Younger sports fans may find this hard to believe, but there was once a day when ESPN did not exist (or when your parents refused to get cable television, as was the case with me).  In the mid-1980s, that meant you had to get your national sports highlights from the one and only George Michael, host and executive producer of The [...]

While most people remember Raul Mondesi as the Dodgers’ 1994 National League Rookie of the Year, his native Dominican’s see him differently these days: they see him as a politician.  Wednesday’s Los Angeles Times  looks at Mondesi and his role in politics in his native Dominican Republic.  Kevin Baxter does a great job of digging into [...]

According to Bill Shaikin, the answer is yes. “We’re not going to make any outlandish-type decisions in a rough economy.” [said Dennis Mannion] He [Manion] said that would rule out Lackey “unless there is an effective way to make that kind of deal.” Given the financial uncertainty in the ownership ranks of the Dodgers, I’m not [...]

Whew!  I was nervous about this game before it started, and Game One of the Dodgers-Cardinals series was far tenser than even I expected, and much more than the 5-3 final score indicated.  A couple of key moments that really stood out for me: – The Dodgers holding the Cardinals back in the bottom of [...]

There’s nothing like a three game series against the hated San Francisco Giants to get the blood going, and Vincente Padilla (3-0, 2.01) starts the series off against Jonathan Sanchez (6-12, 4.16).  According to the Giants media notes, Sanchez has been pitching well as of late, going 2-1 with a 1.16 ERA, holding opponents to a [...]