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Salon.com April 2, 2001 King Kaufman |
Where have you gone, Bill Grabarkewitz? An oral history of the Los Angeles Dodgers forgoes baseball for gossip, and leaves a hometown boy wondering where his memories fit into the picture... |
Sports Central November 16, 2005 Mike Round |
The Dodger Way Leading to a Blind Alley The Dodgers attract a lot more media attention than their achievements merit, but there is no denying this is an interesting franchise. |
Sports Central December 31, 2014 Jeff Kallman |
MLB 2014: The Year in Review Baseball did a lot of blinking during 2014. Not to mention winking, nodding, prodding, clodding, and thrilling. |
Sports Central August 9, 2004 Hank Waddles |
Dodgers Aiming For Playoff Success Thanks to the new GM's guidance, Dodger fans can look forward to watching their team win games in October for the first time in 16 years. And this time, it won't take a miracle. |
Salon.com August 22, 2001 Allen Barra |
Stop bad-mouthing baseball Sentimental sports columnists moan about its demise, even though the facts don't support their arguments... |
Salon.com September 17, 2002 King Kaufman |
The Angels-A's race is a dud Thanks to baseball's boneheaded wild-card system, we once again have two great teams playing meaningless games in September. |
Salon.com April 25, 2001 King Kaufman |
Almost triumphant You win some, you lose some, some get rained out. No hard feelings. Except for me... |
Sports Central September 30, 2014 Jeff Kallman |
George Shuba, RIP: Making History Serenely Shuba died as the last man standing who'd played on both the 1946 Royals and the 1955 Dodgers. He also kept only one visible baseball memento in his home, a framed copy of his home plate handshake with Jackie Robinson. |
Sports Central October 17, 2007 Jeff Kallman |
Famous Last Words Arizona Diamondbacks' outfielder Eric Byrnes joins a distinguished lineup of men who found themselves having to eat words, if not dirt, when the final results were tabulated. |
Sports Central November 7, 2005 Jeff Kallman |
Credible Evidence and a Fresh Beer A post season analysis of major league baseball. |
Sports Central August 9, 2012 Jeff Kallman |
Padre O'Malley Pending the other owners' approval, which isn't likely to be withheld, Peter O'Malley is back in baseball. And in southern California, to boot. Only it may take a few people a little time to get used to thinking of an O'Malley owning the San Diego Padres. |
Sports Illustrated August 23, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Overshadowed Sorry, Wells -- Martinez has inside track on Cy Young... |
Sports Central November 15, 2013 Jeff Kallman |
Let There Be Replay, at Long Enough Last And baseball umpires will still be only human. But getting it right when pennant races or championships turn is as right as mere humans and the technologies humans create can get. |
Sports Central July 8, 2009 Kyle Jahner |
Deep Blue: MLB at Midseason More than halfway into the baseball season, we've finally gotten to that phase where flashes in the pan have had time to fade, the true horses in baseball have had time to right themselves after stumbling out of the gate. |
Sports Central September 23, 2013 Jeff Kallman |
The Dodgers Take a Victory Swim I have a few observations concerning the Los Angeles Dodgers' pool party to celebrate clinching the National League West in Arizona. |
Sports Central October 25, 2005 Jeff Kallman |
Random World Series Observations Comparing Brad Lidge to Byung-Hyun Kim is unfair... There's no further reason to insist that baseball requires a salary cap for competitive balance... Larry Bowa as Yankees' third base coach the first step to becoming manager?... etc. |
BusinessWeek June 17, 2010 |
Hard Choices: Joe Torre The future Hall of Fame manager on walking away from the Yankees, being lured by the Dodgers, and what keeps him motivated. |
BusinessWeek May 5, 2011 |
Frank McCourt on MLB's Takeover of the L.A. Dodgers In April, Major League Baseball seized financial operations of the debt-ridden Los Angeles Dodgers. Still, the owner continues to dig in |
Sports Central June 4, 2012 Adam Russell |
Top Five Surprises of the MLB Season With two months of the current MLB season in the books, here are five things that, while maybe they're not that uncommon, are surprising to me. |
AskMen.com Lewis Helfand |
Top 10 Sports Mascots Going to a game is about having a good time -- which includes being entertained by the team's mascot. Here are 10 sports mascots that are not only among the most popular, but also some of the most original and iconic figures in professional sports. |