Andre Ethier

Dodgers Sink to New Depths in Mile High City, Turn to Rookie for a Hand Up

The 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers are a monumental flop. They're a steaming-on-the-asphalt big fat flop. In fact, there's so much flopping going on here that if this were basketball, L.A.'s club would be fined out of existence by the NBA. But no such luck. This is baseball, and our team has laid a dud, ... More >>

Joc-ularity Not the Order of the Day for Dodgers in Colorado

After a little two-game winning streak was followed quickly by a more familiar losing streak of the same length -- all courtesy of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim -- and players requiring medical treatment all over the bleeping place, there is little joy in Dodgerville this afternoon. Nor in Denv ... More >>

Dodgers Media Firestorm Extinguished, Don Mattingly Still in Place

If the lesson to the media, and to FoxSports.com's Ken Rosenthal in particular is "mess with the Dodgers, you get burned," it's been delivered loud and clear, received, over and out. And I'm having piping hot soup for lunch, by the way. Consider the Don Mattingly-inspired headlines following the ma ... More >>

Memo to Don Mattingly: Shut the Puck Up!

Don Mattingly is on a plane home from Wisconsin as we speak, and may be handed a pink slip with his luggage upon disembarking. Perhaps his firing comes during the team's day off tomorrow -- as has been predicted -- maybe Mattingly gets until Friday or through the weekend, and it's a physical possib ... More >>

A New Day Dawns as Dodgers Win Two Straight

The Dodgers showed up for their weekend test, ready with their sharpened # 2 pencils (no jokes about their walking up to the plate with them in hand, please), scouted out the nearest restrooms, got credit for spelling their names correctly, and beat the patsy Miami Marlins two out of three. They di ... More >>

What the Dodgers' Musical Taste Says About Them

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Forget phrenology, both the overrated Roots album and the 19th-century pseudo-science. Ignore palmistry, psychotherapy and Rick Warren. The best way to b ... More >>

5 Places to Eat and Drink Around Dodger Stadium

Remember the Dodgers? The baseball team we loved but whose stadium we abandoned because of all that nasty Frank McCourt business? Now that Magic Johnson has gone on and saved the Dodgers, we can all head back out to Chavez Ravine on a lazy weekend afternoon to catch a game or two, baseball gloves ... More >>

Drink This Now: Guisados' Dodgerata, or Dodger Blue Horchata

Maybe the folks at Guisados should get out the blue dye number whatever more often. In honor of opening day at nearby Dodger Stadium, the jar of horchata at Guisados taqueria in Boyle Heights was a lovely shade of Dodger blue last night. It was only for the evening, a walk-off win if you will, but w ... More >>

Bryan Stow Assault Suspects Arrested: Bald Man With Neck Tattoos, Possible Female Getaway Driver in LAPD Custody, Reports Say

LAPDAn assault suspect arrested in East Hollywood today is reportedly one of these two. Witnesses say he was bald, possibly making him the one on the left.​Update: 31-year-old Giovanni Ramirez is under arrest for the beating. According to KTLA, "he was booked for assault with a deadly weapon, ... More >>

Warming Up

30 Burgers 30 Days: Now on KTLA and YouTube

If you watch KTLA you will have seen the recent piece on Elina Shatkin's burger odyssey, 30 Burgers in 30 Days, in which she has been eating her way through Los Angeles' burger joints. If you don't watch KTLA, you can watch the segment here on YouTube. It's good to have documented evidence, not on ... More >>

Carne Asada Sundays Will Continue at Dodger Stadium, Even Without Nomar

Juan Ocampo/LA DodgersNomar Garciaparra serves himself a plate of food at Carne Asada Sunday​Nomar Garciaparra, the 6 time All-Star infielder who spent much of his 14-year career with the Red Sox and a few memorable years with the Dodgers, retired Wednesday. During his three years wearing Dodg ... More >>

Dodgers Not the Only Ones the Phillies Sent Home Early: An Interview With Dodger Stadium Executive Chef Joseph Martin

The Dodgers season isn't just over for the players, but for all the staff and employees that it takes to uphold a professional sports franchise. One of those people is Chef Joseph Martin, a lifelong Dodger fan who also happens to be the Executive Chef at Dodger Stadium. We asked him a few questions ... More >>

Dodgers/Phillies Game 5: Well, So Much For 2009. Thanks For the Memories.

​Turn out the lights, the party's over.There was a glimmer of hope when Andre Ethier hit a solo home run in the 1st inning, but the Phillies quickly snuffed it out in the bottom of the inning with that three-run dinger by Jayson Werth.The Dodgers needed another solid outing from Vicente Padilla bu ... More >>

Dodgers/Phillies Game 5 Preview: A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That

​It'll be Vicente Padilla going for the Dodgers in Game 5 in Philly on Wednesday. Padilla has been solid since coming over late in the season, and he's been even better in the playoffs. He didn't get the Game 2 victory, but his effort made it possible for the Dodgers to pick up the win.It's actual ... More >>

Dodgers Finish Off Cardinals: What Did I Tell You?

​Yesterday I predicted the Dodgers would knock the Cards out this weekend, but I didn't think it would necessarily happen Saturday--or that the Blue Crew would make it look relatively easy. The Dodgers gradually silenced the St. Louis crowd as they built a 5-0 lead. The Cards scored a measly run i ... More >>

Holliday Takes a Death, Dodgers Win 3-2

Baseball is the cruelest game. Just ask Cardinals left fielder Matt Holliday, who homered in the second inning Thursday and then made an error in the 9th that eventually allowed the Dodgers to win, 3-2. And ask Cards pitcher Adam Wainwright, who gave up only three hits and struck out seven Dodgers o ... More >>

At the Home Plate Restaurant Awards This Thursday: Dining With Dre's Andre Ethier

Dining With DreDodger outfielder Andre Ethier​Want to thank Dodger outfielder Andre Ethier personally for his game-winning 13th inning walk-off homerun last night against the Bucs? Tomorrow night, he'll chair the Home Plate Restaurant Awards at downtown's Cicada Restaurant. The food and wine t ... More >>

Dodgers' Worry Season Begins

From my home office I can hear the noise from Dodger Stadium a moment or two before the crowds' cheers or boos are channeled through our TV set in the living room. Last night I'd retreated to the office from the living room when faced with the agonizing prospect of watching a no-hitter thrown agains ... More >>

The Boras Factor

Is super agent Scott Boras destroying the game of baseball? And what does he want now?

I Love L.A.

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