VIDEO & FEATURE: Dallas McPherson returns to Los Angeles -- the same town where his once-promising career was derailed -- but with a different team, and a different outlook on his career and the game.
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February 21, 2013
In 2012, Luis Cruz was by far the biggest surprise of the season. Though some may try to argue that, it’s hard to argue a .297/.322/.431 batting line that included 6 home runs, 40 RBI, and 20 doubles in 296 plate appearances. Hopefully the 29-year-old can build on that performance and establish himself as the Dodgers starting third baseman.
So who will it be in 2013? I got some...
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February 22, 2013
The Dodgers bench is looking bleak offensively for the 2013 season. Unless something of the miracle type happens during the spring, the Dodgers bench is not looking very impressive. Juan Uribe, Jerry Hairston, Skip Schumaker, Nick Punto, and Tim Federowicz just don’t scream or even whisper “offensive threat” off the bench to me. First of all, the Dodgers bench is of the ripened...
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February 24, 2013
Andre Ethier is growing rather sick and tired of questions regarding his ability to hit left-handed pitchers and whether or not he’s going to be platooned, and he recently speculated that the difference between people nagging him about it or not is a “mere” five hits a year or so.
It was only one at-bat, and it was only spring training. But it was Andre Ethier’s first at...
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February 24, 2013
Matt Wallach has replaced Eliezer Alfonzo in major-league camp for Spring Training.
Alfonzo, one of the tens of Spring Training invitees operating on a minor-league deal, is suffering from dengue virus (yes, really). Eliezer will report to the minor-league portion of Camelback Ranch when he’s healthy enough to do so. Nobody knows when that will be, but he was a long-shot to make...
Via MLB Injury News
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February 23, 2013
The Los Angeles Dodgers are preparing to begin their
exhibition season today, but outfielders Matt Kemp and Carl Crawford aren’t
expected to make their spring debuts until the beginning of March, according to
Ken Gurnick of MLB.com.
Manager Don Mattingly said March 1 is the “very rough target
date” for Kemp’s return, as he continues to recover from offseason...
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February 24, 2013
I checked my mailbox a couple of days ago and found a most welcome surprise, with a return address of Elysian Park Avenue. Inside of the unassuming plain white envelope resided vouchers for two free tickets to a Dodgers' game in 2013!I had filled out a survey at the end of 2012 with the possibility of two free tickets coming my way. I actually had completely forgotten about them...
Via Fox Sports West
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February 23, 2013
PHOENIX Matt Kemp and Carl Crawford won't be in the lineup Saturday when the Dodgers open their exhibition season against the Chicago White Sox.
And they won't be in the lineup Sunday, either.
Manager Don Mattingly said he doesn't expect the rehabilitating outfielders to play in Cactus League games until early next month.
Kemp is recovering from a major shoulder operation...
Via Philliedelphia
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February 24, 2013
Via Gallagher's Facebook Page Manheim High School's Austin Gallagher was recently cut by the Los Angeles Dodgers organization after receiving a 50-game suspension for taking a banned substance. Today, the Phillies picked him up, according to the Lancaster Sunday News. To make room in camp, the Phillies released infielder Andres...
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February 22, 2013
It was about 5:00pm yesterday afternoon when I was casting my votes away, in hopes of helping Matt Kemp rally from behind in his effort to beat Jayson Heyward. At this time, with less than 8 hours to go, Heyward had 62% of the votes, Kemp with 38%. This was a major deficit, though some ground had been made on 80 percent deficit Kemp faced earlier on in the day. The situation seemed...
Via Baseball Professor
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February 22, 2013
When Adrian Gonzalez first came to Boston at the start of 2011, one of the first things fans noticed was the effect he had on David Ortiz. Somehow in his 15th and 16th major league seasons, Ortiz put up his two best single-season strikeout rates, 13.7% and 13.3%, respectively. Whether or not that truly was Gonzalez’s doing is moot; the former slugger is now an all-around hitter...
Cuban defector Yasiel Puig and South Korean transplant Hyun-Jin Ryu have quickly become part of the Dodger fabric during their first big league camp.
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February 24, 2013
PHOENIX The Dodgers have talked to Manager Don Mattingly about a new contract, the team's chairman said Saturday.
"We've talked to Don a lot about what he does and doesn't want right now," Mark Walter said. "I think you might see something come up before the end of the year."
Walter didn't offer any details. Mattingly didn't either. However...
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