By James Bailey If some of those guys bashing home runs for the Phillies this week looked vaguely familiar to the Dodgers, it’s because they should. Right fielder Jayson Werth, who launched two dingers Wednesday night and three on the series, and center fielder Shane Victorino, who hit two of his own in the five-game [...]
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By Thom Henninger Manny Ramirez was in the shower when the Los Angeles Dodgers were one out away from tying the NLCS on Monday, but he’ll be towel-dried and ready to go with the Dodgers on the brink of elimination tonight after their walkoff loss in Game 4.
By Elizabeth Finn Baseball is full of charming unpredictability. More difficult to handicap than football and divided into perilous increments of time and distance, America’s pastime is the ultimate unscripted drama. Though every attempt is made to predict its final outcome, 162 games leaves far too much room for unexpected misstep and triumph.
By Thom Henninger Six weeks ago, the Los Angeles Dodgers had the most wins in the major leagues and looked like the team to beat in the National League. They were 25 games over .500 on the final day of July, after Jason Schmidt and three relievers had blanked the Atlanta Braves on three hits.
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By Thom Henninger Matt Kemp has seen most of his 2009 plate appearances from the No. 7 spot in the Dodgers lineup. One might expect him to be batting higher in the order, considering he ranks second on the team to Andre Ethier in runs, home runs, extra-base hits, total bases and RBIs.
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By James Bailey Wasn’t Manny Ramirez being punished? As his 50-game suspension for violating baseball’s rules against performance-enhancing drugs winds down, Manny is being welcomed back as a conquering hero. Both ESPN and the MLB Network were touting live cut-ins to his rehab at-bats for Triple-A Albuquerque Wednesday night. Daily papers across the nation are [...]
By Michael Cooper Another weekend of interleague play brings a few intriguing matchups. The two Central Division leaders will face off in Detroit, the Dodgers and Angels will meet up in a battle for Los Angeles, and the Reds and White Sox will face off in the first-ever Civil Rights game.
By Michael Cooper It doesn’t take a genius to figure out the biggest series this weekend. Two of the country’s most historically tortured franchises – the Phillies and Red Sox – have won the last two championships (and three of the past five). If not for the upstart Tampa Bay Rays, they could’ve met for [...]
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By Michael Cooper Not a lot has changed over the last month in the National League’s Western Division. It’s the Los Angeles Dodgers and everybody else – even without Manny Ramirez. The Dodgers young stars are playing admirably and they’ve got just enough veteran leadership to be a big factor in the NL. But one [...]
By Michael Cooper The storylines just never seem to take a break around the baseball world. This weekend, they’ll be plenty of them. The team with the best record in baseball will face the defending World Series champions, who happen to be on a seven-game winning streak. The upstart American League West leaders will take [...]
