I was in Chavez Ravine last night to see the Dodgers play the Marlins. Florida won, 5-4 in 11 innings, when Hanley Ramirez capped an impressive performance by driving a bullet into the left side of the right-field pavilion. Ramirez, the Marlins’ shortstop, went 5-for-6 with a double in addition to his homer. Bringing his […]

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Hurrah. The Dodgers have moved back into a tie for first place with the Arizona Diamondbacks atop the National League West, and now it’s clear they could win the division and make the playoffs. Meaning the urge to “do something” to make an imperfect team better … will be profound. Get another hitter. Find a […]

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What’s the over-under here for Nomar Garciaparra’s body exploding? I say three games. Sunday, that is, if he starts all three in San Francisco. I don’t think he gets through Sunday without tearing/ripping/breaking/snapping something in one of his legs. The poor guy, who is 34 going on 54, has been going on the DL every […]

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Outfielder Andruw Jones returned to the Dodgers lineup Friday following minor knee surgery … and he picked right up where he had left off: As the biggest free-agent bust in Dodgers history. Aside, perhaps, from Jason Schmidt. Andruw went 0-for-5 with four strikeouts in the Dodgers’ 10-7 victory. Which is hard to do. Making five […]

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This is starting to annoy me. The NBA franchise leaving Seattle for Oklahoma City is being treated by various and sundry observers as an injustice that borders on the criminal. OK, it’s not a nice thing. Leaving a city after 41 seasons. But do any of you recall any sort of nationwide condemnation and gnashing […]

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This team has “ugly” covered, coming and going. Not only are the 2008 Dodgers lousy, they’re dull. The worst of both worlds. The lousy is fairly easy to document. They’re five games under .500 despite playing in the worst division in baseball. They rank among the bottom in baseball in runs, home runs, doubles, saves, […]

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I can understand how coming up with a decent “question of the day” can tax a person’s mind. Especially when he/she is referring to a team well under .500 and floundering like a gaffed tuna. But this one … Well, here is the Dodgers’ home page,” as of this writing, and you can’t help but […]

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Uh, don’t say that about me. I’m no Dodger. Actually, I used to know some Dodgers and the guys they have suiting up these days are no Dodgers. One of the myriad advertising campaigns the Dodgers organization has going on … is this thing on their web site entitled “We’re All Dodgers … What’s Your […]

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The Dodgers topped the Cincinnati Reds 7-4 today in what must have been a bittersweet game, for The Blue. Because that’s the last time the Dodgers get to play the Reds this season.

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The Lakers are the best thing to happen to the Dodgers this spring. The playoffs dash by Kobe & Co. has deflected attention from what is increasingly looking like a Big Blue Face Plant. So, that $118.5-million roster Ned Colletti assembled? Essentially the fifth-most expensive roster in the bigs? It has bought the Dodgers 28 […]

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