Willie Davis was found dead in his home in Burbank today. “Three Dog,” as he was known by teammates and fans because he hit so many triples and because he wore No. 3.
He was 69.
Thinking back about him … he is one of those guys who gives you pause.
Starting center fielder for the Dodgers for […]

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Ah, the power of the internet.
Way back on Feb. 3 … yes, all of seven days ago … I wrote an item on this blog asking the Los Angeles Times to fix the problem that kept me from being able to read any of their blogs. The “hook” to the story being that Steve Dilbeck, […]

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My friend and former colleague Steve Dilbeck now blogs about the Dodgers for the Los Angeles Times.
I would like to read Steve’s blog. I would also like to read a blog about the Dodgers.
The trouble?
None of the latimes.com blogs will load. Zero. Sports, politics, news. None can be called up.
The people who run the website […]

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Have I written this before?
If I haven’t … I should have.
Thank you, Jose Canseco. Thank you for telling us what we didn’t want to hear about baseball and steroids. Thank you for never giving in, never going into a shell when fellow users were calling you names, like “delusional” … and said you had a […]

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It was a more eventful decade than my initial thoughts indicated. “Wow. I have to come up with 10 good sports events from the 0-somethings? I’m not sure I can do that.”
Turns out, a few minutes of cross-referencing years and sports, and it’s no problem finding 10. The trick is limiting it to that many.
And […]

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Baseball has not done well on the international scene. Not like basketball. Certainly not like soccer. A little better than American football, but that isn’t saying much. Baseball made the Olympics for a while, there. American football really isn’t played anywhere that isn’t the 50 states.
However, I am now convinced baseball has an enormous opportunity […]

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Mostly, I just wanted to see how many “categories” I could have at the top of this item. Now let’s see if I actually mention something about all of them.
Some interesting topics playing out in U.S. sports right now and, really, I’m aware of them. Not everyone back home seems to remember we do, in […]

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I always was a fan of Edgar Martinez, Seattle Mariners DH. He looked like a really regular guy, and generally acted like one, too, but he tended to hit what appeared to be an almost effortless .320, .330 with 40 doubles and 80-plus RBI, in years he wasn’t hurt.
Now, Edgar is up for Hall of […]

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I want the McCourts to just go away. Get their divorce, sell the team, split the proceeds, go back to Boston. Just. Leave.
Meantime, the club will suffer as this stuff goes on and on and on.
Here is the Los Angeles Times story on Jamie McCourt giving her side of things.
And here is the Boston Globe story […]

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What was that about?
The Angels played badly in Game 1, committing three errors and allowing a pop fly to drop for a hit, and all of that, in concert, led to three runs in a 4-1 defeat … and those of us who have watched this sure and steady franchise over the past decade were […]

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