Howard Cole

Say what you will about Frank McCourt -- and this is the L.A. Weekly, so expletives are acceptable -- the Dodgers' former owner did right by Los Angeles with the signing of Matt Kemp to an eight-year, $160 million contract on his way out of town. It was November 18,......

Don Mattingly needs to take a look in the mirror. The one by the bulletin board where the "help wanted" sign has just been taken down. For now. Mattingly needs to look in the mirror next to the placard that says "the Dodgers don't air their dirty laundry in public."......

I miss baseball. It's not that I don't care about the World Series. I care about the World Series -- and I can think of no more beautiful a two-word proper noun in the English language -- but I'm ready for Spring Training right now. Today, this very minute. See......

While there is no good reason for a player -- any player -- to be making a decision of this magnitude instead of his manager, when the manager can choose to be objective and the player cannot, I suggest Don Mattingly pose the following question to Hanley Ramirez: "Would you......

If the St. Louis Cardinals don't like the way a certain Dodger celebrates a bit hit, they are certain to tell you about. Never mind that their players delight in a moment of achievement with whatever fist-pumping choreograph occurs to them at the time. The Cards get a tad miffed......

Dodger fans in the growing run-Don-Mattingly-out-of-town-on-a-rail movement won't have long to wait for an announcement. They may not like the result, but they won't have long to wait. Let's go straight to the ifs-and-buts card. If Los Angeles comes back to win the National League Championship Series over St. Louis......

Updated at the bottom with last-minute roster changes. The St. Louis Cardinals are the closest thing the National League has to the New York Yankees. The Dodgers are right behind them. Since taking their name in 1900, the Cards have won 11 World Championships, 18 pennants, and retired 13 uniform......

The only thing keeping Don Mattingly from flashing another bunt sign is the lack of a fourth base. What else might do the trick? Carpal tunnel, perhaps. A straightjacket. And Juan Uribe. The wonderful and powerful Juan Uribe. See also: Dodgers Beat Atlanta to Head to NLCS. Forced to sacrifice......

Updated at the bottom with Clayton Kershaw taking the mound. Presumably Jimmy Buffett wasn't thinking of the Dodgers' 1978 run to the National League pennant when he titled his album "You Had to be There" that same year. And comics Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer couldn't have had last night's......