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Giants' blueprint for success isn't easily deciphered
The Kansas City Royals might have skipped the World Series for three decades, but they have an identity now. Ladies and gentlemen, the Royals Way: a lockdown bullpen, suffocating defense and speed to kill. The Oakland Athletics have a way, the zig-when-others-zag philosophy labeled and unfortunately caricatured as "Moneyball." The Atlanta Braves had a way in their heyday: Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz. The Tampa Bay Rays have enough of a way — disciplined spending and analytics-based roster management — that the Dodgers handed the keys to their kingdom to Andrew Friedman, the guy that ran the Rays. The object of the game is to win the World Series. Neither the Rays nor...
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Giants' blueprint for success isn't easily deciphered
The Kansas City Royals might have skipped the World Series for three decades, but they have an identity now. Ladies and gentlemen, the Royals Way: a lockdown bullpen, suffocating defense and speed to kill.
The Oakland Athletics have a way, the...
Yasiel Puig, four-run sixth inning propel Dodgers to 9-1 victory
KEY MOMENT: Yasiel Puig ended a 1-1 stalemate by sending a sixth-inning offering from starter Tim Hudson over the right-field wall for a home run. Later in the inning, Carl Crawford doubled in two runs against left-hander Javier Lopez to extend the...
Clayton Kershaw applies the clincher for Dodgers
The closer the Dodgers moved to the division title Wednesday night, the louder the fans at Dodger Stadium chanted.
"M-V-P! M-V-P!"
By the time Clayton Kershaw walked off the field in the eighth inning with a four-run lead, the call of the...
Giants score 3-2 win in 12th off Brandon League
Maybe it just had to be a taxing loss.
In a game that took nearly five hours, went 12 innings and used 15 pitchers, the Giants kept wasting scoring opportunities until they finally found their way to Dodgers reliever Brandon League.
Then they finally...
Dodgers bullpen stumbles in 3-2 loss to Giants
Giants 3, Dodgers 2
KEY MOMENT: Brandon League is guaranteed a combined $17 million over this season and next, which is probably why he is still with the Dodgers and Paco Rodriguez isn’t. Because the Dodgers can’t send League to the minor leagues without...
Are the Dodgers not fully ready to play?
Considering the season is only a little more than a month old, the Dodgers went into their series opener against the San Francisco Giants on Thursday with an unusual sense of urgency.
A day that ended with the Giants scoring twice in the 10th inning to...
Mistakes doom Dodgers in 6-3 loss to Diamondbacks
If the Dodgers fail to reach the playoffs, they'll look back on days like Sunday.
Failing to properly field the ball or run the bases in a 6-3 defeat to the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Dodgers blew an opportunity to further reduce their deficit to the...
Yasiel Puig leads Dodgers past Giants, 3-1, for rare three-game win streak
As much entertainment as Yasiel Puig has provided in his three weeks with the Dodgers, his presence hasn't had a pronounced effect on the team's win-loss record.Until now, perhaps.By virtue of a 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants at Dodger...
Andre Ethier exits early in Dodgers' 4-2 loss to Giants
This was looking like early in the season. You know, when the Dodgers were in last place and their disabled list resembled an All-Star roster.
The Dodgers were already without Hanley Ramirez, who was ruled out for the weekend with an irritated nerve in...
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