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It's Tony La Russa, baseball genius! Hey, it's no more a reach than any other explanation for Clayton Kershaw's incredible meltdown. The Diamondbacks hired La Russa as...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
From the moment the NBA banned Donald Sterling for life, the big names and their big wallets jostled for position to buy the Clippers. Magic Johnson was in. Oprah...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Dodgers were destined to do amazing things this season, but only six weeks into the season, it seems they've already done the impossible. One of baseball's most...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Nearly two months into the season, Dodgers fans are coming to grips with the team's being largely absent from television. The Dodgers have played 44 games yet their TV...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Gushing is so unbecoming, unless you know, they're gushing about you. Then a modest amount is permitted, or required. Manager Don Mattingly seemed almost giddy Friday...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
ON THE MOUND: Zack Greinke was brilliant, pitching eight shutout innings to improve to 7-1. With the Dodgers ahead by seven runs, Manager Don Mattingly called on a...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
What Yasiel Puig is doing now might be as unexpected as what he did as a rookie last year. His eighth home run of the season was responsible for the first run scored...
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From the Web › LA Daily News
PHOENIX -- Zack Greinke threw eight sharp innings, Yasiel Puig and Scott Van Slyke homered and the Dodgers added to their mastery of Arizona with a 7-0 victory over the...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
If every team they played were like the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Dodgers would be the '27 Yankees. They'd be less a team than a legend. Forget cable, network television...
Share • May 16, 2014 at 10:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
PHOENIX -- Hyun-Jin Ryu threw a four-inning simulated game Friday and could be on track to return next week. "It went really well," Manager Don Mattingly said. Mattingly...
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From the Web › HardballTalk
Dodgers starter Hyun-Jin Ryu threw a simulated game on Friday afternoon, which went well. The lefty is close to making a return to the Dodgers.
Share • May 16, 2014 at 8:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Dodgers, most expensive mediocre team in baseball history? Of course, they're the most expensive any kind of team right now, but are hardly looking like...
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From the Web › LA Daily News
One thing left on the chopping block from my story on Yasiel Puig's sophomore surge is something I didn't expect to hear from Mark McGwire. I expected that the Dodgers'...
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From the Web › HardballTalk
Dodgers right-hander Brian Wilson has a 10.22 ERA this season, allowing 15 runs in 16 appearances while occasionally struggling to crack 90 miles per hour with his...
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From the Web › LA Daily News
Shortly after the Dodgers' position players reported to spring training, Yasiel Puig shared his goal for the 2014 season with hitting coach Mark McGwire. Where would the...
Share • May 15, 2014 at 9:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
A.J. Ellis is 33, an age at which a player generally has made his reputation. Whether he is an All-Star or a bench player, he is who he is. Ellis might be an exception...
Share • May 15, 2014 at 6:35 PM -
From the Web › LA Daily News
There is only one request these young mothers make as they step off a charter bus with no air conditioning on a day when the temperatures hit 100 in Los Angeles.Please...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
One thing about reliever Brian Wilson is absolutely indisputable. "Willie's a different cat," said Dodgers Manager Don Mattingly. We could try to count the ways, but...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Nothing seemed to be working properly at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday. Not the scoreboard, which struggled to keep up with every run the Miami Marlins scored and finally...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
KEY MOMENT: There was no score and one out in the second inning, and the Marlins had the bases loaded for pitcher Anthony DeSclafani, batting for the first time in his...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The crowd had dwindled, the oppressive heat and blowout score thinning its Dodger Stadium ranks. Voices from the stands could be heard easily, like when one woman...
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From the Web › HardballTalk
Last season it wasn't an issue because at least one player was always hurt, but this season the Dodgers have four very good outfielders for three starting spots with...
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From the Web › HardballTalk
Drew Butera can't really hit. Many of the guys in the Dodgers' pen can't really pitch. This seems like a classic "you got you chocolate in my peanut butter"...
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From the Web › LA Daily News
It might have been the one redeeming factor from the Dodgers' 13-3 thumping from the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night.Backup catcher Drew Butera channeled his inner Skip...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
There are going to be some ugly ones. That's understood. Play 162 games a season and you're going to take part in a few you hope mom wasn't watching. It felt as if the...
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From the Web › LA Daily News
If there is something to be said for Dodgers left-hander Paul Maholm, it is his ability to wiggle out of jams thanks to a pitcher's best friend.The double play.Maholm...
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From the Web › LA Daily News
The Dodgers' lineup card featured a familiar name in the No. 8 slot on Wednesday night.No. 17. A.J. Ellis. Catcher.It was a welcome sight for the Dodgers and even more...
Share • May 14, 2014 at 8:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
A hearing scheduled for Friday in a lawsuit filed against Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig by a Cuban man who blames Puig for his imprisonment and alleged torture, has...
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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Every game now, Manager Don Mattingly sits a hot bat. Every game, someone is not thrilled, left telling himself to think long term, to think team. If it's not a serious...
Share • May 14, 2014 at 6:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
A.J. Ellis is back and in the lineup. The Dodgers' primary catcher was activated from the disabled list prior to Wednesday's homestand finale against the Miami Marlins...
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From the Web › HardballTalk
Dodgers right-hander Josh Beckett tossed 6.1 innings of one-run ball against the Marlins last night for his first win since September 30, 2012.
Share • May 14, 2014 at 8:35 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Magic Johnson described Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling as "delusional" in thinking that his players love him and lost "in another world" if he believes that...
Share • May 13, 2014 at 11:35 PM -
From the Web › LA Daily News
There were moments Tuesday when Yasiel Puig looked super-human. In the seventh inning, Puig threw a strike to home plate from roughly 300 feet away, albeit an instant...
Share • May 13, 2014 at 11:35 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Miami Marlins ace Jose Fernandez has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right arm and needs surgery, according to a report on CBSSports.com. The website reported...
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