Here are the post-game comments from Joe Torre, Travis Schlichting, Garret Anderson and Carlos Monasterios: Joe Torre On Travis Schlichting and the performance of the pitchers: “Schlichting pitched his tail off, as everyone else did.  I have no clue where we’re going to go from here.” “That’s the one area that’s made a big difference [...]

Following are some of Joe Torre’s pre-game comments from earlier this morning: On John Ely: “He doesn’t have an issue with taking the mound in any ballpark in any city…He’s in his own world out there.  Guys feed off the enthusiasm.” On Ely facing the Diamondbacks for the second time: “That’s important, because as I [...]

Well, after 4 hours and 57 minutes, 16 pitchers and 33 hits, the Dodgers lose an exasperating 9 to 7 game to the Diamondbacks in 11 innings. Tonight’s game was the longest for the Dodgers since July 14, 2001 when they played a 4 hour, 58 minute game against the Oakland A’s (the Dodgers won [...]

T.J. Simers notwithstanding, the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation event with Joe Torre and the legendary Sandy Koufax was really special (even on TV).  Kudos to Fox Sports West for televising the event.  Unfortunately the event ran long, and my TiVO cut off after the hour and a half, but what I saw was really, really [...]

Today I had the opportunity to hear Joe Torre speak at the Milken Institute about the Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation, an organization dedicated to raising awareness and developing educational programs aimed at ending the cycle of domestic violence and saving lives. From the Foundation’s Web site: Joe Torre, former professional baseball player and manager [...]