Pin ItemailprintBobby Valentine looks like a lock to return to the dugout as manager of the Red Sox, assuming he and Boston can agree on a deal. Valentine, 61, seemed very excited about the possibility after interviewing with the club on November 21. “If I was Plan B and I got this job, I would [...]
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Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers has just been named the 2011 National League Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Braun, 28, received 20 of 32 first-place votes from the Association. His 388 total points eked out Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp, who got 10 first-place votes and 332 total [...]
Left-hander Clayton Kershaw was awarded the 2011 NL Cy Young Award today, becoming the first Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher to do so since Eric Gagne managed the feat back in 2003. He’s also the Dodgers starter to win the prize since Orel Hershiser did so in 1988. “You never think you’ll get to do, or [...]
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Here are your top stories for this Thursday, November 3, 2011: – Surgeons separate conjoined twins in California – 1st Reno air race crash lawsuit filed – McCourt, MLB agree to process to sell Dodgers – Safeway drops theft charges against pregnant mom
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Retired baseball star Manny Ramirez was arrested on Monday at his home in Weston, Florida on a domestic battery charge, according to the local sheriff’s office. Ramirez’s wife, Juliana Ramirez, 32, told authorities that Manny hit her in the face with an open hand during an argument while they were in bed around 4:30 p.m. ET this afternoon. [...]
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Ah, to be young again. Just take a look at the little boy below. He went to see his favorite team, the San Francisco Giants, play ball against the Los Angeles Dodgers with his dad. What’s more, he almost wound up catching a foul ball…almost. The ball came up just a bit short and the [...]
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It’s time for the mid-summer classic, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The game will be played tonight at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona with coverage beginning at 8 p.m. EDT on Fox. Will good pitching beat good hitting? It will probably be pretty hard to shut down these powerful lineups for very long. Taking [...]
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The Los Angeles Dodgers have filed for bankruptcy, blaming Major League Baseball for rejecting a TV deal with Fox that would have given the team an injection of much-needed cash. This is just the latest effort from Dodgers owner Frank McCourt to keep MLB and Commissioner Bud Selig from seizing the team that McCourt has [...]
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The Washington Nationals wasted no time in hiring a replacement for Jim Riggleman, who walked off the job earlier this week. The club has hired Davey Johnson as its new manager, according to ESPN. Johnson, 68, will take the reins for the remainder of this season as well as next, subject to league approval. Johnson [...]
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Here’s an epic parenting fail that took place at the Dodgers’ game the other night. The dad seen in the video below was holding up his daughter in hopes of catching a foul ball, but as soon as one came their way, dad dropped the girl and went after the ball himself. He dropped it, [...]
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The mess gets thicker within the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. On Thursday, Jamie McCourt asked a judge to order the immediate sale of the team, saying that current owner Frank McCourt (her ex-husband) has mismanaged the club since he fired her as CEO. Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon set a June 22 date to hear [...]
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It’s not every day that you see Major League Baseball take over the day-to-day operations of a baseball team, but that’s exactly what’s happening right now to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announced today that the league will take control of the Dodgers organization as the the nasty divorce between owners Frank [...]
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