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BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : DODGERS : Walsh Might Have Torn Rotator Cuff

By BILL PLASCHKE
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Dave Walsh, who was the top candidate to be the Dodgers’ left-handed reliever until they acquired John Candelaria, has a possible tear in his rotator cuff and will require arthroscopic surgery May 7.

Walsh was placed on waivers at the end of spring training, then sent to triple-A Albuquerque, where he made one appearance before complaining of a sore left shoulder.

The shoulder might have been been affected by constant use. Walsh has regularly pitched in Mexico during the winter.

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Bill Plaschke

Bill Plaschke, an L.A. Times sports columnist since 1996, is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame and California Sports Hall of Fame. He has been named national Sports Columnist of the Year nine times by the Associated Press, and twice by the Society of Professional Journalists and National Headliner Awards. He is the author of six books, including a collection of his columns entitled “Plaschke: Good Sports, Spoilsports, Foul Balls and Oddballs.” Plaschke is also a panelist on the popular ESPN daily talk show, “Around the Horn.” He is in the national Big Brothers/Big Sisters Alumni Hall of Fame and has been named Man of the Year by the Los Angeles Big Brothers/Big Sisters as well as receiving a Pursuit of Justice Award from the California Women’s Law Center. Plaschke has appeared in a movie (“Ali”), a dramatic HBO series (“Luck”) and, in a crowning cultural moment he still does not quite understand, his name can be found in a rap song “Females Welcome” by Asher Roth.

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