The Texas Rangers have hired Los Angeles Dodgers third-base coach Chris Woodward as their new manager, the team announced Saturday. Woodward received a three-year contract with a club option for 2022. He is to be introduced at a news conference Monday. Woodward, 42, will take on his first managerial jobRead More →
Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers have agreed on a three-year extension that will keep the greatest pitcher of his generation from venturing into the free-agent market. The Dodgers announced the extension Friday. The deal will pay Kershaw $93 million, a source told ESPN, and includes incentives based on workload andRead More →
The Dodgers fell short again, but they were also here again, at the end of a season that began with 10 more losses than victories. The thought was not lost on them. “I think you have to realize that we are a really good team to get to go toRead More →
On one side, there were raised arms, clenched fists and warm hugs. There was jumping and cheering and screaming and laughing, the typical bedlam that follows a World Series championship. On the other side, there was Manny Machado, who had just flailed at a Chris Sale slider toward his shoeRead More →
“The 18th pitch … a high fly ball into right field. Back goes Sosa, way back to the cage, and it’s gone. … Home run, Alex Cora on the 18th pitch, and the Dodgers lead four to nothing. Hah! What a moment! 9:23 on the scoreboard, if you want toRead More →
Right-hander Rick Porcello will get the start in Game 3 of the World Series with a chance to help the Boston Red Sox put a hammerlock on the Los Angeles Dodgers. Manager Alex Cora made the announcement after the Red Sox’s 4-2 win in Game 2 on Wednesday that gaveRead More →
When they fell 10 games below .500 to basically put their season on the brink in the middle of May, the Los Angeles Dodgers responded by winning 43 of their next 63 games, thrusting themselves into the race. When a bullpen meltdown prompted a 3-9 stretch around the middle ofRead More →
But before Hader ever touches the ball, Counsell will first hand it to righty starter Jhoulys Chacin. Perhaps lost in all the bullpenning the Brewers have done this postseason is the fact that Chacin is every bit as good as any starter pitching in the NL this October — thoughRead More →
Perhaps more than any team in postseason history, it was entirely appropriate that it was a middle reliever who sparked the euphoria that engulfed 43,615 fans at Miller Park on Friday and propelled the Brewers to a 6-5 series-opening win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. That middle man was aRead More →
Going into the bottom of the third inning, the Dodgers were leading 1-0. To that point in the game, the Brewers had done little off Clayton Kershaw, as singles in both the first and second innings had led to nothing on the scoreboard for the home team. Miller Park wasRead More →