The trade rumors around Roy Halladay are flying again – this time courtesy of Tim Brown from Yahoo Sports. While he has most recently cited the deal as “highly unlikely” at this time, it’s clear that the Jays are trying to determine if they can extract maximum value from Halladay before his contract expires [...]

The most important re-signing of the Dodgers is now complete. No, it wasn’t Manny Ramirez exercising his $20 million player option – it was Vin Scully announcing that he will return for the 2010 season and then decide what his future will hold.
Fans are overjoyed at the news (see examples here). Many, like [...]

Here is the Game 3 starting lineup. Kuroda makes his first start in the postseason against Lee.
Lineup
Los Angeles Dodgers
Lineup AVG AB HITS HR RBI
Rafael Furcal SS .368 19 7 0 3
Ronnie Belliard 2B [...]

I’ve always enjoyed the craziness that is baseball’s NL and AL Division series. Lots of games, plenty of excitement on the parts of fans and prognosticators, and more than a few upsets in years past.
I was reading the Wall Street Journal this morning and there was an excellent article on the division series there [...]

Rookie pitcher Wade Leblanc and the NL West basement dwelling Padres got one off the Dodgers last night. LeBlanc himself looked pretty strong, giving up only two hits in six innings pitched while the Padres offense got up 2-0 early in the game which turned out to be enough to hand the Dodgers a [...]