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Furcal, Martin, Loney Move up on Games Charts
Rafael Furcal, Russell Martin and James Loney moved up the Los Angeles catching chart during the 2009 season. Martin has caught 548 games and is in seventh place on the Los Angeles chart and 10th all-time. Furcal is in fifth place in LA games and also 10th overall with 479 games, while...
Five Dodgers to Be Thankful For
1 day ago by
Sons of Steve Garvey
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Happy Thanksgiving! In the spirit of the holiday, SoSG presents a cornucopia of Dodger youngsters. Enjoy the bounty!
1. Matt Kemp. In 2008 (.290/.340/.459, 18 HR, -0.1 UZR), it was "He's got potential." In 2009 (.297/.352/.490, 26 HR, 2.6 UZR), it was a Gold Glove...
Albert Pujols Unanimously Wins NL MVP
3 days ago by
Bleacher Report
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My preseason NL MVP pick: Albert Pujols NL MVP winner: Albert Pujols I am shocked that St. Louis Cardinals 1B won the National League MVP award unanimously. The way the voting has been going, I am surprised James Loney didn’t get a first-place vote...Read the full article on...
Frustrations and Celebrations
5 days ago by
True Blue LA
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Time for a quick fluff piece while we wait for the winter meetings. The Dodgers have had substantial success over the last two seasons but that success was mitigated by failure to advance past the NLCS. Normally we at TBLA are a positive group but this November I'm feeling...
Jeff Bagwell is to James Loney as Pedro Martinez is to Chad Billingsley?
8 days ago by
True Blue LA
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by Gus Ruelas - AP
"Dude, we're so alike! Our career similarity score is 934, which is my seventh-best comparison and your tenth-best!" - Matt Kemp on discovering Similarity Scores (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas...
There is Gold Glove and then there is the Fielding Bible
16 days ago by
True Blue LA
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Major League baseball announced their Gold Glove winners today, below is the summary:
2009 AL Gold Glove winners
Position Player Team
C
Joe Mauer
Twins
1B
Mark Teixeira
Yankees
2B
Placido Polanco
Tigers
3B
Evan Longoria
Rays
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MLB Trade Rumors: Dodgers To Trade One of Their Core??
18 days ago by
Fake Teams
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by David J. Phillip - AP
20 days ago:
Los Angeles Dodgers' Russell Martin hits an RBI single during the fourth inning of Game 4 of the National League Championship baseball series against the Philadelphia...
Trade Market: First Basemen
October 28, 2009 by
MLB Rumors
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Next up in our Trade Market series, first basemen. We analyzed first base free agents here.
Prince Fielder, Brewers. On October 7th, Brewers GM replied, "I don't see that happening" when asked about trading Fielder or Ryan Braun (Tom Haudricourt of the...
NL West in Review: 1st Basemen
October 26, 2009 by
Purple Row
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by Elaine Thompson - AP
One man stood tall above 26 other NL West first basemen in 2009.
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Introduction
Baseball is still being played out there somewhere, but...
Are The Dodgers On The Verge Of A Phillies-Like Run?
October 25, 2009 by
True Blue LA
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by Mark J. Terrill - AP
The next three years should be sweet for the dynamic duo of Andre Ethier and Matt Kemp, and the Dodgers
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Losing to the same team in the playoffs...
For better or worse, Dodgers won't change much
October 24, 2009 by
SportingNews.com
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Sporting News staff reports
The Los Angeles Times noted the Dodgers' offensive core should return almost entirely intact next season. However, there probably won't be much money to spend on free agents.
That is because key players like outfielders Andre Ethier...
A Look Toward 2010: The Offense
October 24, 2009 by
True Blue LA
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by Rob Carr - AP
The 2010 Dodger offense figures to be very similar to the 2009 offense.
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One of the ways to ease the pain of a baseball-less offseason is the annual...
No Manny, Mommy and Daddy Aren't Divorcing Because of You
October 23, 2009 by
Walkoff Walk
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Intrigue out in Los Angeles! The McCourts are getting divorced, so Frank has taken the step of firing his soon-to-be-ex-wife. Divorce is really hard for everyone but the lawyers, but in this case, it's about to get real sloppy. Looks like Jamie isn't going down without a...
Loney's Big Series Puts Him on The Charts
Although the Dodgers dropped the 2009 National League Championship Series four games to one and James Loney led or tied for the team lead in seven different categories. He also put his name in the top ten in three of them, home runs, slugging average and on-base plus slugging. Andre...
Heyman On Dodgers, Valentine
October 22, 2009 by
MLB Rumors
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The latest from SI's Jon Heyman...
Heyman, like many writers, believes the Dodgers need a #1 starter. He says Dodgers people "aren't overly optimistic" about snagging Roy Halladay or John Lackey, however.
Heyman believes the Dodgers should consider...
NLCS in Review
October 22, 2009 by
Crashburn Alley
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Four Phillies regulars hit for an OPS of 1.000 or better: Ryan Howard (1.457), Shane Victorino (1.320), Carlos Ruiz (1.271), and Jayson Werth (1.022). James Loney (1.127) was the only Dodger to cross that threshold.
The Phillies had 19 extra-base hits in the series to the Dodgers...
Phils Crush Dodgers For Second World Series Berth In Two Years: Phillies 10, Dodgers 4
October 22, 2009 by
6-4-2: Double Play Blog
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Vicente Padilla couldn't get it done twice in the same series; no shame in that, but after handing out consecutive two-out free passes to Chase Utley and Ryan Howard, Jayson Werth's three-run jack sealed the Dodgers' fate. The closest they got to a look at the game was...
RBI Single
October 21, 2009 by
Baseball Musings
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Two singles and a walk set up an RBI single by Matt Kemp. It’s the first RBI by the Dodgers not on a home run tonight. The bases remain loaded with no one out in the eighth for James Loney. The score is 9-4 in favor of Philadelphia, so Ryan Madson can [...]
Ned Colletti Comments
October 21, 2009 by
MLB Rumors
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Dylan Hernandez of the L.A. Times has the latest from Dodgers GM Ned Colletti, who recently signed a multiyear extension.
Colletti and the Dodgers agreed to keep the length of the new contract a secret, to avoid future distractions.
Colletti's explanation of...
Matt Kemp: The Bison As A Team Leader
October 21, 2009 by
Sons of Steve Garvey
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Remember a year and a half ago, when everyone was ready to give up on Matt Kemp? Because he had what was perceived to be a surly disposition? Because he couldn't hold up on the down-and-away pitches that struck him out at a crazy rate? Because he would make baserunning gaffes and...
Madson in Trouble
October 19, 2009 by
Baseball Musings
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Ryan Madson gives up a one-out single to James Loney and a two out walk to Russell Martin. In between, Ronnie Belliard stole a base (he forces Loney at second) which replays show was an out. Utley blocked the bag, but it was so close and so fast the umpire didn’t see it.
Casey [...]
LCS Day Four: The Three Most Important People
October 19, 2009 by
Walkoff Walk
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The Phillies were the only team to play last night. No, really, I'm 99% sure the Dodgers didn't even bother taking the cross-country flight to the game because that 11-0 romp might have been the most one-sided LCS game I've seen in years. Sure, the Phillies scored early...
10 Phillies - Dodgers Game Three NLCS Notes
October 18, 2009 by
Five Tool Tool
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10) Hideki Kuroda's star-crossed year (Opening Day pitcher, DLd for months afterward, intermittently dominant and maddening) might have ended tonight, because it's hard to see how Joe Torre trusts him with any more innings this year. He had nothing, and you have to think that...
Apples to Avocados?
October 18, 2009 by
Bugs & Cranks
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No, really. I'm serious.
Look, I’m as big a fan of Joe Torre as anyone. The guy was a fantastic player and has been an insanely successful manager, but just because he played alongside and has managed some of the best players in history, doesn’t mean that he should...
V for Victorino
October 18, 2009 by
Baseball Musings
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Shane Victorino collects the frist hit of the evening, a one-out single to the right of James Loney in the bottom of the first.
Update: Victorino steals second on a 1-1 count. That’s his first steal of the series and his second of the post season.
Update: Utley singles to right...
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