Subject: Los Angeles Dodgers

• It's the Stadium, Stupid

  Fancy-schmancy new park changes the face of spring ball

  March 12, 2009

• Interleague Rocks

  Dodgers/White Sox match-up highlights this week’s sched

  March 26, 2009

• Hot Links: Nik Richie revealed, Heart pissed at McCain/Palin, pot popes plead guilty, and more.

  September 5, 2008

• GOODBYE, RED

  October 28, 1992

• A MOJOR LEAGUE VETERAN

  November 24, 1994

• Loss Angeles: Phoenix Suns vs. Star-Crossed Clippers on Sunday Afternoon

  It's the best of times and the worst of times for the Angeleno sports fan. There's still no NFL, and none on the near horizon, which seems to bother the NFL more than it does L.A. Jack Nicholson's once again grinning like a pre-lobotomy Randle Patrick McMurphy since his pet franchise, the Lakers, has returned to respectability -- and the NBA Finals. The Dodgers won the NL West last season, but it was all thanks to a player, Manny Ramirez, who went wack with the bat over a three-month haul in

  January 9, 2009

• D-Backs Relievers Blow Five-Run Eighth-Inning Lead in 6-5 Loss to Dodgers

  Mr. Bungle: Tony Peña helped screw the D-Backs in the eighth last night. One single out. Just three little strikes. That's all the Arizona Diamondbacks bullpen -- or more specifically, Tony Peña -- needed to protect a five-run lead with two away in the bottom of the eighth versus the Los Angeles Dodgers last night. But instead of landing that lone K (or generating any kind of an out) to end the inning, the Venezuelan right-hander walked in a run with the bases loaded, kicking off a come-from

  June 3, 2009

• D-Backs Squeak Out a Big Win in L.A. Against the Dodgers

  Dealing against baseball's best, Billy Buckner picked up his fourth career win. The most pivotal moment in perhaps the Arizona Diamondbacks' hoped-for turnaround took place during the top half of the second inning during their Monday-night game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in L.A. Facing Hiroki Kuroda in his first start since Opening Day, Stephen Drew led off with a double that nearly cleared the right-center-field fence at Dodger Stadium. So far, so good, right? Wrong, because moments lat

  June 2, 2009

• Dodgertown West

  March 5, 2009

• Dream Teams

  Indians, Dodgers spurn Grapefruit League for Arizona’s world-class party

  February 19, 2009

• Dream Team

  Indians, Dodgers spurn Grapefruit League for Arizona’s world-class party

  February 19, 2009

• Labor Pangs

  April 9, 2009

• D-Backs Appear Uninspired in Series Finale Loss

  Boos from a two-thirds-empty Chase Field rained down upon the once-beloved Eric Byrnes as he walked to the plate in the fourth inning Wednesday afternoon in the rubber game and series finale 9-2 loss against the Colorado Rockies.Eric Byrnes is struggling early.Byrnes, who wowed Arizona fans in 2007 after becoming one of only 19 major-leaguers in history to hit 20 homers and steal 50 bases in a season, has been pretty much dogmeat since Opening Day of 2008. Last season, after cashing in on his ca

  April 8, 2009

• The Mexican on fanatic behavior, Ben Franklin, and his farkakte shtick

  June 19, 2008

• D=Backs to the Wall

  April 17, 2008

• Everybody Loves Manny

  April 3, 2008

• Cactus League, Week 5

  Kissing up to the Boys in Blue

  March 20, 2008

• Son of a Beach

  February 21, 2008

• Here's a Grapefruit in Your Eye

  February 21, 2008

• Swinging Party

  September 20, 2007

• Artful Dodgers

  Padres and D-Backs give L.A. the slip

  July 12, 2007

• New School Hollywood

  System of a Down's Daron Malakian plays it cool in the big league

  August 4, 2005

• Eureka!

  Miners strike gold with fans

  June 9, 2005

• Take Me Out . . .

  . . . to the ball game

  April 7, 2005

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  August 26, 2004

• Fields of Dreams

  Think your kid could be the next Shea Hillenbrand or Curt Schilling? Hook him up with the major leaguers in metro Phoenix youth baseball.

  May 13, 2004

• Play Ball

  D-Backs start another Gonzo season

  March 27, 2003

• BOB's a Bust

  Bank One Ballpark was touted as a powerful economic engine for downtown. Data show, however, that BOB has fueled sales mostly for BOB. The meager spillover doesn't bode well for the Arizona Cardinals' stadium aspirations.

  March 9, 2000

• D-Backs Win Two of Three Weekend Games on Stellar Pitching, Solid Hitting, and Luck, but Split Series with Brewers. Dodgers Tonight

  www.mlb.com Justin Upton hits two homers in as many days this weekend, but the D-Backs lose Sunday. It was a four-game series that ended on a shadowy Texas Leaguer by Milwaukee Brewers center-fielder Mike Cameron. The Arizona Diamondbacks won two of three over the weekend behind the pitching of Jon Garland and Dan Haren, who struck out 11 and allowed one run in eight innings Saturday night. But they lost Thursday night to the Brewers at Miller Park and lost again Sunday in

  May 4, 2009

• Diamondbacks Killer Manny Ramirez Gets 50-Game Suspension for Taking "Performance Enhancing" Drug

  ManRam's bad news is D-Backs' good fortune.Thanks to an unlikely boost from Diamondbacks killer Manny Ramirez, the struggling D-Backs may have just gotten a new lease on life.    Arizona started 20-8 last April before a deep summer swoon and the L.A. Dodgers' signing of Ramirez left them for dead. In an uncanny twist, the Dodgers started this season 21-8 -- setting the all-time major-league record for home wins to start a season -- before Ramirez finally bit them

  May 7, 2009

• Arizona Diamondbacks Lose 3-1 As Los Angeles Dodgers Make History. Next Up: San Diego Padres.

  Last night's Arizona Diamondbacks loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers was all about streaks. Sad Max: Still no joy for Scherzer Following the 3-1 win, the NL West-leading Blue Bombers have amassed 12 straight victories at Chavez Ravine for the season. Conversely, the D-Backs have lost three in a row, equaling their worst losing streak this year. (They also were dealt their first sweep of 2009, albeit in a two-game series.) Worst of all, pitcher Max Scherzer (0-3, 3.38 ERA) has yet to notch a s

  May 6, 2009

• Diamondbacks Live Postgame Show: D-Backs/Dodgers

  May 28, 2009

• Arizona Diamondbacks Lose in San Diego, Split Four-Game Series with the Padres; Open a Three-Game Home Set Tonight Against the San Francisco Giants

  The Padres' Kevin Kouzmanoff made the D-Backs look all foolish Monday night. The Arizona Diamondbacks' game on Monday night in San Diego against the Padres basically summed up the season thus far for the National League West cellar dwellers: Yielding the big inning to the opponent and questionable managerial decision-making. Leading 2-0 in the fifth inning behind a strong pitching effort by the D-Backs' Jon Garland, the righty got into some trouble against the Padres' resilient batters. Thoug

  June 9, 2009

• Ranger Danger

  June 18, 2009

• It's All-Pitch/No-Hit (Again) for the D-Backs in St. Louis. Next up: Colorado Rockies.

  Dan Haren: Another step closer to a Cy Young award?The Arizona Diamondbacks started the second half of the season just as they played most of the first half: on the losing side of a series. And true to form, it was all-pitch/no-hit this weekend in St. Louis. Each of the Diamondbacks' three starters in the series -- Jon Garland, Dan Haren, and even Yusmeiro Petit -- gave his team a decent chance at winning, but it was only All-Star Haren who got enough run support on Saturday to notch

  July 20, 2009

• Bug Hunt: First-Place but Slumping Dodgers Look to Squash the D-Backs

  D-Backs ace Dan Haren will try to throw a minor monkeywrench into the Dodgers' postseason plans tonight. ​Way back on April 10, we reluctantly -- because it was a distasteful task -- called the National League West for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Of course, it's not a done deal yet. The Boys in Blue are giving folks in L.A. the night sweats, 'cause the Dodgers can't seem to shake those pesky fleas called the Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants. But you've gotta figure

  August 14, 2009

• Everything You Wanted (and Something Nobody Does) from a Diamondbacks-Dodgers Series. Next Up: In Atlanta for a Make-Up Game.

  Miguel Montero's dramatic ninth-inning blast tied Saturday night's game.​ A dirty slide that initiated a beanball war in front of a raucous Chase Field crowd. A for-the-ages, come-from-behind win in extra innings. Stars and unknowns stepping into the spotlight and delivering big plays. And one of the most unbelievable and scary moments baseball has ever witnessed. Before the '09 season started, these things were expected from a series between the division-contending Arizona Diamondback

  August 17, 2009

• D-Backs' Spoiler Role Falls Short in San Francisco

  This unknown dude's blast in the eighth inning sunk the D-Backs.​ To boil down the Arizona Diamondbacks' series in San Francisco (which commenced last night), it's basically this: The Giants have mucho to play for and the D-Backs ain't got jack to compete for. Because SF is chasing Colorado for the National League Wild Card, they are a bit more motivated each game compared to the spiraling-out-of-complete-control Diamondbacks, who took a seven-out-of-eight-game losing streak into AT&T P

  August 26, 2009

• Diamondbacks Live Postgame Show: D-Backs/Dodgers

  August 27, 2009

• Diamondbacks Live Postgame Show: D-Backs/Dodgers

  August 27, 2009

• Diamondbacks Live Postgame Show: D-Backs/Dodgers

  August 27, 2009

• Trading Frenzy Breaks Out in Last Night's Game Between the D-Backs and Dodgers

  msn.foxsports.comJon Garland, now a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers.​ Last night during the game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Fox Sports Arizona confirmed that five-time All-Star Jim Thome had been dealt from the Chicago White Sox to the Dodgers for a player to be named later. (The ChiSox also got rid of pitcher Jose Contreras, sending him to the Colorado Rockies.) Weird, especially considering that Thome - who has only played one game in the field since

  September 1, 2009

• Missed Opportunities, Mistakes Fuel D-Backs Loss to Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3

  Clay Zavada gave up a costly base-on-balls last night, allowing the Dodgers to win.​ How do you spell "relief"? Here's a hint, it sure as heck ain't Z-A-V-A-D-A. That's because last night the mustachioed left-hander upended the Arizona Diamonbacks' chances of taking two straight against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Chavez Ravine by forcing in the game's winning run on a walk. Here's the set-up: The Snakes had rallied from a two-run deficit to knot the score at 3-3 in the sixth following a pair

  September 2, 2009

• Mad Max Shuts Down Dodgers as D-Backs Win Sixth of Last Seven

  Max Scherzer: Dominates the Dodgers.​Max Scherzer had what may have been the best outing of his young career Wednesday night as he beat the Los Angeles Dodgers and one of the better pitchers in the National League, Chad Billingsley, 4-1. Mad Max, a pitcher with incredible stuff but frequent bouts of inconsistency, was rock solid on Wednesday, pitching 7.2 innings and giving up only one run on seven hits. His four strikeouts was fewer than usual, but all that means is that he threw fewer pitche

  September 3, 2009

• Diamondbacks Live Postgame Show: D-Backs/Dodgers

  September 3, 2009

• D-Backs Watch Dodgers Stage Comeback Win, Despite Five Double Plays and a Four-Run Lead

  Billy Buckner allowed only one run and five hits in seven innings against Los Angeles.Billy Buckner finally got a real taste of what it's like to be a pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks this season after last night's 5-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Much like fellow starters Dan Haren and Doug Davis, the 26-year-old can now join in a chorus or two of that D-Backs standard "The Wasted Effort Blues" as his teammates (specifically the trio of relievers Blaine Boyer, Daniel Schlereth, and Juan

  September 9, 2009

• Dodgers Give One Away to Diamondbacks on Reynolds Walk-Off Walk

  Dan Haren: Nine more strikeouts, but no decision.​By playing a solid nine innings of baseball Wednesday night, the Arizona Diamondbacks helped keep the race to win the National League West an interesting one. In their 4-3 win against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Chase Field, Dan Haren was excellent, the defense was airtight, and strikeout king Mark Reynolds showed amazing patience at the plate in the game's defining at-bat. The results: The D-Backs ended a six-game losing streak and cut th

  September 10, 2009

• Arizona Diamondbacks Wretched Season of Losers Ends With a Win

  Say bye-bye to Chad Tracy, who's pretty much done as a Diamondback.​This is how the Arizona Diamondbacks' abortion of a season ends, not with a whimper but a bang: The bungling boys in Sedona red took two of three from the Chicago Cubs over the weekend in the Windy City to bring a merciful end to their wretched 2009 season, including a 12-3 manhandling of the Wrigley Field dwellers on Friday. With the series win, the sucktastic Snakes limp past the finish line firmly in possession of the

  October 5, 2009

• Forget the Alamo: Arizona Cardinals Must Whup Hubris and the Houston Texans to Salvage Their Season

  If Beanie can hold on to the ball, expect a breakout day for the rookie RB against the Texans.​ Three years ago, Suns fans considered Kobe Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers their personal bitches. Two years ago, D-Backers openly lampooned the hapless, pre-Joe Torre L.A. Dodgers. Last year, Arizona Cardinals fans noisily pooh-poohed the antics of the San Francisco 49ers and the team's head coach, Mike Singletary, who dropped his drawers in an ill-advised (though not entirely unsuccessful) atte

  October 9, 2009

• School of Hard Knocks: Three-Sport Gamer Mike Nixon’s Tried It All, But Can the Whip-Smart ASU Defensive Star Make It to the NFL?

  November 19, 2009