Manny Ramirez

5 Stages of Grief: The Jonathan Gold Model

A. ScattergoodJitlada's tom yum soup​5. Denial: In which you refuse to read news blogs and Twitter feeds, and instead have lunch at Jitlada, preferring the comfort of ghost chiles to anything looming on the horizon. Windstorms. Sigalerts. More Republican debates. You feel fine. You like anesth ... More >>

Frank McCourt Files Dodgers for Bankruptcy -- But That's the Least of Their Problems

Manny's still waiting on $21 mill.​Update: After a historic Dodgers victory last night, the court just approved McCourt's request to file the team for bankruptcy. But at this point, Dodger fans (fiercely loyal off the big win) won't be so easy to convince. Originally posted at June 27 at 1:3 ... More >>

Dodger Stadium Catches Fire, Frank McCourt Makes Payroll: What Else Can Go Wrong?

Frank McCourt has only begun to fight​Quite a weekend in Dodger land. For those of you just back from SLO, let's recap... Dodger Stadium, the jewel of Chavez Ravine, ranks an abysmal 25th out of 30 ballparks in customer reviews on Yelp. That may help explain why attendance is down 7,000 per game.O ... More >>

In Wake of MLB Takeover, Councilwoman Janice Hahn Suggests Public Ownership of Dodgers

Janice Hahn​Hey there, Los Angeles. We wouldn't bring this deal to just anyone. But you look like a savvy investor. One who understands value, and can see the tremendous potential upside of a smart investment.How would you like to own a share of the Los Angeles Dodgers?OK, it sounds crazy. The tea ... More >>

Manny Ramirez Exiting Dodgers, Headed For White Sox

​Dodgers star slugger Manny Ramirez was reportedly headed to the Chicago White Sox this week. The 38-year-old helped Los Angeles win the National League Western Division title in 2008, but has been struggling with injuries almost since then. According to Associated Press, the Dodgers would wi ... More >>

Manny Ramirez Placed On Waivers

​Manny Ramirez has been placed on waivers, meaning the Dodgers slugger could be traded by Tuesday.Ramirez is still owed about $4.4 million of his $20 million salary for this season, so dumping him now could save the Dodgers some cash. Or, they could agree to pick up some of the tab in exchange for ... More >>

Pink's Hot Dogs Opens Tomorrow in LAX

Los Angeles World AirportsThe new Pink's at LAX​ Joey Chestnut surely knows that July is National Hot Dog Month, as perhaps do the fans in the bleachers at Dodger Stadium, where eating hot dogs is a preferable alternative to counting how many days Manny Ramirez has been on the DL this season. ... More >>

Dodgers Outfielder Manny Ramirez Donates Rare Porsche To Charity

​An online charity auction of Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez's 1994 Porsche 911 Turbo 3.6 will begin on Friday. Proceeds from the auction will benefit ThinkCure!, which funds research to cure cancer and Maryvale, a Rosemead resident placement home for girls. ThinkCure!, a non-p ... More >>

Manny Goes Down With Calf Injury

shgmom56 on Flickr​Well, this is no good. The Dodgers put Manny Ramirez on the disabled list today due to a strained right calf. In 13 games this year, Ramirez has looked like the Manny who dazzled the Dodger faithful when he first came over in 2008, putting up some sizzling stats -- .415/.500/.61 ... More >>

Santana Returns Ahead of Big Budget Week

​L.A. City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana was back at work today for the first time since getting a DUI three weeks ago.For the city, his rehab stint was not unlike Manny Ramirez's 50-game suspension for using fertility drugs. You don't condone what he did -- you're just glad to see him bac ... 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/Phillies Game 1: Haunted By a Familiar Name

​A couple nights ago, I listed the various Dodgers and Phillies who had previously played for the opposing team in this series. But I neglected to mention Chan Ho Park, who won 80 games for the Dodgers from 1994-2001, including a career-high 18 in 2000. He was the first Korean player signed by the ... 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 >>

Dodgers Win First in Series Against Cardinals, Was it Luck?

When the Cardinals loaded the bases with no outs in the first inning Wednesday night, it was hard not to think about Cliff Lee, who gave up six hits and one run in the Phillies' victory over the Rockies earlier in the day. The Phillies got last year's American League Cy Young Award-winning pitcher 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 >>

Mannywood: Too Big to Fail

​L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez makes what many Dodger fans will find an indecent proposal: Lopez says he will hand over a pair of World Series (Game 4) tickets worth $500 to the person who writes the best 50-word essay scolding Left Fielder Manny Ramirez for being . . . Manny Ramirez. "I can't ... More >>

Autumn Is No Fall for the Dodgers

For a while there -- about 10:45 p.m. Friday night, to be precise -- it seemed as though all of the L.A. Dodgers' early season heroics (the winning streaks, come-from-behind victories, clutch home runs, etc.) were merely a cruel setup to make the team's annual collapse all the more devastating to fa ... More >>

Evolution of the Dodger Dog: A Life In Pictures

The Dodger Dog is one of the most famous hot dogs in American sporting (and eating) history. It's iconic, storied and quintessentially Los Angeles. So in honor of our hometown team still holding the best record in the National League, we take a look at the history of L.A.'s most beloved dog, through ... More >>

Report: Manny Ramirez Used Steroids in 2003

Wikipedia Say It Ain't So, Manny -- Again ​​The New York Times reports that L.A. Dodger slugger Manny Ramirez was identified as asteroid user in 2003, when he played with the Boston Red Sox. Earlier this year Major League Baseball exiled Ramirez from the sport for 50 games following disclosure t ... More >>

Manny Ramirez's Grand Slam Silences Critics

With his first swing of a bat last night Manny Ramirez laid to rest the loitering demons of doubt and recrimination that have followed his emergence from suspension. On July 3 he took the field against San Diego after a 50-game hiatus for having used an illegal performance enhancing substance. Catca ... More >>

WELCOME BAT, MANNY!

For Mets Fans, Hate Is a Manny-Splendored Thing

N.Y. PostNew York Mets fans (or at least the local sports writers) used the Los Angeles Dodgers' three-game visit to mix tradition with self-pity. On the one hand, there was the opportunity to indulge in the area's second-favorite pastime, L.A.-bashing; on the other, the return of Manny Ramirez (and ... More >>

Joe Torre Reflects

L.A. Observed's radar has picked up a Joe Torre interview from today's Fox Business News that's easily worth a few mouse clicks. The Dodger skipper, whose tell-all book, The Yankee Years, is still showing legs, might well have called his last year managing the Yanks A Season in Hell. Still, on Fox h ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Jackson Memorial Set A Michael Jackson memorial that would be free for 11,000 ticket holders is planned for the Staples Center this coming Tuesday. The venue's owner, AEG, bankrolled Jackson's comeback tour but may yet profit after the star's death. L.A. Times, L.A. TimesMongols Paraphernalia Seized ... More >>

The Baseball Bat Peppermill: Who Needs Cork When You Have Tellicherry Peppercorns?

Here's the perfect summer grilling accessory: a baseball bat that's actually a peppermill. Imagine the langorous backyard, the coals glowing in the firepit, Vin Scully broadcasting on a radio propped against the sweating keg, a tray of burgers and steaks and links that would make any self-respecting ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Common Cause Different segments of L.A.'s huge Iranian community are uniting to protest their homeland's presidential election results. L.A. Times, L.A. Daily NewsSpecial Order 40 Upheld A state appeals court upheld the LAPD rule banning officers from seeking information about suspects' immigration ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Obama's Man in El Sereno Political newcomer Emanuel Pleitez, who's served on Barack Obama's transition team, is shaking things up in the 32nd District Congressional race. L.A. TimesMortgage Black Hole Located Ground zero for the nation's catastrophic mortgage meltdown was 4500 Park Granada, Calabasa ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

No-Show Polanski Loses Court Bid  Judge Peter Espinoza refused to dismiss decades-old sexual misconduct charges against film auteur Roman Polanski. Espinoza said the refusal of the fugitive Polanski to attend a hearing in L.A. Superior Court made dismissal impossible. L.A. Times Jesusita F ... More >>

It Ain't Necessarily So, Manny

MLB.comFor any sport there is a very finite number of puns and historical references that can be applied to the story of the day. Some writers, however, seem to have set their headlines and leads on autopilot when writing about Manny Ramirez, the disgraced Dodger leftfielder who's been benched 50 da ... More >>

Doped: Manny Ramirez Benched 50 Games

If you thought the Los Angeles Dodgers' 2009 season was a little too good to be true, you may not have been completely wrong -- nor cynical. The L.A. Times is reporting that Manny Ramirez, the team's superstar leftfielder, will be suspended 50 games for testing positive for performance-enhancing dru ... More >>

Man and Super Manny

So far Dodger slugger Manny Ramirez doesn't look like $25 million at the plate -- but hey, that's what spring training's for. Better he get those strikeouts out of his system now than during the season. Today he went 0-3 in a 10-4 loss to the "Los Angeles" Angels. The L.A. Daily News' Tony Jackson r ... More >>

Dodgers Kill Stadium Shuttle

No one's saying Manny Ramirez's $45 million signing had anything to do with it, but Curbed LA and Streetsblog both ruminate over an L.A. Times report that the Los Angeles Dodgers will not be paying for shuttle buses to take fans from Union Station to  Chavez Ravine this season. (A summer for wh ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Hope Doesn't Float "Don't bury me in Venice" might be the lesson to come away with after the state's Climate Action Team issued the results of computer modeling showing much of California's present coastline underwater by the end of the century. L.A. TimesPrint Bad, Twitter Good Ex-L.A. Times biz ed ... More >>

Breaking or Broken News?

It's 9 p.m., March 5, and here's a banner from near the top of the L.A. Daily News'' Web site:When you click on it, the link brings you to an updated page from the next day, Wednesday, March 4, 11:23 a.m. This contains some important stories for today -- March 5. Such as a reader poll asking if Mann ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Dem on Dem Payback State Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-L.A.) disciplined three members of her party for not voting to put spending limits on the ballot -- part of a key compromise Democrats made to finally pass a budget with Republicans. Stripped of their committee chairmanships were Black Caucus l ... 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 >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Waiting for Wal-Mart Far from fearing a big-box store, job-hungry Florence-Firestone residents are petitioning to get a Wal-Mart put in their community. L.A. TimesHeal the Aquarium An octopus exploring its tank at the Santa Monica Aquarium loosened a water-control valve, flooding the facility with m ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Dodgers Offer Stimulus Package to Manny Club owner Frank McCourt is offering the Scott Boras-repped Manny Ramirez a $45 million deal over two years. L.A. TimesShowdown on Sunset Drive Nadya Suleman's Whittier neighbors are fed up with the invasion of their street by cigarette-butt-flicking paparazzi ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Polanski Loses Bid to Nix L.A. Judges The AP's Linda Deutsch reports that a three-member appellate panel has rejected self-exiled film auteur Roman Polanski's motion to bar any Los Angeles County judge from participating in his case. Polanski, who claims he has no plans to ever return to the U.S., i ... More >>

Weiss' Best Reissues & Compilations of 2008

Steve Stein and partner Double Dee, were dropping lessons on kids when Shadow and Cut Chemist were still constructing crates out of lincoln logs. Finally collected on the aptly named, Illegal Art label, Steinski's seminal singles are that rarity--as fun as they are important. Neither The Avalanches ... More >>

Diane Watson: Hillary's Gal

A talk with the 68-year-old congresswoman

Los Angeles Invited To Party After Dodger Victory

"We're going to party at my house. We're going to party like rock stars, if you can find my house," yelled an enormous sweat and champagne-covered man to the frenzied crowd at Dodger Stadium on Saturday night. The “man” was Manny. And indeed he is the man right now in this Dodger-crazed City of ... 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 >>

Manny Nearly Beaned by Angry Cubs Fan

There's no place like home. Especially for the Dodgers, who are not only coming back to L.A. with a 2-0 series lead, but will get at least a two game respite from crazed, drunken Cubs fans. On Wednesday, superstar outfielder Manny Ramirez nearly had his head taken off by a baseball thrown from the ... More >>

C'mon, Dodgers, WTF?

6 meditations on the Blue Sox

C’mon, Dodgers, WTF?

6 meditations on the Blue Sox

Why Moneyball Sucks

Or, the case for the Los Angeles Angels