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Dodgers' Yasiel Puig in line for MVP seasons, says Mark McGwire
Yasiel Puig tied for 37th in the National League with 16 home runs last season. He tied for 33rd with 69 runs batted in. On the day the Dodgers were eliminated from the playoffs, he spent most of the game on the bench. The up-and-down season prompted a few skeptics to wonder whether Puig would realize his full potential. Dodgers hitting coach Mark McGwire wasn't among them. "He's definitely an MVP candidate from day one," McGwire said of Puig. McGwire didn't stop there. He went on to predict during a recent interview that there would be multiple most-valuable-player awards for the 24-year-old Cuban outfielder, saying consistency was his only obstacle. ...
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Dodgers' Yasiel Puig in line for MVP seasons, says Mark McGwire
Yasiel Puig tied for 37th in the National League with 16 home runs last season. He tied for 33rd with 69 runs batted in. On the day the Dodgers were eliminated from the playoffs, he spent most of the game on the bench.
The up-and-down season prompted a...
Former Dodgers pitcher Chad Billingsley signs with Phillies
Chad Billingsley is now officially a former Dodger, as the Philadelphia Phillies announced Thursday they signed the 30-year-old right-hander to a one-year contract guaranteed for $1.5 million.
Because of elbow problems, Billingsley pitched only twice...
San Francisco Giants open to bigger relationship with Barry Bonds
Willie Mays took the field one more time Friday. Mays joined the San Francisco Giants' four other living Hall of Famers — Willie McCovey, Orlando Cepeda, Juan Marichal and Gaylord Perry — in a ceremony before Game 3 of the World Series.
Barry Bonds might...
Giants beat Cardinals, 5-4, on 10th-inning error
For the second time in their last three victories, the San Francisco Giants won a postseason game on a crazy throw by the opposing pitcher.
The Giants could not be more thrilled. This plays into their mythology, and maybe even gets into the heads of...
Cardinals' Randal Grichuk has rough right-field debut at AT&T Park
In the modern ballpark, where nothing is too sacrosanct for a corporate logo, the Levi's flags told the story on Tuesday.
The flags fly high above right field at AT&T Park, bright red buffers between the ballpark and the San Francisco Bay. As the...
Giants' Travis Ishikawa hopes Mike Trout magic comes with new cleats
Mike Trout did not make it to the championship series, but his cleats did.
Travis Ishikawa is the accidental left fielder for the San Francisco Giants. He made a spectacular diving catch in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series on Saturday,...
Dodgers add Andrew Friedman to front office
Under their deep-pocketed owners, the Dodgers have imported several star players, as well as a star advisor in Sandy Koufax and a star coach in Mark McGwire.
Now they have a rising star front-office executive. On Tuesday, the team announced it had...
NLCS notes: Injured Yadier Molina hopes to play in Game 3
SAN FRANCISCO — Yadier Molina swung, then he winced. Pain shot through his left side.
"That was the worst feeling of my career," he said. "That was the worst pain I ever feel."
And what did it feel like?
"Like someone nailed...
Ned Colletti could lose his job after Dodgers' quick playoff exit
The Dodgers are laying most of the blame for their underachieving team on the man who constructed it.
Ned Colletti is absorbing the heat for the Dodgers' October fizzle and could soon lose his job as general manager over it.
Mark Walter, chairman of...
A painful replay for Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw in loss to Cardinals, 3-2
It was World Series or bust and bust won out.
The Dodgers, baseball’s richest team, did not. Clayton Kershaw, baseball’s best pitcher, did not.
Instead they were filled with all sorts of the wrong emotions after their season came to an end Tuesday in...
Five takeaways from the Dodgers' comeback win in Game 2
There now, having fun yet? If not, just give up on sports. Give up on anything that gets the pulse racing.
The postseason is only two games old for the Dodgers and are already they putting out some Grade A drama. If this keeps building, somebody better...
NLCS notes: Cardinals aren't hurting after letting Albert Pujols leave
The decision could go down as one of the wisest in baseball history.
The St. Louis Cardinals had just won the World Series, for the second time in six years. Albert Pujols, their three-time most valuable player and the best hitter to grace St. Louis in...
Madison Bumgarner nearly goes distance in Giants' 3-0 win over Cardinals
This is not the postseason of the ace.
If pitching wins in October, the best pitching ought to win the most. Not this October.
Clayton Kershaw, the best pitcher on the planet? Two tries, no wins. Jon Lester and Stephen Strasburg? One try for each, no...
NLCS: Cardinals, Giants make a mockery of parity, with regularity
ST. LOUIS — This is the last postseason under the reign of baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, who loves to talk about how the hundreds of millions of dollars rich teams annually share with poor teams has given fans of every team hope and faith.
That is a...
Game 4 pitching matchups: It's all about Clayton Kershaw now
This is some kind of set-up for Clayton Kershaw.
A year ago he was hammered in his last start of the year in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series in St. Louis. It had to haunt him throughout the off-season.
Then he meets the same...
Yasiel Puig's temper could cost Dodgers big in the playoffs
One of the Dodgers' biggest postseason worries showed up Tuesday night, clearing benches, raising tempers, risking everything.
As long as Yasiel Puig continues to struggle with his emotions, the Dodgers will awkwardly struggle to dodge their flames.
The...
Dodgers could face a familiar foe in playoff opener
Now that the Dodgers have officially clinched their second consecutive National League West title, it appears likely they will start this year’s postseason the same way they ended last year’s playoffs: with Clayton Kershaw on the mound against the St....
A look at what the Dodgers' postseason roster might look like
And now, on to other things. Besides the post-celebration laundry.
As the playoff schedule so thoughtfully provided, the Dodgers are off today, giving them a full day to drink grandpa’s secret hangover concoction and begin to focus on the immediate...
Dodgers believe they have unfinished business
It’s the standard observation about devastating loss: You let it crush and define you, or inspire you to greater heights.
The Dodgers are a team built to win it all. Of course they were last year, too, and fell in six games to the Cardinals in the...
Angels say playoff experience matters little in postseason
Before David Freese had one of the best postseasons in baseball history, Albert Pujols came forward to offer advice. This was Freese's first time in the playoffs, and Pujols wanted to impart some wisdom.
"It goes by fast," Freese recounted...
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