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This Ranch is no Dodgertown
slideshow Photo tour of Camelback Ranch - Glendale With the economy being what it is, namely in a dumpster, we figured the chances of convincing the boss to let us do an all-out Heat Index Cactus League Tour this year might be pushing the expense-account envelope. However, with two new ballparks ...
Editorial: Lunacy and the Manny Ramirez Contract
Editorial: Lunacy and the Manny Ramirez Contract
bizofbaseball.com — There’s nothing like a 141 day battle where the sides land pretty much right where they started... from to give you a headache. Try as I might, the logic that Frank McCourt, the Dodgers, Scott Boras, and Manny Ramirez have engaged over the last 4 months makes anything that was tied to the Dayton ... (more) Editorial: Lunacy and the Manny Ramirez Contract
Jamie McCourt Named CEO of Dodgers. Mannion Named President/COO
Jamie McCourt Named CEO of Dodgers. Mannion Named President/COO
bizofbaseball.com — Call it a case of all in the family... Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt today announced... that Dodgers President Jamie McCourt has been named Chief Executive Officer and Dennis Mannion has been named President/COO of the club. “Jamie has done an outstanding job of assembling a talented ... (more) Jamie McCourt Named CEO of Dodgers. Mannion Named ...
Editorial: Dodgers’ "Ramirez Provision" Pushes the Envelope for Player Contracts
Editorial: Dodgers’ "Ramirez Provision" Pushes the Envelope for Player Contracts
bizofbaseball.com — Frank and Jamie McCourt should be applauded for their philanthropic efforts with the Dodgers Dream Foundation. The... power couple that run the Dodgers (Frank is owner, and just elevated his wife Jamie to CEO) will enrich the Los Angeles area by refurbishing or developing youth ballparks in ... (more) Editorial: Dodgers’ "Ramirez Provision" Pushes the ...
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Indians’ Camp an Isolating Experience
The Hardball Times — Bob Young of the Arizona Republic is reviewing the new Cactus League spring training complexes. Yesterday was New Dodgertown. Today it's the Indians' new place, ...

Spring Training Is Big Business: Cubs vs. Japan at Mesa, Thursday 3/12, 3:05 CT
Bleed Cubbie Blue — ... So much for the economy affecting high-priced items. Here's another article about Camelback Ranch, in which some fans lament the closeness and laid-back atmosphere that used to be prevalent at spring training camps (particularly, for Dodger fans at Dodgertown in Florida), disappearing: ...

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Los Angeles Dodgers: Five Things to Look Forward to in 2009
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 3/18/2009 — 1. Manny being Manny - Breathe easy, Hollywood. Manny is back and hopefully better than ever. After a rousing first act with the Dodgers in 2008, Manny returns as the superstar and the face of the Dodgers. Like so many things in Hollywood, this has pros and cons. Manny is of course Manny...and ...
Manny Expectations
dodgers.gearupforsports.com 3/22/2009 — Now that Dodgers fans got what they wanted most during the off-season, they find themselves in a truly interesting situation; one unfamiliar to younger supporters of the Blue Crew. They all want to believe: the Dodgers have a legitimate shot at the World Series. After last season’s ...
Five questions: Los Angeles Dodgers
hardballtimes.com 3/31/2009 — There's a strong engine ahead of that baggage car Click the title to read more. Order the Hardball Times 2009 Season Preview today !
Manny, Dodgers agree to $45M deal
sportsillustrated.cnn.com 3/4/2009 — GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers have agreed to a contract and the deal could be announced later today.
A Dodgertown Without Dodgers
sonsofstevegarvey.com 3/8/2009 — You knew it was coming. Fresh off of last year's volumes of Vero Beach valentines, it was inevitable that the "empty fields of Florida" article would rear its ugly head this year. Joshua Robinson's piece in Sunday's NYT doesn't exactly describe tumbleweeds blowing down dusty streets, but it ...
Dodgers to stream 11 Spring Training games live online | dodgers.com: Official Info
losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com 2/28/2009 — CAMELBACK RANCH - GLENDALE - The Los Angeles Dodgers announced today that the club will provide live video streams of 11 Spring Training games exclusively on dodgers.com. Starting on March 4, fans can watch games online free of charge against ...
100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
hardballtimes.com 3/20/2009 — Jon Weisman is a man who knows how to manage his time. For his day job, he is a features editor for Variety . When he's pretending to edit features, he blogs about the Dodgers for the Los Angeles Times . On top of that he has three kids, one of whom just had his first birthday which, as you ...
Meanwhile, back at the Ranch...
insidethedodgers.mlblogs.com 3/27/2009 — Been waiting all spring to use that line. We are, in fact, back at the Ranch for the next four days with home games in three of them (plus a "road" game against the Sox tomorrow. We'll be hosting some of the Dodger bloggers here for tomorrow's game ...
Dodgers to Offer 11 Spring Training Webcasts for Free
bizofbaseball.com 2/28/2009 — Following the news earlier this week that the White Sox will be streaming Spring Training games for free , the Los Angeles Dodgers announced Friday that the club will provide live video streams of 11 Spring Training games exclusively on dodgers.com. Starting on March 4, fans can watch games ...
Why Pedro Martinez To The Los Angeles Dodgers Makes SenseBleacher Report - MLB 3/12/2009
Right now, the Los Angeles Dodgers could use the help of another veteran starting pitcher to round out the rotation. Could that man be Pedro Martinez? The three-time Cy Young award winner and eight-time All-Star is still on the market right now, ...
Manny to serve as DH in spring debutMajor League Baseball News 3/12/2009
Manny Ramirez will be the designated hitter for his exhibition debut later Thursday, when the Dodgers take on the World Baseball Classic's Team Korea.
Papelbon likens Manny Ramirez to cancer (AP)Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 3/12/2009
Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon compared former teammate Manny Ramirez to cancer, saying Boston made the right decision when it traded the slugging left fielder to the Los Angeles Dodgers last summer. "He was on a different train! And you saw what ...
Papelbon on Manny: `It's like cancer'Boston.com -- Baseball News 3/12/2009
Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon has likened former teammate Manny Ramirez to cancer. The pitcher adds that Boston made the right decision when it traded the slugging left fielder to the Los Angeles Dodgers last summer.
Papelbon Not Alone In Ripping MannyBleacher Report - MLB 3/12/2009
When Bill Reynolds of the Providence Journal learned that Manny Ramirez was traded to the Dodgers and that he was leaving his beloved Red Sox, his very next article began with the words, “The Circus Has Left Town.” From supposedly ...