So as the debate rolls on about who should close games while Saito is out, Joe McDonald at KLAC-AM had an interesting idea, and it’s one that I’m starting to really take to: what about moving Derek Lowe back to his old closer role? Think about it: Lowe was a reliever for the Red Sox [...]

So as you all know by now, Saito is out for six weeks with a strained ligament in his elbow. You knew it was bad when the trainers sprinted out to him on July 12, just before the All-Star break. I watched that game, and it really didn’t look that bad, but he was obviously [...]

You can’t beat watching the Dodgers take a share of first place with a one-hitter by Hiroki Kuroda.  What a game.  Damn that Mark Teixeira!  In all seriousness, it was a masterful pitching performance: 9 innings, 1 hit, six strikeouts, no walks.  Tantalizingly close to a perfect game.  Hopefully this game was as inspirational to [...]

The rumor mill has the Dodgers going after the Indians’ C.C. Sabathia and shortstop Jack Wilson from the Pirates according to Ken Rosenthal from FOX Sports. Rosenthal implies that Andy LaRoche, minor league pitcher James McDonald and shortstop Chin-Lung Hu could be some of the players potentially headed to Cleveland. Now those would be some [...]

OK, I admit it – I was worred that we were going to be seeing the 2007 version of Eric Stults when he came up from Las Vegas to cover for Penny and Kuroda. That Eric Stults was not up to 2006 form and was quickly forgotten as the season wound down. Instead, we’ve got [...]