I vowed (two items under this one) to march on Chavez Ravine and set myself on fire if the Dodgers traded for Manny … or at least light a candle in protest … And now they have traded for Manny … But I’m giving myself an out here because my self-immolation also required the Dodgers […]

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I am reminded of some silly dialogue from the Mel Brooks movie “Blazing Saddles.” The Cleavon Little character (Black Bart, was it not?) announces to the townsfolk, “Can’t you see it’s the last act of a desperate man?” And one of the townspeople replies, “We don’t care if it’s the first act of ‘Henry the […]

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This is the rumor floating around out there. That the Boston Red Sox are ready to foist Manny “Dead Man Jogging” Ramirez on someone, and that the Dodgers are thought to be candidates for the dreadlocked, brain-dead left fielder. This would be a horrible, horrible (add as many more “horribles” as you deem fit) idea. […]

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I watched most of this game and it seemed a little weird from the start. Finally, around the eighth inning, maybe when Dave Roberts pinch-hit for the Giants, it struck me: These two teams are absolutely awful. Particularly in terms of the people they ran out there Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium. Starting for the […]

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Fans probably will love this trade: Angels give up Casey Kotchman and minor-league pitcher Stephen Marek … and get Mark Teixeira. Sounds sexy. Sounds wrong. The Angels have been consistent contenders in the American League West in this decade, and one of the biggest reasons is this one: They rarely make trades like this one.

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That at one moment, when the thing was amping up … I now recall thinking — and it flashed through my mind — “what will it feel like if this building collapses and I ride it down to the ground?” I mean, no building is immune to earthquake … if the quake is big enough. […]

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After the quake of some 20 minutes ago … traffic is going on the streets, the Metro Blue Line is running. No observable damage out the window. Not much in terms of sirens. No more than usual. We’re having trouble loading the L.A. Times website (too much traffic?) and phones seem to be down. Or […]

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Or it sure felt like one, here on the eighth floor of our building in downtown Long Beach. If the epicenter was here … it’s pretty serious. If the epicenter were some distance away … there could be serious trouble wherever that was. It occurred at 11:42 a.m. (PDT), by my watch, and seemed to […]

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What a handsome crew! Here is the group photo taken at the Sun Sports Reunion at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, July 20-21. Photo courtesy Gil Hulse, and taken by either Jean Leyva, Gayle Pollard or Cathy Bui. From left, top: Cindy Robinson, Mike Terry, Gil Hulse, Jim Schulte, Mike Davis, Steve Dilbeck, Nick […]

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Roy Rivenburg, a former Los Angeles Times staffer, has posted a laugh-out-loud parody of his paper’s website. Find it here or type it in yourself at notthelatimes.com At this writing, the site is slow to load … and I’m guessing it’s because it’s being looked at by so many people. This is just exquisite.

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