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insidesocal.com - 10/7/2008
Playing hooky
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Your favorite correspondent skipped the workout today to deal with some medical issues. Nothing major, and I won't bore you with any of the details, but if you see my beautiful mug in the background of any on-camera interviews in...

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Baseball Toaster:  Dodger Thoughts: October 7, 1977

Mike Scioscia's tragic illness:  Better Know a NLCS Opponent

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Dodger Thoughts: October 7, 1977
Baseball Toaster — ... of the ninth inning of Dodgers' National League Division Series-clinching victory Saturday, including "the one sweet, beautiful, marvelous" final out. Meanwhile, Tony Jackson of the Daily News passes this along: It does appear that the Dodgers' Game 4 starter will depend largely on whether Hong-Chih Kuo is healthy enough to be on the roster for this series. If he is, he'll be the second lefty in the pen and Clayton Kershaw probably will be the fourth starter. If Kuo isn't a go, Kershaw will likely have to be the second lefty in the pen, so Greg Maddux would get the nod in ...

Better Know a NLCS Opponent
Mike Scioscia's tragic illness — ... First things first, the rest of the NLCS start times have been announced, and all of the games are starting at 5pm PST, save for Friday’s goofy 1pm start for Game 2. ...

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