L.A. Times - Dodgers

Arbitration isn't offered to Rafael Furcal, Garret Anderson

Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Dodgers offer arbitration only to Ramirez, Lowe and Blake; Angels don't offer it to Anderson, but he may still return.

Both local baseball teams on Monday chose not to offer key veteran players arbitration, the Angels passing on outfielder Garret Anderson and the Dodgers on shortstop Rafael Furcal.

Dodgers owners need a huge reality check

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Fans won't forgive lack of spending, because they spend their hard-earned money to see team win. That is why McCourt's outrageous remarks linking free agents and charity have struck such a chord.

So it wasn't exactly a free turkey.

Frank and Jamie McCourt have a question for Dodgers fans

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Would you rather have a top free agent or 50 youth fields in L.A., Frank and Jamie McCourt wonder.

Would Dodgers fans react negatively if the team were to pay big money to free agents when the nation's economy is in sharp decline and many Americans are losing their jobs?

Dodgers are perfecting the art of raking in cash

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

From a $90 spring training ticket to $500 to take batting practice, the Dodgers always find fun ways of raiding the fans' wallets.

Two weeks' vacation, and I'm in Vegas at one point, winning 10 free spins in the Elephant Graveyard, almost as good as it gets on the one-cent slots at the Monte Carlo, raking in $26.24 to double my 401(k) at the paper.

Rafael Furcal's return to Dodgers is in doubt

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Club doesn't appear inclined to give the shortstop, who had back surgery in 2008, the four-year deal he seeks.

Pointing to the position that Rafael Furcal plays, Dodgers Manager Joe Torre said recently that re-signing the free-agent shortstop was as much of a priority as re-signing Manny Ramirez.

Dodgers' Chad Billingsley breaks bone in leg

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Pitcher slips on an ice-covered step outside his Pennsylvania home. The injury adds another question mark to a depleted rotation.

Chad Billingsley fractured a bone in his lower left leg when he slipped on an ice-covered step outside his Pennsylvania home Friday night, adding another question mark to a depleted Dodgers rotation that is set to lose Derek Lowe and Brad Penny this winter.

Joe Beimel's days with Dodgers apparently over

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Agent Joe Sroba says team has expressed no interest in re-signing the left-handed reliever, and GM Ned Colletti confirms Sroba's belief that Dodgers 'want to go in a different direction.'

Unless the Dodgers change their minds, Joe Beimel will be pitching for a new team next season.

Museum has thousands of sports memories on display

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

The Los Angeles Sports Museum, which opens Nov. 28, is a treasure trove of sports memorabilia that some say is the best place of its kind in the world.

A delivery driver drops a stack of packages in the lobby of the Los Angeles Sports Museum. What's in them?

Dodgers should put money for Manny to better use

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Cash that would go to the free-agent outfielder could be used to shore up team in other ways.

Scott Boras was right, the Dodgers failed to make Manny Ramirez a "serious financial offer."

Free agent season starts now

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Manny Ramirez is drawing the most notice as all teams are free to negotiate with free agents starting Friday.

We come to talk about Manny Ramirez, and the Dodgers, and free agency. Yet we must first talk about cool scented towels.