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PHOENIX -- It was a gut-wrenching decision, but
I agreed to take a family vacation again, passing
on the RV for long airplane rides, which explains why I'm with the Dodgers now in serious need of comic relief -- the vacation's not supposed to end ...
Dodger Stadium will serve as host of the
championship round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic, the
Los Angeles Times reported.
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After 61 years, Dodgertown is officially dead. The
Dodgers made it official this weekend by terminating their
lease agreement from Vero Beach, FL, thus ending a colorful and engrained part of Dodger, as well as MLB history. As reported by The AP : Craig Callan, the Dodgers' vice president of spring training and minor league facilities, notified Indian River County administrator Joe Baird ...
Rick Monday is headed to the White House.
The former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder, a two-time Major
League All-Star, and his wife, Barbaralee Casciari Monday, will be joining President Bush and the First Lady at the White House as part of "Salute to Baseball – America’s Pastime." Rick will be coaching third base during a Little League All-Star Tee Ball game on the ...
Check out these cheesecracker photos of DeAnna Pappas
throwing out the first pitch at last night's Dodgers
game.
It is quite possible that this year’s Olympic
Games in Beijing will be the last that will
feature baseball as a medal sport. In 2005, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted both baseball and softball out of the Olympic Games for the 2012 Olympics in London but allowed the two sports to reapply for entrance in the 2016 Olympics...
1) Go to Dodger Stadium. 2) Stand in
the outfield seats during batting practice. 3) Wait for
a home run to be hit. 4) Put your face in the direct trajectory of the hit ball. 5) Go to the concession stand for some ice. H/T: Busted Coverage
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Derek Lowe had a
perfect game through 6 innings tonight at Dodger Stadium.
LA’s Matt Kemp hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 6th to stake Lowe to a 1-0 lead at Chavez Ravine. Gregor Blanco of the Atlanta Braves singled to lead off the 7th and end the perfect game and no-hit bid.
The Los Angeles Times had a story yesterday
about statues at baseball stadiums, and a suggestion to
add one of Sandy Koufax to Dodger Stadium. I think a statue of Fred Claire giving Pedro Martinez a plane ticket to Montreal would be more appropriate. It got me thinking of honest statues for other MLB stadiums. Tropicana Field needs a statue of Rocco Baldelli in an MRI machine at once!
The Dodger's James Loney lines a double in
the fifth inning Wednesday night against Atlanta at Dodger
Stadium.
Decent debut for Chris Volstad, the Marlins' top
pitching prospect. He goes two scoreless innings Sunday, gives
up two hits and two walks and comes away with his first big-league victory. He'll start Friday at Dodger Stadium, taking the place of ...
In the past five games at Dodger Stadium,
there has been a no-hitter, a one-hitter and a
two-hitter - and the Dodgers have won all three (with a caveat). Even Chad Billingsley held Atlanta hitless for the first four innings Tuesday; the Braves went 0 ...
Pitcher C.C. Sabathia hit a tape-measure home run
and struck out 10, highlighting the Cleveland Indians' 7-2
win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in 11 innings Saturday. Jamey Carroll opened a six-run 11th with a single and capped the burst with a ...
Cleveland Indians lefthander C.C. Sabathia made a pregame
promise to his teammates that he’d swing for the
fences when it was his turn at bat in his interleague start against Los Angeles. Sabathia kept his promise and plowed a tape-measure bomb ...
After a weekend in which three pitchers and
a spectator nearly got hit at Dodger Stadium by
flying shrapnel from broken bats, a baseball safety committee is scheduled to meet today to discuss possible remedies for this year's epidemic of shattered ...
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced Wednesday that they
have surpassed the three-million mark in ticket sales for
the 2008 season, marking the 13th consecutive season in which they have reached that total and a Major League record 23rd time overall. During the 2007 season, the Dodgers attracted a record 3,857,036 fans, the highest total in the National League and the second-best mark in the ...
Dodger catcher Danny Ardoin can only watch as
Chicago's Jermaine Dye scores on a single by Alexei
Ramirez during second inning Thursday at Dodger Stadium.
The Baltimore Orioles and the Maryland Lottery announced
today that they will celebrate two upcoming milestone attendance
marks. The Orioles will welcome the 50 millionth fan in Oriole Park at Camden Yards history later this season, becoming the fastest ballpark ever to reach this milestone. Shortly thereafter, the Orioles will host the 100 millionth fan in franchise history. ...
Angels probable pitcher Jered Weaver Angels: Weaver used
his competitive instincts as much as his talent to
limit the Phillies to one earned run in 5 1/3 challenging innings Sunday. He was in trouble from the start, leaving two runners in scoring ...




















Andruw Jones only hears cheers but little has changed - ...