After watching the play at the plate during the second inning of Tuesday night’s game when Russell Martin injured himself, I wasn’t that concerned.  It just didn’t look that bad.  And in talking to Russell after the game, he also didn’t seem that concerned about the play or the injury. “[The play] looked like it [...]

Here are the post-game comments from Joe Torre, Russell Martin and Ted Lilly on tonight’s win over the San Diego Padres: From Joe Torre: On Lilly’s performance: “Lilly made it look easy.  This kid is really calm.  He’s got a lot of passion inside, but he’s very calm.  Certainly when you go to a new [...]

Joe Torre: On the game as a whole: “It was a classic.  That’s post-season baseball right there.  Great pitching on both sides.  Carpenter did an amazing job at getting out of jams.  They made plays.  Kuroda, that’s as good as you want to see him right there.  It was a great game.  If they had [...]

Russell Martin continued his solid performance at the plate against the Nationals today and made it count in the 13th when he managed to deliver an RBI single with two outs on the board to lead the Dodgers past the Nationals 4-3 on Saturday. Casey Blake did his part as well, delivering two home runs [...]

Yes, Russell Martin is out for four to six weeks, with four of those weeks being during Spring Training.  But I don’t think the Dodgers should hit the panic and trade for a replacement catcher.  We’re talking about two weeks people!  Steve Dilbeck at the Los Angeles Times agrees: “If that’s the length of his absence, making a [...]