Fernando Valenzuela

Clayton Kershaw at Risk in 132-Pitch Win?

Clayton Kershaw is as close to deity as anyone in baseball, and he's getting closer with each passing five-day period. He's a god, let's face it. The man walks on dirt. And I am his groupie. In fact, I've worked it out with The Main Squeeze and it's decided. We're naming our first-born male child C ... More >>

Top 5 Most Obnoxious Billboards in Los Angeles

John ZurThe official sneaker of Barry Bonds' career, these "shoes on steroids" can be seen at Santa Monica Blvd. and Sawtelle Blvd.​Downtown's planned football stadium could become a Las Vegas-style sea of billboards, as LA Weekly reported this week. But we L.A. drivers already deal with bill ... 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 >>

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 >>

Mo-Chica: The Best Peruvian Ceviche Might Be in a Warehouse South of Downtown

Raw deal

This Tallowed Ground: Wax Museum to Sell 200 Celebrities

If you can't take the heat -- well, let's just say that the Hollywood Wax Museum has announced plans to auction off James Dean, Marilyn Monroe and nearly 200 other wax figures on May 1. The housecleaning sale is the first in the museum's 44-year history and offers something for every genre of c ... More >>

Manny Ramirez to Wear Dodger Blue Again -- For $45 Million

The L.A. Daily News, among many other sources, reports that Dodger left fielder Manny Ramirez and his super-agent, Scott Boras, have agreed to terms that would let Ramirez remain in L.A. for the next two years for a $45 million contract. "The agreement," the DN says, "was pending results of a physic ... More >>

Dodgers Win Big in Chicago

Before the Lakers took over the minds and hearts of sports fans in Los Angeles, there were the Dodgers. Players such as Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax, Maury Wills, Ron Cey, Steve Garvey, Tommy John, and Fernando Valenzuela, among many others, were gods, and then things didn't go so well for the team in ... More >>

Glow, Baby, Glow!

What to do in L.A., July 18-24

Let Them Drink Beer

The history of Dodger Stadium: A ghost story

1981 Timeline