Gateway Arch...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 10:35 PM
• Cardinals knock out Clayton Kershaw and Dodgers again, 3-2
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Clayton Kershaw was dumbfounded.
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 10:35 PM
• St. Louis Cardinals end another postseason for Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  ST. LOUIS >> Another season ended for the Dodgers on Tuesday with another new villain to consume their nightmares. The calendar flips, the faces change, but the uniform...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 10:35 PM
• Report: Dodgers pitcher Josh Beckett plans to retire.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Josh Beckett is planning to undergo surgery on his hip in May 2015. According to MLB.com, he will not attempt to return to the mound. Beckett didn't have time to sign...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 10:35 PM
• Injury-plagued Beckett says he is retiring
  From the Web › ESPN
  Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Josh Beckett is retiring, he told MLB.com.
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• 'Bad deju vu' for Kershaw and Dodgers
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  ST. LOUIS - Baseball's highest-paid team succumbed to another seventh-inning disaster and another failed outcome from pitcher Clayton Kershaw as the Los Angeles Dodgers...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 10:35 PM
• Mattingly does admirable job, doesn't deserve blame
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dodgers manager Don Mattingly understands he'll be the focus of the postmortems. He had 10 different managers during his 14 seasons as a player for the Yankees. Billy...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 10:35 PM
• Game 4 loss has familiar feel for disappointed Kershaw
  From the Web › MLB.com
  If the Dodgers went into this postseason knowing ace Clayton Kershaw was going to allow 11 earned runs in two losses to the Cardinals and have to pitch on three days'...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 9:35 PM
• Dodgers credit Cards after emotional playoff exit
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers had a good season end badly Tuesday night, and manager Don Mattingly began his postgame news conference by congratulating the winners. "On behalf of my club...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 9:35 PM
• Hanley heads group of Dodgers' free agents
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Shortstop Hanley Ramirez, who was looking for a big season to establish his value, will be initial focal point of the free-agent season for the Dodgers.
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 9:35 PM
• Yasiel Puig mostly rides the bench in Dodgers' final game
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Yasiel Puig was an All-Star this year.
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 8:35 PM
• Dodgers join Angels in an unhappy ending
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  ST. LOUIS >> You know, the Dodgers and Angels can still play.There's nothing on their schedule. Time Warner Cable needs the programming.They can still get together...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 8:35 PM
• 5 things we learned from the Cardinals' NLDS win over the Dodgers
  From the Web › USA Today
  The Cardinals advanced to the NLCS by beating the Dodgers on Tuesday.       
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 8:35 PM
• Trio of calls in St. Louis add to playoff replay intrigue
  From the Web › MLB.com
  In the midst of a dramatic Game 4 of the National League Division Series in which the Cardinals closed out the Dodgers by winning, 3-2, the use of reviewable plays...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 8:35 PM
• Right-hander Beckett announces plans to retire
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dodgers pitcher Josh Beckett, who threw a no-hitter in May but was on the disabled list for most of the last three months of the season, announced his retirement after...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 8:35 PM
• Matt Adams sends Clayton Kershaw to showers with go-ahead three-run homer in 7th
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Clayton Kershaw dominated for six innings on short rest with the Los Angeles Dodgers scrapping to keep their season alive, but once the seventh...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 7:35 PM
• How much did short rest affect Kershaw in Game 4?
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Clayton Kershaw started on short rest for the Dodgers against the Cardinals in the NLDS on Tuesday. Historically, that hasn't worked out well for the pitcher -- but not...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 7:35 PM
• Dodgers-Cardinals, Game 4: Did you know?
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The National League Division Series came to a close Tuesday in St. Louis as the Cardinals beat the Dodgers, 3-2, to advance to their fourth consecutive NL Championship...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 7:35 PM
• Looking back at Don Mattingly's Game 4 decisions
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Benching Yasiel Puig in Game 4 didn't doom the Dodgers, but it probably didn't help.
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• A painful replay for Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw in loss to Cardinals, 3-2
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  It was World Series or bust and bust won out.
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 6:35 PM
• NLDS: St. Louis Cardinals end Dodgers' season as Clayton Kershaw falters again
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  ST. LOUIS -- Another season ended for the Dodgers on Tuesday with another new villain to consume their nightmares. The calendar flips, the faces change, but the uniform...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 6:35 PM
• Adams' HR off Kershaw lifts Cards to NLCS
  From the Web › ESPN
  The St. Louis Cardinals tagged Clayton Kershaw in the seventh inning for the second straight time, riding Matt Adams' go-ahead, three-run homer to a 3-2 victory over the...
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• Cards overtake Dodgers, Kershaw to win series
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  ST. LOUIS - Matt Adams belted a three-run homer off Clayton Kershaw to power the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday to reach the NL...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 6:35 PM
• Cardinals edge Dodgers to advance in baseball playoffs (AFP)
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  St. Louis (AFP) - Matt Adams smashed a three-run home run in the seventh inning to give St. Louis a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers and a playoff series...
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• Cardinals sink Kershaw again, head to NLCS
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals tagged Clayton Kershaw in the seventh inning for the second straight time, riding Matt Adams' go-ahead, three-run homer to a 3-2...
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• Oct. 7 Postgame Interview with Don Mattingly
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Don Mattingly discusses Game 4 of the NLDS won by the Cardinals.
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• Rapid Reaction: Cardinals 3, Dodgers 2
  From the Web › ESPN
  ST. LOUIS -- The Los Angeles Dodgers season was done in by one familiar problem, a bad bullpen, and one entirely novel one, a shaky Clayton Kershaw late in games.The St...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 5:35 PM
• Clayton Kershaw's curveball makes announcer moan in delight
  From the Web › USA Today
  The Dodgers' ace throws one of the game's best breaking pitches.       
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• Follow live - Game 4: Dodgers vs. Cardinals
  From the Web › USA Today
  The Cardinals lead the series 1-0.       
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 5:35 PM
• Challenge overturns safe call, ends Dodgers' threat
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers broke through a scoreless duel with two runs in the sixth inning of Game 4 of the National League Division Series on Tuesday to back the one-hit pitching at...
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• Crushing blow: Homer sinks Dodgers' season
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Clayton Kershaw couldn't fight off the demons or elimination Tuesday. After being routed by the Cardinals in back-to-back Octobers, Kershaw allowed a season-ending...
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• Video: Matt Adams' clutch three-run homer
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Here's the video of Matt Adams' go-ahead three-run shot off Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw ...
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• Cardinals beat Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw yet again, advance to fourth straight NLCS
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  The Cardinals are heading to the NLCS for the fourth consecutive season, and for the ninth time since 2000.
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• Close play, odd play go unreviewed in St. Louis
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Kolten Wong's at-bat during the fifth inning of Game 4 of the National League Division Series on Tuesday turned out to be a bit of a baseball oddity.
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 4:35 PM
• Yasiel Puig understanding of Dodgers' decision to bench him for Game 4
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Yasiel Puig said he understood why Manager Don Mattingly removed him from the lineup Tuesday for Game 4 of the Dodgers' National League division series against the St...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 2:35 PM
• Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen won't rule out a six-out save. (Video)
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Dodgers middle relievers have allowed six runs in the first three games of the National League Division Series. That's prompted some questions about whether Kenley...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 2:35 PM
• Dodgers manager Don Mattingly on benching Yasiel Puig for Game 4 of NLDS.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  ST. LOUIS >> Yasiel Puig was smiling Tuesday afternoon, cracking jokes, looking nothing like a man who'd just been benched for a playoff game for the first time...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 2:35 PM
• So, if the Dodgers lose tonight, Don Mattingly is fired, right?
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  When you decide to bench your best position player, you had better win, baby. And even that won't put an end to the questions.
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 2:35 PM
• Was home plate umpire Dale Scott applauding a Yasiel Puig strikeout Monday? (Video)
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Well, the folks over at LasordasLair.com sure think so. And they have the video to prove it:...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 1:35 PM
• Mattingly replaces Yasiel Puig with Andre Ethier in Dodgers' Game 4 lineup
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  ST. LOUIS — With the Los Angeles Dodgers' season on the verge of ending, manager Don Mattingly decided against writing Yasiel Puig's name in the lineup for Game 4...
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• Puig hits key triple but struggles continue
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dodgers center fielder Yasiel Puig avoided tying a postseason record for consecutive strikeouts by hitting a triple to lead off the sixth inning off Cardinals...
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• Mattingly Q&A on Puig, etc. before Game 4
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Don Mattingly shared his thoughts on a variety of topics -- including his decision to bench Yasiel Puig and the performance of the team's bullpen -- before the Dodgers...
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• Jansen confident in Dodgers' beleaguered bullpen
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Closer Kenley Jansen, perfect in his one inning of relief, defended the Dodgers besieged bullpen, which has been anything but perfect in the National League Division...
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• Cardinals blast past Dodgers
  From the Web › Scout.com
  Matt Carpenter homered for the third consecutive game -- the first Cardinal ever to do so in a single postseason series.
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• Dodgers-Cardinals Preview
  From the Web › Scout.com
  Don Mattingly felt confident having Clayton Kershaw on the mound to protect the Los Angeles Dodgers' five-run lead in the opener of the NL Division Series.
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 1:35 PM
• HBT Daily: Make Kershaw pitch all nine innings, Don!
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Kershaw may have melted down in Game 1, but the Dodgers can't trust their bullpen.
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 1:35 PM
• Yasiel Puig benched, Andre Ethier to start for Dodgers in Game 4
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Now Manager Don Mattingly makes the move. Not back in the middle of September when Yasiel Puig had hit .209 without a home run since July 31. Right now, Game 4 of the...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 12:35 PM
• Five reasons the Dodgers can win Game 4 of the NLDS
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  The Dodgers face elimination today in Game 4 of the NLDS. With the Dodgers trailing 2 games to 1, Game 4 is at 2:07 p.m. (West Coast) on FS1. Here are five reasons the...
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• Yasiel Puig benched for Game 4 of NLDS
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Yasiel Puig is not in the starting lineup for Game 4 of the NLDS vs. the St. Louis Cardinals. Andre Ethier will take his spot and bat sixth. See lineups here.
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• Los Angeles Dodgers vs. St. Louis Cardinals: Game 4 live updates
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Live updates and commentary from Los Angeles News Group staff writers J.P. Hoornstra and Mark Whicker, from the Los Angeles Dodgers' NLDS Game 4 vs. the St. Louis...
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• Dodgers, Cardinals announce lineups for Game 4 of NLDS.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Loading Token shot of the arch before I go. View on Instagram ST. LOUIS >> The Cardinals are going for the kill at 2 p.m. Tuesday, while the Dodgers will look to...
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• NLDS Game 4: Dodgers at Cardinals – live updates
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Live updates from J.P. Hoornstra and Mark Whicker from Game 4 of the NLDS, Tuesday, Oct. 7. Game time is 2:07 p.m. (West Coast). Stay tuned for pregame news...
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• Puig out of lineup for Game 4 vs. Cardinals
  From the Web › ESPN
  Outfielder Yasiel Puig is not in the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup for Game 4 Tuesday against the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLDS.
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• Slumping Puig benched by Dodgers for NLDS Game 4
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  ST. LOUIS -- Slumping All-Star Yasiel Puig was benched by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday for Game 4 of their NL Division Series against the St. Louis...
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• Yasiel Puig not in starting lineup as Dodgers face elimination in Game 4
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly made a bold lineup choice with his team facing elimination in Game 4 of their NLDS against the St. Louis Cardinals. No, not...
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• Lineups breakdown: Dodgers vs. Cardinals, Game 4
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Before Game 4 of the NL Division Series (5 p.m. ET, Fox Sports 1) begins, here is a breakdown of the starting lineups
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• Ethier starts as Puig sits until end of Game 4
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dodgers manager Don Mattingly shook up his lineup for Game 4 of the NL Division Series on Tuesday, benching Yasiel Puig and replacing him in center field with Andre...
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• Oct 7 Don Mattingly pregame interview
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Q. Kenley was just in here talking about his feeling when he hears that, Oh, we just have to get to the Dodgers' bullpen. When you hear that what is your reaction? DON...
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• NLDS, Game 4: Dodgers vs. Cardinals lineups
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Clayton Kershaw vs. Shelby Miller.
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• Don Mattingly benches Yasiel Puig with the Dodgers' season on the line
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Puig out, Ethier in.
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 11:35 AM
• Dodgers ready to take their chances with Clayton Kershaw
  From the Web › ESPN
  ST. LOUIS -- When Clayton Kershaw walked off the mound in Game 1 of this National League Division Series, he looked as shell-shocked as he had appeared on Oct. 18 of...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 9:35 AM
• Five takeaways from the Dodgers' 3-1 loss in Game 3
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Once more into the breach, dear Dodgers faithful.
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 6:35 AM
• Matt Kemp calls out umpire Dale Scott's strike zone. Did he have a point?
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Dale Scott's strike zone was pretty bad last night. But were the Dodgers harmed any more by it than the Cardinals were?
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 5:35 AM
• Playoff Reset: The Dodgers and Nationals backs are against the wall
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Both can be eliminated tonight, but both have hope: The Dodgers because their ace is on the mound. The Nationals because the Giants' starter is no one's idea of an...
  Share • October 7, 2014 at 4:35 AM