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Schmidt’s long road back ends with victory, tentative hope for future

In a Dodgers season full of compelling stories, add one more that is perhaps the most unlikely: The return of Jason Schmidt.

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The veteran right-hander signed a three-year $47 million contract before the 2007 season and, before the other night, had given the Dodgers just six starts in return. That comes [...]

Dodgers Looking Great with 2/3 of the Season to Go

Editor’s Note: Due to my being on vacation, Jim’s article that he wrote on June 5th below has been posted just now.

According to Chris at Dodgerfan.net, the Dodgers are the favorite in Las Vegas to win the World Series, with odds at Mandalay Bay at 7-2.

But now, with one-third of the season under the belt, [...]

Welcome to Mannywood 2009

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The frustrating courtship between Manny Ramirez and the LA Dodgers is finally over. Manny’s a Dodger again, signing a contract on Wednesday. The slugger with Predator hair is expected to be in uniform and on the field by Friday (editor’s note: this was written on Thursday).
Frank McCourt flew back to [...]

League Championship Series Update

ALCS

In today’s matinee, the Red Sox will host the Rays at 96 year old Fenway Park in game 3 of their ALCS showdown. The series is tied at 1 game a piece going into these 3 games in Boston. The Rays need to win only 1 game in order to bring this series back to [...]

Pete’s Preview and Prediction of the NLCS

Let me start off by saying that according to the numbers, this should be an exciting series and a sweep would be extremely disappointing. I expect this to go 6 or 7 games!
I think that the top 6 hitters in each line up are just about equal with each other except for the Phillies reliance [...]

Moving Onto The League Championship Series

Last night, both beasts from the east advanced into the ALCS. The Tampa Bay Rays will host the Boston Red Sox in game 1 on Friday, October 10th at 8:35pm. I predict that this one will go to 7 games. There will definitely NOT be a sweep of any kind.
The Angels are upset right now, [...]

League Divisional Series Update

Over the weekend, we saw the Dodgers send the favored Cubs home packing after playing the minimum. This is the perfect time for them to get hot and they’re on fire right now! I thought that Red Sox fans had it tough with their 86 year drought, but I was wrong. I feel for Cub [...]