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World Series

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Vin Scully Trends on Twitter, As America Searches For Relief From Joe Buck

    Vin Scully: trending​For a brief period during last night's World Series game, Vin Scully was trending on Twitter. It was not -- as many Twitter users feared -- because he had died.Instead, it was because sportswriter Joe Posnanski asked his followers who should be calling the games. Scully was th ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    September 22, 2011

    Moneyball Review

    Vin Scully: trending​For a brief period during last night's World Series game, Vin Scully was trending on Twitter. It was not -- as many Twitter users feared -- because he had died.Instead, it was because sportswriter Joe Posnanski asked his followers who should be calling the games. Scully was th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Toronto Film Festival: Moneyball and the Fetishizing of Spreadsheets

    ​ "It's hard not to be romantic about baseball," admits Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics played, in career-best form, by Brad Pitt in Bennett Millers' Moneyball.This line, from a screenplay by Stephen Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, happens in the home stretch of a film abo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Frank McCourt Fact Check: Dodgers' Record Was Better Under Fox Ownership

    Frank McCourt: Time for another fact-check​As part of his belated media blitz, Dodgers (co-?)owner Frank McCourt has been urging fans to ignore the messy off-the-field stuff and focus on the team's performance. "Some might be surprised to know that the four out of six years we were in the playoff ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    SF Giants Fans to Fly 'BEAT LA' Banner Over Dodger Stadium on Opening Day

    feelingdodgerblue.comNot in our stadium, you don't​Tell us, Los Angeles: Are you going to stand for this? Update: Street-art blog LA Taco won't. We quote: "People of Los Angeles, we cannot let this potential aggression stand. LA TACO will organize a boycott and shaming campaign of any Los An ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Frank McCourt and Jamie McCourt Trial: Dodger Divorce Underway

    Frank McCourt​The trial to decide who owns the Dodgers begins today in front of Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott M. Gordon. The trial, to be decided by a judge and not a jury, will address the narrow question of whether a document signed by the couple during their marriage gives Frank M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Yeah, Another George Steinbrenner Post: Remember His Mysterious Fight In L.A. During 1981 World Series?

    NBC via Youtube​ I was a huge Yankees fan in 1981, having that summer gone to my first Major League game at Yankee Stadium as a 6-year old. Reggie Jackson hit a monster home run, there was a bench-clearing brawl, the young women behind us were smoking weed, and we beat the traffic home. Thus, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2009

    The Dodgers' Waiting Game Begins; How Long Depends on Weather and TBS

    ​Here's the big problem with TV determining the playoff schedule: today, TBS is broadcasting a tripleheader--the two AL series plus Game 3 of the Rockies/Phillies matchup in Denver.And because Denver is the farthest west of today's games they get the latest start, scheduled to begin at 8 p.m., Mou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2009

    Today in Photographs: October 3, 1959

    ​Five thousand Dodger fans at L.A. International Airport welcome the team's return home after splitting the first two games of the World Series in Chicago with the White Sox.LA Herald-Examiner/LAPL

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2009

    Today in Photographs: February 28, 1963

    Kou Shows Off Form in Vero. L.A. Dodgers' pitching ace Sandy Koufax shows movie cameramen how it's done during spring training in Vero Beach, Florida. That summer would prove to be among Koufax's best and the Dodgers won the World Series, sweeping the New York Yankees in four games. Koufax, who'd s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Don Larsen's Beautiful Nothing

    Diane Pucin has a fine Memory Lane piece in today's L.A. Times Sports section. In "Scully Pulls Up His Own Chair," Pucin interviews L.A. Dodger announcer Vin Scully about Don Larsen's 1956 World Series no-hitter. It came in Game 5 between Larsen's team, the New York Yankees, and the Brooklyn Dodgers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2008

    Last Night: Dodgers Descent Into Darkness

    BY MARK GROUBERT Los Lobos belts the National Anthem out of the park prior to Game 4. Hall of Famer-to-be Jeff Kent watches helplessly from the dugout as his rookie replacement Blake Dewitt’s batting average descends to just .091. Two-time batting champion Nomar Garciaparra watches helplessly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2008

    Debauchery as Dodgers Clinch Western Division Title

    Thursday night at Chavez Ravine, a crowd of 52, 569 crazed cheerleaders came to celebrate something that had already happened five hours earlier. With the loss of the Arizona Diamondbacks to the St. Louis Cardinals, the Dodgers were automatically the winners of the Western Division and heading into ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    September 4, 2008

    Nominations: The 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction

    Literary sugar and spice

  • LA Life

    May 15, 2008

    Larry Bowa

    The third eye

  • Columns

    April 3, 2008

    Tommy Lasorda: The Lion in Spring

    The third eye

  • News

    May 24, 2007

    The Boras Factor

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

  • News

    May 24, 2007

    Dealing for Dollars

    Some of Scott Boras’ notable moves

  • News

    October 21, 2004

    Letters

    Some of Scott Boras’ notable moves

  • Columns

    October 14, 2004

    Seeing Red

    Some of Scott Boras’ notable moves

  • Columns

    November 7, 2002

    Following the Flags in San Francisco

    Some of Scott Boras’ notable moves

  • Columns

    October 31, 2002

    It's Only a Game, Goddamn It

    Some of Scott Boras’ notable moves

  • Columns

    August 29, 2002

    Freeways to Perdition

    Some of Scott Boras’ notable moves

  • News

    November 15, 2001

    Beloved Infidels

    Some of Scott Boras’ notable moves

  • Art+Books

    November 18, 1999

    Pete Rose Web-a-thon

    Some of Scott Boras’ notable moves

  • Supplement

    November 26, 1998

    1981 Timeline

    Some of Scott Boras’ notable moves

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