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Stephen Dunn/Getty ImagesThe crowd encouraged Justin Sellers to take a curtain call today after his first career home run.

Those involved in the study of contrasts got their Ph. Ds this week if they were following the Dodgers, who followed being swept by the team with the best record in baseball (Philadelphia) with an easy stomping of the team with the worst, Houston.

Today’s 7-0 victory meant the Dodgers held the Astros scoreless in 27 of 28 innings, outscoring them 14-1 and almost matching the three consecutive shutouts Los Angeles threw July 7-9.

Hiroki Kuroda pitched seven shutout innings, striking out six against seven baserunners, three of whom were eliminated by double plays. The highlight was James Loney’s leaping catch of a Carlos Lee line drive, which Loney turned into an unassisted twin-killing. The third double-play came on Kuroda’s 106th pitch of the game and lowered his ERA to 2.88.

Matt Kemp homered for the second game in a row to tie his career high of 28, while Justin Sellers hit his first major-league homer in his third game, a three-run shot in the sixth. Dioner Navarro also homered, as the Dodgers hit a season-high three home runs for the fifth time this season.

Loney singled twice and walked, while Kemp, Navarro and Aaron Miles each reached base twice. Sellers had a nice moment on the Prime Ticket postgame show, taking a shaving-cream pie with grace, then holding his 2-year-old daughter as he completed his interview.

People who need people

By Jon Weisman

On August 14, 2011

In Game chat

Astros at Dodgers, 1:10 p.m.

Tony Gwynn Jr., LF
Jamey Carroll, 2B
Andre Ethier, RF
Matt Kemp, CF
Aaron Miles, 3B
James Loney, 1B
Dioner Navarro, C
Justin Sellers, SS
Hiroki Kuroda, P

A quick reminder of what’s at stake for Hiroki Kuroda in his bid to become the unluckiest starting pitcher in Los Angeles Dodger history (thanks to Baseball-Reference.com):

Losses in a season
Record: 18, by Claude Osteen (1968) and Don Sutton (1969)
Kuroda: 14

Lowest winning percentage in a season
Minimum 14 decisions: Rick Honeycutt, .143 (2-12) in 1987
Minimum 15 decisions: Hideo Nomo, .257 (4-11) in 2004
Minimum 22 decisions: Bill Singer, .273 (6-16) in 1972
Kuroda: .333 (7-14)

Lowest winning percentage with ERA below 3.00
Record: Mike Morgan, .421 (8-11, 2.53 ERA)
Kuroda: .333 (7-14, 3.01 ERA)

Top ERA+ (adjusted ERA) with winning percentage of .333 or lower
Record: Tom Candiotti, 109 (7-14, 3.50 ERA)
Kuroda: 122 (7-14, 3.01 ERA)

Gwynnin’ and winnin’

By Jon Weisman

On August 13, 2011

In Game wrap, Uncategorized

Kirby Lee/Image of Sport/US PresswireTony Gwynn Jr., gettin’ dirty.

Paging Mr. Bubble …

This wrapup of tonight’s 6-1 Dodger victory over Houston will be a brief ode to Tony Gwynn Jr, who by the time you read this should be having a good time getting nice and purty, almost as much fun as he did gettin’ dirty.

Gwynn dove into third base with a triple in the second inning, did a wraparound-the-catcher slide on his belly to score on Kershaw’s fifth-inning squeeze bunt, and stole third in the sixth before coming home on Carlos Corporan’s throwing error. If you could forget about the Dodgers’ record and the fact that it was only the 54th win of the season, this was just a whole lot of fun.

Gwynn all but stole the spotlight from one guy who isn’t used to having it (Justin Sellers, who got his first major-league hit) and two guys who are. Kershaw struck out nine in eight innings and didn’t allow a run until J.D. Martinez’s RBI double in the eighth. The lefty, who allowed six hits and a walk and lowered his ERA to 2.72 while raising his 2011 strikeout total to 193, got the run support he needed with Matt Kemp’s two-run home run in the first inning, Kemp’s 27th of the year.

Both first-inning runs were unearned, thanks to the first of several mistakes Houston made on the field and basepaths that made the Dodgers’ night that much easier. But nothing the Astros did tonight could make things easier for the Dodger clubhouse washing machines.

Kershaw CVIII: Kershawp in the Air

By Jon Weisman

On August 13, 2011

In Game chat, Life

Astros at Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

Jamey Carroll, 2B
Casey Blake, 3B
Andre Ethier, RF
Matt Kemp, CF
Juan Rivera, 1B
Rod Barajas, C
Tony Gwynn Jr., LF
Justin Sellers, SS
Clayton Kershaw, P

Put my little girl on a plane today with two grandparents and a cousin for her first real trip away from us. A week.

She’s about the same age I was, 8 going on 9, when I first went away to sleepaway camp, a journey that I greeted with almost equal parts excitement and anxiety. But from the moment this trip was first put on the table nearly a year ago, to the moment she hugged first my wife and then me goodbye around dawn today, this girl, who sometimes trembles over things you and I would laugh at, never had a single moment of trepidation. Not one.

She shrugged her shoulders for months when we asked if she were ready to go, then when the time came, gave us hugs with nothing but smiles.

I can remember the tears when I first said goodbye to my parents. I can also remember something similar the first time I had to go on a plane and leave my wife and then-newborn daughter behind. But my girl was only looking forward. I have to say, I really admire it.

But … four years, one month and nine days until she’s a teenager. Oh boy …

Dodgers score infinitely more runs than Astros

By Jon Weisman

On August 12, 2011

In Game wrap

Danny Moloshok/APLogan White welcomes newest Dodger Chris Reed to Los Angeles before tonight’s game.

Uh-oh or 0-0, it was the Dodgers and the Astros.

Not shockingly, two of the weaker lineups in baseball went into extra innings before they scored a run. Fortunately for the home team, it was Los Angeles that finally scored for a 1-0, 10th-inning victory over Houston.

Dodger rookie Nathan Eovaldi lowered his ERA after two starts to 1.64 with six shutout innings, meaning that 10 of the 11 innings he has pitched in the majors have been scoreless. Tonight, he walked four but allowed only two hits, striking out three.

Eovaldi’s biggest jam was in the fourth inning, when he walked Carlos Lee with first base open to load the bases with one out, but the youngster retired J.D. Martinez and Jimmy Paredes.

But there was similarly little offense behind Evoaldi and one-inning relievers Matt Guerrier (who struck out the side), Mike MacDougal and Javy Guerra. The Dodgers did not get a runner to third base until Rivera’s fourth career triple, just beyond the reach of diving Astros center-fielder Jason Bourgeois, leading off the ninth. Remarkably, even for this offense, the Dodgers didn’t score. After Houston walked James Loney and Dioner Navarro intentionally, Tony Gwynn Jr. struck out, Jamey Carroll weakly grounded into a force at home and Aaron Miles grounded to second.

After another shutout inning by Josh Lindblom to start the 10th, Casey Blake tried to get things going again with a leadoff double sliced down the right-field line. Reliever David Carpenter went 3-1 to Andre Ethier before throwing an intentional ball four, preferring to face the right-handed bat, however dangerous, of Matt Kemp.

(An intentional walk to Kemp to load the bases was an option, even with first base occupied, given that Eugenio Velez was on deck. You know Velez and the fates wanted that opportunity.)

Kemp didn’t hit it hard, but he pushed an 0-2 pitch over first base and down the right-field line as well, and that was it. The Dodgers had completed their rout.

Sellers will start tonight after promotion

By Jon Weisman

On August 12, 2011

In Game chat

Astros at Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

Aaron Miles, 2B
Casey Blake, 3B
Andre Ethier, RF
Matt Kemp, CF
Juan Rivera, LF
James Loney, 1B
Dioner Navarro, C
Justin Sellers, SS
Nathan Eovaldi, P

Justin Sellers has officially become the 46th member of the 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers, replacing the disabled Dee Gordon. Sellers is making his major-league debut tonight.

Sellers, 25, has a .400 on-base percentage and .537 slugging percentage for Triple-A Albuquerque this season, after going ..371/.497 in 2010. His road OPS this season, however, is .668.

Elsewhere:

Chris Reed’s deal with the Dodgers was made official today, and he’ll be introduced to fans at the ballpark tonight. Here’s the newbie.
Former Dodger Mike Marshall (the second) and former Angel Tony Phillips brawled, and Steve Dilbeck of the Times has posted video.
Just when you least expect it, a Ronald Belisario update, from Evan Bladh at Opinion of Kingman’s Performance.
Good news on the health front from fellow baseball writer Dave Cameron, accompanied by the best Win Probability chart ever.
For any of you with kids or interested in a fun animated show, I’ll be moderating a panel on the Disney Channel series “Fish Hooks” on Saturday at the Paley Center in Beverly Hills. That panel’s preceded by one on “Phineas and Ferb,” moderated by my former Variety colleague Michael Schneider.

Ross Porter hired by iBN Sports

By Jon Weisman

On August 12, 2011

In Broadcasting

Former Dodgers announcer Ross Porter has taken a position with Interactive Broadcast Network Sports (iBN) as a studio host and play-by-play announcer covering high school and college football and basketball.

Porter, whose 28-year tenure with the Dodgers ended after the 2004 season, has been running Real Sports Heroes since 2007. He starts his new job August 26, the day that IBN launches its 2011 prep football coverage. The network also covers sports including mixed martial arts and minor-league baseball.

Signing of first-round pick Reed imminent

By Jon Weisman

On August 11, 2011

In Draft

Chris Reed is expected to make his first official appearance at Dodger Stadium before Friday’s game, coinciding with the announcement that the first-round pick has signed with the Dodgers. From Tony Jackson of ESPNLosAngeles.com:

Reed accepted a signing bonus of a little less than $1.6 million just four days before Monday’s deadline for signing this year’s draft picks.

The deal is expected to be announced on Friday. The agreement became official after Reed passed a physical examination on Thursday.

The Dodgers now have signed nine of their first 10 picks, the exception being fourth-rounder Ryan O’Sullivan, a right-hander out of Oklahoma City University.

Reed will attend Friday night’s game at Dodger Stadium between the Dodgers and Houston Astros and is expected to be made available to the media either before or during that game. Shortly thereafter, he will report to the team’s advanced Class A affiliate in Rancho Cucamonga, two levels higher than where collegiate draft picks usually begin their careers. …

Reed won’t attend the Dodgers’ Instructional League camp in Arizona after the season because, as part of the agreement, he will be allowed to return to Stanford in the fall to continue working toward his college degree. …

Dodger Cogs and Dogs: Edition 8

By Jon Weisman

On August 10, 2011

In Dodger Cogs and Dogs

Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesEugenio Velez

Eugenio Velez gets the star treatment in this month’s edition of Dodger Cogs and Dogs.

Velez, as you’re probably aware by now, is threatening to have a historic season. He is 0 for 21 as a Dodger. Only three players in Dodger history have ever had more at-bats while registering a .000 season: outfielder Jose Gonzalez (28 in 1991, before he was sent to Pittsburgh) and pitchers Sandy Koufax (26 in 1957) and Brett Tomko (24 in 2007).

Now, Velez is a career .247 hitter, so the idea that he will go the final seven weeks of the season without a hit remains remote. So the hope is that he would get released right after breaking the record, but the continued injury problems of Dodger infielders seem to be preventing that (not that he shouldn’t be released anyway).

Nevertheless, hope remains that Velez will set a futility record before he’s done as a Dodger. Former Brooklyn catcher Bill Bergen has the longest streak of hitless at-bats by a non-pitcher, 46 – that’s the record that Milwaukee’s Craig Counsell recently threatened. What you might not realize is that Velez went hitless in his final nine at-bats as a San Francisco Giant last year, which means he’s 0 for his last 30. That puts him within flailing distance of Bergen.

In fact, if not for a 12th-inning single on May 18, 2010, Velez would be riding a hitless streak of 47 at-bats. There but for the grace of Cesar Ramos goes he.

* * *

As always, the ratings below are a combination of subjectivity and objectivity. And as has been the case for the past few editions, a dose of impatience as well.


Today	7/21	6/30	6/16	5/26	5/5	4/28	4/7	Player	Comment
1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	Matt Kemp	Hasn’t homered in past 10 games, but still has .873 OPS in that time.
2	2	2	2	2	4	4	1	Clayton Kershaw	His 13 HR allowed matches career high, with seven weeks to go.
3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	Hiroki Kuroda	Leads NL in wild pitches with 11, has 23 in past two seasons.
4	4	4	5	4	2	2	3	Andre Ethier	Next double (No. 194) will tie him for seventh in L.A. Dodger history with Wes Parker.
5	5	5	4	5	9	6	5	Jamey Carroll	Best perfect season in steals in L.A. Dodger history is Eric Karros and Greg Brock with eight; Carroll is 10 for 10.
6	11	12	10	19	—	—	—	Javy Guerra	Has 0.55 ERA, 9.4 K/9 since June 11.
7	9	11	22	17	18	20	24	Kenley Jansen	His 14.8 K/9 leads MLB pitchers (minimum 30 innings).
8	8	9	8	22	—	—	—	Rubby De La Rosa	Ends up striking out 112 in 100 2/3 pro innings in 2011. Will still only be 24 in 2013.
9	6	6	7	13	20	21	20	Aaron Miles	.238 OBP, .286 slugging since All-Star break.
10	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	Juan Rivera	In less than a month, has matched or surpassed Thames in virtually every category.
11	10	10	15	15	10	15	22	Blake Hawksworth	Lefties were 6 for 60 with one homer against Hawksworth in 2011 before Phillies teed off in sixth inning Wednesday.
12	7	7	16	6	6	7	18	Chad Billingsley	In 0-for-15 slump at plate with eight strikeouts.
13	24	21	23	21	—	—	—	Scott Elbert	Opponents have .239 OBP, .244 slugging against Elbert since June 12.
14	16	14	11	—	—	—	—	Josh Lindblom	No homers allowed and has lowest WHIP on Dodger staff: 1.00 in 15 innings.
15	13	23	19	8	11	11	13	Mike MacDougal	Has 9.53 ERA in ninth inning, 0.98 ERA rest of time.
16	17	15	12	16	7	5	10	Casey Blake	Thanks for signing a baseball for my son Tuesday, Casey.
17	20	17	6	10	17	18	14	Ted Lilly	NL’s first 25-25 pitcher (homers-steals) since Padres’ Chris Young in 2006.
18	12	18	29	28	14	17	12	Tony Gwynn Jr.	Three hits, nine strikeouts in past 21 at-bats.
19	21	19	13	9	13	9	6	Rod Barajas	Has 10 HR, seven 2B. Rick Monday had 11 HR, one 2B in 1981.
20	25	26	21	14	12	12	8	Matt Guerrier	Eyeing sixth consecutive year with exactly one save. No MLB reliever has ever had seven.
21	18	24	18	11	5	8	—	Jon Garland	His 1.4 K/BB ratio (before injury, of course) worst since 2002.
22	19	16	30	—	—	—	—	Trent Oeltjen	Had two SB in MLB debut, has three in 65 games since.
23	22	22	17	7	16	14	—	Jerry Sands	1.096 OPS at home, .640 OPS on road in Triple-A.
24	14	13	9	—	—	—	—	Dee Gordon	Current 6.0 SB/BB ratio (12/2) is top-five in NL history.
25	27	25	28	20	21	22	15	A.J. Ellis	Has .487 OBP in Triple-A road games this year.
26	26	32	35	27	27	29	—	Dioner Navarro	Had 1.038 OPS in 2008 ALDS.
27	28	27	25	18	30	—	—	Jay Gibbons	Nice play by Jay here.
28	31	29	26	24	15	19	—	Vicente Padilla	Dennis Martinez reportedly tutored Padilla on changeup as an amateur. Padilla is second all-time to Martinez in strikeouts by Nicaraguan pitcher.
29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Nathan Eovaldi	Fifth 11th-round draft choice by Dodgers to reach majors.
30	34	37	36	29	25	27	11	Xavier Paul	.331 OBP vs. righties this season. .115 vs. lefties.
31	30	35	32	31	—	—	—	Juan Castro	His last name is the same as a longtime ruler of Cuba.
32	32	30	27	25	19	16	9	Jonathan Broxton	Not expected to pitch again this season before late September, if then.
33	15	8	14	23	32	23	17	James Loney	Worst OPS in NL since All-Star break: .416.
34	23	20	20	12	8	10	25	Juan Uribe	Making little progress in recovery, reports MLB.com.
35	35	36	33	30	29	—	—	Russ Mitchell	Last week’s PCL Player of the Week: 14 for 30 with 31 total bases.
36	36	31	24	33	35	33	—	Ramon Troncoso	In first MLB game, 4/1/08, faced one batter, got double-play grounder.
37	37	38	37	32	26	26	—	John Ely	K/9 ratio in Triple-A goes from 7.4 in 2010 to 5.9 this year.
38	38	40	39	34	28	30	21	Hector Gimenez	Three HR in 46 AB at Spring Training, five HR in 159 AB in Double-A.
39	39	41	40	35	31	31	—	Jamie Hoffmann	Set record for consecutive errorless games by PCL outfielder.
40	42	39	38	37	33	27	26	Ivan De Jesus Jr.	Had game-winning RBI in Chicago on May 2.
41	33	28	34	26	22	13	19	Marcus Thames	Last week, it was reported that Thames had suffered an undisclosed injury and left Yankees’ Tampa facility.
42	44	33	31	36	23	24	7	Rafael Furcal	Has played every inning for St. Louis in nine games this month, with .595 OPS.
43	43	42	42	39	34	32	23	Lance Cormier	Rough July in Durham: 17 2/3 innings, six runs.
44	41	34	41	38	24	25	16	Hong-Chih Kuo	It says something about this town’s appreciation of Kuo that no one has called for his release.
45	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	Eugenio Velez	Had a three-hit game against Dodgers in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

‘Another day older and deeper in debt’

By Jon Weisman

On August 10, 2011

In Game wrap, Uncategorized

Almost a year to the day after the Dodgers blew a seven-run lead to the Phillies and lose, 10-9, they blow a six-run lead to the Phillies and lose, 9-8.

Last year, the loss was bitter. This year, it feels just like another day among hobos and drifters.

It was more surprising to see the Dodgers build their 5-0 first-inning lead than lose it. Matt Kemp drove in Casey Blake with the first of four hits, moving Andre Ethier to second base and setting up Juan Rivera’s three-run home run, only the Dodgers’ fifth three-run homer of 2011.

And the team wasn’t done, with Dioner Navarro doubling in James Loney. Navarro was thrown out at third base, however, robbing the team of an additional run when Jamey Carroll then tripled.

And go figure, it mattered.

Chad Billingsley’s day got off to an unusual start thanks to a 15-pitch duel with Jimmy Rollins — if a leadoff hitter for either team in a Dodger game has had a longer at-bat, I don’t remember it. Billingsley escaped that and the next two innings unscathed, but the fourth brought a leadoff walk to Ryan Howard, a two-run homer from Hunter Pence and an unearned run thanks to a Loney error.

In the fifth, a Casey Blake error contributed to two more unearned runs, Billingsley exiting after 99 pitches and zero strikeouts (for the fourth time in his career) with the lead reduced to 6-5. The struggling Hong-Chih Kuo got the Dodgers out of that inning, and the Dodgers even extended their lead to two runs on an RBI double from Loney.

But then the invisible roof that has hovered over the Dodgers all season long did its very visible cave-in, with a Howard homer capping a four-run top of the sixth.

The outcome of today’s game ties into what I wrote Tuesday night: It’s not the margin of defeat for the Dodgers so much as the general reliability of it.

Silver linings are harder and harder to come by: Ethier can no longer even claim the longest hitting streak in the majors this year, now that Dan Uggla has reached 31. We did have Kemp’s 30th stolen base and a day at the plate that moved him within .016 of the National League lead.

And perhaps Dee Gordon’s move to the disabled list should be considered a silver lining of sorts, given that the alternative would be him continuing to aggravate his right-shoulder injury with his all-out style of play.

August 10 game chat

By Jon Weisman

On August 10, 2011

In Game chat

Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesLike his fans, Dee Gordon winces in pain after this eighth-inning swing.

Phillies at Dodgers, 12:10 p.m.

Aaron Miles, 2B
Casey Blake, 1B
Andre Ethier, RF
Matt Kemp, CF
Juan Rivera, LF
James Loney, 1B
Dioner Navarro, C
Jamey Carroll, SS
Chad Billingsley, P

Dee Gordon is having an MRI on his right shoulder today, reports Tony Jackson of ESPNLosAngeles.com.

Jackson also passes along word that the Dodgers believe they are close to signing first-round draft pick Chris Reed. The deadline is Monday.

The beat generation

By Jon Weisman

On August 9, 2011

In Game wrap

In football, the good teams beat the bad teams 49-0 or 62-21.

In baseball, the good teams might only beat the bad teams 5-3 or 2-1. The difference over nine innings might not actually be that much. But the real difference is that the good teams just find the way to have that edge again and again and again.

The Dodgers are 23 1/2 games worse than the Phillies this season, but in five games, Los Angeles has yet to lose by more than two runs. Philadelphia is beatable when it plays the Dodgers.

But beatable doesn’t mean deficient. We’re all beatable. In the end, the question is just whether or not you’re beaten. And this is one beaten Dodger team.

Oh, and Dee Gordon re-injured his shoulder.

Duke Snider Night

By Jon Weisman

On August 9, 2011

In Game chat, Uncategorized

APDuke Snider

Phillies at Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

Dee Gordon, SS
Jamey Carroll, 2B
Andre Ethier, RF
Matt Kemp, CF
Aaron Miles, 3B
Casey Blake, 1B
Rod Barajas, C
Tony Gwynn Jr., LF
Ted Lilly, P

Tonight, the Dodgers honor Duke Snider, who passed away in February:

The Dodgers will celebrate the life and career of the late Hall of Famer Duke Snider with pregame ceremonies honoring the franchise’s all-time leading home run hitter and special presentations throughout the game. In addition, fans at the game will receive a Duke Snider bobblehead, presented by State Farm, and will be able to pose for photos with Snider’s Hall of Fame plaque (in Lot G Autograph Alley area from 5:10 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.), which is making a rare trip to Dodger Stadium from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York for the event.

Snider’s wife Bev, four children, Kevin, Kurt, Pam and Dawna, several grandchildren and other family members will all be at the game and will participate in the pregame ceremonies.

Also participating in the Kids Run onto the Field segment tonight will be Young Master Weisman. Running across the field in unpredictable directions was one of his favorite things to do at the end of coach-pitch practice, so it seems fitting. He’s excited.

Stephen Colbert pays tribute to Bill Bergen, Counsell, Dunn

By Jon Weisman

On August 9, 2011

In Uncategorized

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Nine innings, 16 baserunners, three runs, one more loss

By Jon Weisman

On August 8, 2011

In Game wrap

Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesMatt Kemp, who went 2 for 5 but stranded five runners, reacts to his inning-ending double play in the first inning.

Anatomy of a loss:

First inning: Two on, one out, Matt Kemp grounds into double play. (0/2)
Second inning: James Loney stranded after singling with one out. (0/3)
Third inning: Two on, two out, Kemp pops out. (0/5)
Fourth inning: no baserunners. (0/5)
Fifth inning: Second and third with one out, Dodgers get one run on an RBI grounder by Casey Blake. (1/7)
Sixth inning: Leadoff singles by Kemp and Aaron Miles, wasted. (1/9)
Seventh inning: Two on, one out, Andre Ethier fouls away a 3-0 pitch, hits into double play on 3-1 pitch. (1/11)
Eighth inning: Leadoff singles again by Kemp and Miles, who singles in Kemp from second. After Rod Barajas walk, Miles scores on Juan Rivera single. Two runners stranded. (3/15)
Ninth inning: Leadoff single by Blake, Ethier pops out, Kemp strikes out, Miles grounds out. (3/16)

Thirteen hits, three walks, no extra-base hits, no victory. Believe it or not, the Dodgers haven’t had a game quite like this all year: getting at least 16 baserunnners while scoring less than four runs. According to Baseball-Reference.com, it was also only the fourth time this century that the Dodgers had at least 16 baserunners without an extra-base hit.

It was a new kind of run non-support for losing pitcher Hiroki Kuroda.

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Just another day in paradise: Dodgers sweep Astros

People who need people

Astros at Dodgers, 1:10 p.m.

Gwynnin’ and winnin’

Kershaw CVIII: Kershawp in the Air

Astros at Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

Dodgers score infinitely more runs than Astros

Sellers will start tonight after promotion

Astros at Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

Ross Porter hired by iBN Sports

Signing of first-round pick Reed imminent

Dodger Cogs and Dogs: Edition 8

‘Another day older and deeper in debt’

August 10 game chat

Phillies at Dodgers, 12:10 p.m.

The beat generation

Duke Snider Night

Phillies at Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

Stephen Colbert pays tribute to Bill Bergen, Counsell, Dunn

Nine innings, 16 baserunners, three runs, one more loss

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