Sports in Perspective
2012 Opening Day Roster: Catchers – A.J. Ellis, Matt Treanor Infielders – James Loney, Mark Ellis, Dee Gordon, Juan Uribe, Jerry Hairston Jr., Adam Kennedy, Justin Sellers Outfielders – Juan Rivera, Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, Tony Gwynn Jr. Starting Pitchers – Clayton Kershaw, Chad Billingsley, Chris Capuano, Aaron Harang, Ted Lilly (Lilly is on the [...]
03/27/12 A group of investors that includes former Lakers great Earvin “Magic” Johnson has won the bidding war for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Johnson’s group, which includes former major league executive Stan Kasten, is reported to have paid $2 billion. That price shatters the record for an amount paid to acquire a North American sports [...]
The optimism coming from the Dodgers spring training complex is starting to border on the obnoxious. True, the off season provided a jolt of adrenaline as Clayton Kershaw won the Cy Young Award, star outfielder Matt Kemp signed the richest contract in National League history and owner Frank McCourt began the process to relinquish the [...]
Dodger pitchers Javy Guerra and Kenley Jansen appear to have a bright future ahead of them as late inning relief specialists….as long as they don’t repeat the past. Over the past decade, the Dodgers have had two, three if you count Japanese import Takashi Saito who played in Japan before joining the Dodgers at age [...]
Entering the 2009 season, then-Dodgers third baseman Casey Blake was angry. He had a right to be. Blake was slotted 8th in the batting order even though he had hit 21 home runs each of the previous two seasons. That’s how deep the Dodgers offense was – a batter near the bottom of the line-up [...]
Previewing the best players by position in the National League West featuring Clayton Kershaw, Troy Tulowitzki, and more. Do you agree with the rankings?
Right before the 1999 NFL Playoffs, an Indianapolis Colts executive was asked how the team was able to turn from a division cellar-dweller in 1998 to the top of the AFC East. “Stability,” was the reply. He went on to say a large part of the team’s success was due to the fact the team [...]
2011 was a topsy-turvy year for Dodgers fans. It seemed like during the season, the stories focused on the off-field exploits of vilified owner Frank McCourt. It wasn’t until the postseason awards were handed out that the players became the story. McCourt unleashed a steady bomb assault on the franchise only to be met by [...]
Sigh. And to think Dodgers fans thought 2012 would be the end of distractions. After all, owner Frank McCourt is on the way out and the hope is a competitive team, one that showed promise by going 17-9 the final month of 2011, will move in. Well, the Mayflower trucks may still be idling. All-Star [...]
The Los Angeles Dodgers have signed Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw to a two year, $19 million deal. Kershaw, 23, in his first arbitration eligible season, was reportedly asking for $10 million in 2012 while the Dodgers counter-offered with $6.5 million. Kershaw made $500,000 last season. “All in all, I’m excited and happy, and [...]