Los Angeles Dodgers

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 >>

Weekend Preview: Improving Matt Kemp, Dodgers Begin Roadie Tonight in Atlanta

Rebounding from an eight-game losing streak with victories in four of their last five, the Dodgers have hit the road. Beginning tonight at 4:30 p.m. it's three at Atlanta followed by three in the former home of the Braves, in Milwaukee to face the Brewers. While we wouldn't use the word "surging" t ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Dodgers Face Unexpected Test in League-Worst Marlins

This is a test of the Emergency Baseball System. This is only a test. Please stand by for the next 72 hours, while the fate of your baseball club and its manager, are determined in part by the worst the sport has to offer. The former Florida Marlins, now known officially as the Miami Marlins (becau ... More >>

How Much Rope Does Don Mattingly Have Left?

Exactly how much rope does the Dodgers' skipper have left? Probably not the best choice of words there, because whatever you think of the way Don Mattingly is going about his business, any and all rope is best locked away safe and sound. Rope, sharp objects, plugged-in radios near bathtubs, adjacen ... More >>

Dodgers Swept into San Francisco Bay, Drift Rudderless Out to Sea

Good news, bad news. The good news first: no one drowned. Now the bad news. Your Los Angeles Dodgers went to San Francisco and were swept in three by the hated Giants, losing each night in one-run fashion, 2-1, 10-9 and 4-3. There was the usual trouble hitting with runners in scoring position, some ... More >>

SF Weekend: Dodgers, Giants to Play a Particular Brand of Baseball

While neither the Dodgers nor the Giants are playing particularly well at the moment, one team is playing particularly less well than the other. And as much as it pains me to admit -- we don't hide our loyalties here, so if you're looking for unadulterated objectivity, you may want to look elsewhere ... More >>

Meet Josh Tucker: The Man Behind the Dodgers' Twitter Feed

He's got a quarter of a million Twitter followers, but you don't know his name. He's talked about on social media more positively -- and is responsible for more smiles from fans -- than the Dodgers' Luis Cruz, Ted Lilly and Juan Uribe combined. He's baseball savvy, he's creative and he's the man beh ... More >>

Ryan Braun, Hometown Anti-Hero, Booed Unmercifully As Dodgers Beat Brewers

OK, so that headline is a tad misleading: Alleged drug-cheat Ryan Braun wasn't booed unmercifully throughout the weekend as predicted here Friday. He was booed mercifully, actually, and there's a difference. It's like what Jerry Lewis once said about the Great Wall of China: "It's not a great wall; ... More >>

Dodgers Take Two in New York; Brewers on Tap Next

Ah, the ups and downs of a .500 team. Or, in the case of the 9-10 Dodgers, an almost-.500 team. L.A.'s baseball club went east for a week, dropped two out of three in Baltimore, won two of three versus the Mets, and came home as happy as clams in the Chesapeake. Winning the final game of a road tri ... More >>

­The Other Cleat Drops: Chad Billingsley to Have Tommy John Surgery Tomorrow

Well, the news on Chad Billingsley couldn't be worse for the Dodgers. Here is the statement from the club, issued this afternoon: "Chad Billingsley will undergo Tommy John surgery tomorrow, April 24, at the Kerlan Jobe Orthopedic Clinic in Los Angeles. Dr. Neal ElAttrache will perform the surgery. ... More >>

Move Over, West Hollywood -- Silver Lake Is the True Gay Mecca

By Tyler Trykowski Could gays of the 1980s imagine what it would be like to be gay in 2013? From the Supreme Court pondering marriage equality to NFL players weighing how best to come out, the way we're gay today is nothing like it's ever been before. And for that modern gay man, West Hollywood ma ... More >>

Best L.A. Novel Ever: A Single Man vs. Golden Days, Round 2

L.A. Weekly is determining the best L.A. novel ever by holding a tournament featuring 32 of our favorites in head-to-head matchups, until there's only one novel standing. For further reading check out: *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament Brackets *Best L.A. Novel Ever: More Matchups The battle b ... More >>

Terror in Boston Tightens Security for CicLAvia

Both this weekend's bike ride and other outdoor L.A. events could see new precautions in light of deadly attacks at marathon

Dodgers Falling All Over Themselves, Hope to Avoid a Padres Sweep

Remember that supposedly over-loaded eight-man starting staff the Dodgers were sporting all winter? Well, it's down to four, and by most accounts five are required. Aaron Harang -- didn't want to be here, wasn't wanted anyway -- traded. Zack Greinke, TKO. Chris Capuano, ineffective and injured quic ... More >>

Jackie Robinson Day: Los Angeles, the Dodgers and Major League Baseball Celebrate

It's Jackie Robinson Day, America. And it's Jackie Robinson day across America. The third Monday in January of every year we celebrate the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr. And on April 15 we remember the day Jackie Robinson became the first "Negro" player in Major League Baseball.

Jackie Robinson's Story Is Partly a Los Angeles Story -- Something 42 Neglects

"Opening Day," says Harrison Ford's Branch Rickey in the Jackie Robinson biopic 42, "is all future. The past is wiped away. It's a clean slate." It's a nice little platitude to mutter in the locker room, but both on the baseball field and in the real world, it's the kind of starry-eyed naive optimis ... More >>

Disaster Strikes Dodgers as Zack Greinke Breaks Collarbone in Brawl, More Drama Follows

Since the Los Angeles Times prefers the cleaner version of Matt Kemp's words -- requiring "We'll see, bitch" instead of "We'll see..." -- we thought you'd appreciate the actual quote, as tweeted by the Times' Dylan Hernandez above. "Bitch" is one way to describe Padres' Carlos Quentin, certainly. D ... More >>

Chad Billingsley Begins Comeback in San Diego Tonight. Will it Take?

The Dodgers play game two of their series with the Padres, facing old mate Eric Stults, tonight at 7:10 p.m. in San Diego. There Chad Billingsley will try to come back from not one, but two injuries. One major, one minor. Billinglsey bruised a finger in a routine Spring Training bunting drill March ... More >>

Dodgers Sweep Bucs, Trade Harang. A Good Time Was Had by All

Check almost any close-up of Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle during a baseball game and watch the frequency and ferocity of the up-and-down jaw smacking of his gum chewing; you'll be convinced, and afraid for his family, that his face is about to explode. Of course, it might be the Pirates' flounde ... More >>

5 Takeaways from the Dodgers' Season-Opening Series

That was just so Dodgers. From the pomp, circumstance and exhilaration of Opening Day to the shoulder dropping, ground ball dropping of back-to-back losses to the rival San Francisco Giants. Here are five takeaways from the Dodgers' first three games: 5. The team is going to have its struggles wit ... More >>

How the Dodgers' New TV Contract Exemplifies Major League Baseball's Problems

Cable subscribers are subsidizing a dying industry

Who Will Buy the Los Angeles Times?

Why do so many rich men want to buy it? And how did it get to this point anyway?

Los Angeles Times to be Auctioned, as Will All Tribune Post-Bankruptcy Newspapers: Bruce Karsh Will be The Deal's Frank McCourt

Updated below with Tribune clarifying it's not really an auction, reactions from top Los Angeles Times journalists and potential buyer Austin Beutner. Additional reporting by Hillel Aron. CNBC is reporting that Tribune Co. has hired investment bankers to sell off its newspaper unit, which includes ... More >>

Why Are L.A. Places So Popular on Instagram?

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament *50 Reasons Los Angeles Is the Best City in America Just before the end of Instagram's wild year — bought by Facebook for $1 billion, publicly eviscerated by its community for new privacy policies — ... More >>

Dodgers Stadium Upgrades Unveiled for 2013 Include Waaay More Ladies Bathrooms and Tweetability

Are you ready to play ball? The Dodgers will definitely be ready in an updated and "tricked-out" stadium. New owners brought in ballpark exec Janet Marie Smith to update the 50-year-old stadium, third-oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball. Fans are already raving over/dissecting the upgrades su ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 10/22 - 10/26

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "We're kind of worried that the folks at the big box store know something we don't, as the new seasonal catalogue has some sobering emergency food options." 6 Things on Sale at Costco.com: Your Holiday Dinner Party, My Apocal ... More >>

Men Oh Tokushima Ramen: Chashu, Pork Belly A Ramen Video!

The history of the San Francisco-Los Angeles rivalry is well-documented in many fields, whether it's the Giants and Dodgers contesting the NL West (we're all aware of how that turned out this season) or a frank debate on which city offers the biggest and best representation of West Coast cuisine. In ... More >>

AEG's Asking Price Is $10 Billion?

The L.A. company that wants to build a stadium downtown is selling out. And if this report is true, it wants $10 billion for the whole shebang. Anschutz Entertainment Group, the locally based conglomerate owned by Denver rich guy Phil Anshutz, runs Staples Center, LA Live and the Nokia Theater, ow ... More >>

49: The Dodger Dog at Dodger Stadium

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 49: The Dodger Dog at Dodger Stadium. Are Dodger Dogs the best hot dogs in L.A.? Um, no. Not even remotely close. But often the success of a dish depends more ... More >>

How to Ask a Food Blogger for Food Recommendations

What You'll Need: A general idea of the type of cuisine or specific dish you would like to eat, or not eat The number of people in your party A price range of how much you would like to pay for your meal The part of town where you will dine A note of any special considerations (i.e., kid- or dog-f ... More >>

Dodgers Hire Janet Marie Smith, Star Stadium Designer, To Renovate Dodger Stadium

The new Dodgers ownership group has been very busy lately, adding Hanley Ramirez, Joe Blanton and Shane Victorino to the roster. But all of those moves pale by comparison to today's big acquisition. In a coup, the Dodgers have obtained stadium designer Janet Marie Smith from the Baltimore Orioles, p ... More >>

5 Best Pizza Slice Joints in Los Angeles

From our 2012 Restaurant Issue, celebrating everything pizza in L.A. With so much of the focus on hyper-authentic Neapolitan pies and artisanal knife-and-fork creations these days, it's easy to forget about the other great bastion of the pizza world -- the slice joint. The culture of paper-plate pi ... More >>

Did Mark Walter Overpay For The Dodgers? Forbes Puts Value At Just $1.4 Billion

Mark Walter and his investment partners, including Magic Johnson, bought the Dodgers on April 30 for $2 billion. That seemed exorbitant, but Walter said that was the price he had to pay for a life-changing opportunity."I don't want to realize a return on investment on buying the Dodgers," he told th ... More >>

Matt Kemp: Fan Favorite

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. By late afternoon, most of the players have already left the Dodgers' spring training campus at Camelback Ranch in Arizona, but Matt Kemp is still standing. After signing autog ... More >>

Dodgers Deal Sealed: McCourt is Outta Here

When reports surfaced last night that there were a few last-minute details to be hammered out in the Guggenheim Baseball purchase of the Dodgers, we got a bad feeling. Maybe the universally loathed Frank McCourt was pulling a dictator trick in an attempt to unravel the deal and hold on just a littl ... 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 >>

Viva Los Dodgers 2012 Lineup Announced: Ximena Sariñana, Ana Tijoux, More

See also: *Ximena Sariñana: An Indie-Pop Star In Mexico, Anonymous In L.A. *Our review of Ana Tijoux at Levitt Pavilion at MacArthur Park Viva Los Dodgers, a festival celebrating Los Angeles' Latino culture, just announced this season's lineup exclusively through West Coast Sound. Held in Lot ... More >>

Dodgers Sale On Track Despite MLB Concerns; Fans Avoiding Parking Lots in Record Numbers

The Dodgers sale is still on track to close on April 30, as a bankruptcy judge approved the sale agreement today despite last-minute objections from Major League Baseball.According to the tandem of @EricFisherSBJ and @BillShaikin, who were both tweeting the proceedings in Delaware, the attorney for ... More >>

Frank McCourt's Dodger Parking Lot

Is it OK if Frank still co-owns the vast acres encircling Dodger Stadium?

Dodgers Opening Day Is Already Sold Out

News flash: Magic Johnson and his bidding team won the Dodgers for a record $2 billion last night. And by 4:15 p.m. today, not 24 hours after the big announcement, the team's Opening Day game against the Pittsburgh Pirates is all sold out. So yeah, if there was any doubt left in anyone's mind that ... More >>

Magic Johnson and Stan Kasten Buy Dodgers from Frank McCourt -- But Uh Oh! Frank May Not be Gone

Update on next page: Bidder Joey Herrick on the importance of local owners. Magic Johnson, beloved spots icon in Los Angeles, and his group of investors including former Atlanta Braves president Stan Kasten, essentially wrote a $2 billion check Tuesday evening to buy the Dodgers, pre-empting a fina ... More >>

The Fan Who Would Be King

Josh Macciello Convinced L.A. He Was in Line to Buy the Dodgers. But He Was Really a Fraud

List of Dodger Bidders in the 2012 Sale by Frank McCourt: Wall Street Jerks and Baseball Lovers

Here's the known, and rumored, list 15 of exceedingly rich Wall Street one percenters, fabulously wealthy moguls and hardcore baseball lovers who may -- or may not -- have made secret, non-binding $1 billion bids to buy the Dodgers before the January 23, 2012 deadline expired. 1. Tom Barrack, col ... More >>

Dodgers Auction: Who Should Own the Team?

Joe Torre Wants to Buy the Dodgers With Developer Rick Caruso; L.A. Rejoices

If Frank McCourt is the most hated man in baseball -- and in Los Angeles in general -- Joe Torre might be the most loved. Which makes Torre's surprise resignation as executive vice president of the MLB, and announcement that he'll pursue ownership of the Dodgers alongside major L.A. developer Rick ... More >>

Dodgers Ownership: Top 5 Rich Guys You Wouldn't Want to See Take Over Team (or Maybe You Would)

Thanksgiving is upon us, so it's time to bow our heads and be thankful that at least somebody in the family has a job, medical marijuana is still around (for now) and a bloody presidential election is still nearly a year away. And, after the dreaded Frank McCourt vowed to sell the Dodgers, we shoul ... More >>

Major League Baseball Asks Court To Force Frank McCourt To Sell The Dodgers

Frank McCourt​This is a big day in the history of the L.A. Dodgers. Major League Baseball has asked a bankruptcy judge to order that the team be sold at auction.This is not a surprise, but it is quite something to see MLB lay out its case in black and white. The motion, posted after the jump, argu ... More >>