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 [...]

Following are the highlights from Joe Torre’s pre-game media session.  A casual day with lots of discussion about two-sport athletes (like Dodgers first round draft pick Zach Lee), but not too much news to report: On George Sherrill Starting Fresh Now that He’s Back from the DL: “You’re certainly not going to be able to change the [...]

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 [...]

Just a quick heads up that I’m at Chavez Ravine for today’s afternoon game against the Diamondbacks.  It’s the Dodgers’ young starter (Carlos Monasterios, 2-0, 2.20) against the Dodgers’ former young starter (Edwin Jackson, 3-6, 6.03). Here are the pre-game quotes and notes from Joe Torre.  Follow us on Twitter for in-game comments and analysis. [...]