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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 have been there too. He broke Hank Aaron's all-time home run record here in 2007 but, amid allegations of steroid use, the Baseball Writers Assn. of America so far has declined to elect Bonds into the Hall of Fame. Commissioner Bud Selig did not attend Bonds' record-breaking game, opting to issue a statement that started with the word "congratulations" and included the words "controversy"...
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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...
No breathers from playoff pressure — just ask Dodgers' Mark McGwire
Mark McGwire has advice he plans to share with every Dodger before Friday's playoff opener: Don't forget to breathe.
"The pressure of the playoffs, everything is magnified," the Dodgers hitting coach said. "Guys tend to tighten up, and the...
Andre Ethier takes the high road about limited role with Dodgers
For years he was everywhere, but suddenly he's nowhere.
He is not in the outfield. He is not on the video board. His name is not recited in chants. His face cannot be seen amid the bubbles. In all the recent Dodgers hoopla, he has been missing, a piece...
Dodgers to face St. Louis Cardinals in NLDS, with first game Friday
The Dodgers will open the postseason against the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Dodgers and Cardinals faced each other in the National League Championship Series last year, with the Cardinals advancing to the World Series.
The Pittsburgh Pirates lost 4-1 to...
Cardinals' winning rally escalates quickly and Clayton Kershaw can't stop it
The devastation began slowly, painfully, a nick here, a crack there, a bleeder, a blink, the quickening of a heartbeat.
Is this really happening? This is Clayton Kershaw. How could this be happening?
The devastation then finished quickly, suffocatingly,...
Dodgers vs. Cardinals: How the NL division series opponents match up
The Dodgers have a big advantage on offense and with a rotation topped by the best pitcher in baseball, who will be available to start twice in the five-game series if needed.
Add in a deeper, more versatile bench and a bullpen that finally began to...
Dodgers and Cardinals would be smart to make it all about baseball
It's a short series. It's only five games. There shouldn't be enough time for tired stereotypes and weak generalizations.
But when it comes to the Dodgers and Cardinals, things can get real silly, real quick, so prepare for the worst. Based on the...
St. Louis' Michael Wacha in bullpen, Mark Ellis not activated
Former Dodger Mark Ellis was left off the St. Louis Cardinals’ postseason roster while right-hander Michael Wacha, who beat the Dodgers twice in last fall’s National League Championship Series, will pitch out of the bullpen, Manager Mike Matheny said.
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