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In the News (Sat 11 Feb 12)

  
 CNNSI.com - MLB Baseball - Shawn Green tries on his Dodger Blue - Monday January 10, 2000 08:18 PM
Green and 13 teammates along with some 30 minor leaguers participated in the Dodgers' first voluntary winter workout under blue skies with temperatures in the high 60s.
Dodger Stadium is unavailable because of a $50 million renovation project.
It didn't come close to turning out that way; the Dodgers were 77-85 and fell out of contention in the NL West midway through the season.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /baseball/mlb/news/2000/01/10/green_blue_ap   (765 words)

  
 He Breeds Dodger Blue
Four Dodgers in a row won the award starting in 1979; for the last five consecutive years Dodgers have been selected.
Ask Charlie Blaney, the Dodgers' vice president for minor league operations, how the Dodgers have achieved such a remarkable record when it comes to talent and, in true Dodger-blue style, he refuses to take any credit for himself.
The Dodgers are fortunate to have a long tradition, and it's our job to pass it on to the players.
www.fastcompany.com /magazine/08/dodgers.html   (1816 words)

  
 Baseball Toaster : Dodger Thoughts
Dodger Thoughts readers Ross Porter and Vishal are among those interviewed, though I dream that a third interviewee is also a reader.
For that matter, Tracy believes the Dodgers were doomed from the start even though 60 percent of the team in April was with the National League West champion Dodgers in 2004.
Still, his latest comments seem to indicate that he has already resolved to leave the Dodgers, that he has heard he will not be offered a contract extension and that he has no intention of staying without one.
www.dodgerthoughts.com   (4109 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Page2 - Hanging with Dem Bums
They were up there, but they were good baseball seats -- in tight over home, looking out at the fans in the pavilions, and beyond them to the sunset mist settling in on the chaparral hills behind the park.
And that's the whole Dodger Stadium story, really -- it's more-or-less the same as it ever was: a pristine, 41-year-old, sun-splashed jewel, tucked up in the Los Angeles hills, a place where baseball in the warm night air is the thing.
What's left are the Farmer John Dodger Dogs, and the people are split on these: Some say they lack character and punch, others say they have the perfectly understated twang of the grill about them.
espn.go.com /page2/s/ballparks/dodger.html   (1454 words)

  
 Dodger of the Day!
Unfortunately for Ken and the Dodgers, Howell never was able to become the dominant pitcher the Los Angeles’ management had hoped for.
By spring of 1985, Howell was challenging the erratic Niedenfuer for the role of Dodger closer.
On December 4, 1988 the Dodgers traded pitcher Brian Holton and infelder Juan Bell along with Howell to the Baltimore Orioles for firstbaseman Eddie Murray.
members.tripod.com /~santanafan/index.html   (694 words)

  
 Dodger Blue
The Dodgers, on the other hand, showed all of their flaws that made them the long shots in these playoffs.
The Dodgers have to hope that the Cards feel so proud of themselves after their performance that they try to sleepwalk through the game tomorrow.
Weaver is pitching for the Dodgers, and he arguably has the most talent of any of the Dodgers' pitchers.
akdodgerfan.blogspot.com   (3201 words)

  
 Dodger Blue Notes: October 2004
The Dodgers need just one more win to be the NL West champs.
As I write this the Dodgers are down 3-1 in the top of the 7th.
The Dodger offense has taken another vacation and after Weaver throws tonight the Dodger pitching is a huge question mark.
dodgerbluenotes.blogspot.com /2004_10_01_dodgerbluenotes_archive.html   (333 words)

  
 Pocono Record Online: Brown turns Dodger Blue for $105 million   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
As part of the deal, the Dodgers will give the pitcher the use of a private plane 12 times per season to commute to Los Angeles from Brown's family home in Macon, Ga. — in fact, the deal specifies how long the coast-to-coast trip must take.
He was not in Nashville for the unveiling, and the Dodgers plan to formally introduce him Tuesday.
Clemens, meanwhile, was still in Toronto while the Blue Jays tried to fulfill the five-time Cy Young Award winner's demand for a trade.
www.poconorecord.com /1998/sports/national/jmm89416.htm   (838 words)

  
 DVD Review: Dodger Blue: The Championship Years
"Dodger Blue: The Championship Years" is a newly-produced program that takes a look at the various famed lineups that the team has employed over the years, ranging from the 1955 Dodgers to some of today's most famed athletes on the team.
VIDEO: "Dodger Blue" is presented by Shout Factory in the program's original 1.33:1 full-frame aspect ratio.
Final Thoughts: Fans of the Dodgers and baseball history in general will likely find this to be a fun program, although it's rather limited at just over an hour.
www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviews7/dodgerbluedvd.html   (349 words)

  
 Dodger Blues - features - memorable dodger moments
The Philadelphia Phillies, thanks to shitty Dodger relief pitching and two errors by rookie Jose Offerman, scored two runs in the eighth inning and nine runs in the ninth to defeat the Dodgers, 12-11.
After Dodger rookie Dave Walsh retired only one of the first seven batters in the ninth, Tim Crews was brought in.
Goldey was particularly hurt by the expulsion, because she has been "bleeding [Dodger] blue since I was a kid." The couple had planned to sue the Dodgers, but ended up not doing so after the team promised to give 5,000 tickets to gay and lesbian organizations and continue sensitivity training for all Dodger employees.
www.dodgerblues.com /content/features_moments.html   (3657 words)

  
 ACME Dodgers
This can be an opportunity for you who are located in the tri-state area to meet up and enjoy a live interview with a former Dodger player who will discuss his playing days in LA, Chicago, and, of course, Boston.
Dodgers vs. Giants Chess is the first chess game to feature the heated rivalry between the Dodgers and the Giants allowing fans the enjoyment of classic Chess play with a baseball twist.
Tickco.com has Dodger Tickets and all Baseball Playoff Tickets for the MLB Playoff games.
www.acmewebpages.com /dodgers/index.html   (831 words)

  
 Dodger links US   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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blueus.cottmar.com /blue/dodger.html   (904 words)

  
 Playoff preview: It's Dodger blue, or blew
Although the Dodgers hadn't clinched anything, Tracy was sitting behind his desk addressing his playoff rotation, albeit in vague terms, and hinting that Odalis Perez, if he's not needed on Sunday, could be the Game 1 starter.
The Dodgers, a lesser offensive team without Milton Bradley, collected only four hits off Kirk Rueter and Co., though Bradley's replacement, Olmedo Saenz, hit one of the Dodgers' two homers.
The most recent example was 2001, when the Dodgers ended the Giants' playoff hopes on the final Friday, a night remembered also for Bonds' home run that broke Mark McGwire's single-season record.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/10/02/SPG7P92VA31.DTL   (716 words)

  
 ProSportsDaily Forums - Beltre bleeds dodger blue.....but why is he in SEATTLE?
The Dodger officials have had two months to spin their version of the truth about their failure to retain their most important player.
However, Dodger officials had not been around the team long enough to realize, this wasn't a freak show, it was a maturity show.
All the Dodgers had to do was give him a near market value contract and they didn't; instead they spent near the same money on JD Drew.
www.prosportsdaily.com /forums/printthread.php?t=13516&pp=40   (5240 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
It is a marriage made either in Dodger heaven or Dodger hell: Ken Griffey Jr.
The Cincinnati Reds are dying to unload Junior's salary and thought they would do it by the end of spring training except that Griffey got hurt.
The reason is won't happen, of course, is money and the fact that the Dodgers can't afford to get another player in his 30s who winds up on the DL for half the season.
www.laindependent.com /print_this_story.asp?sdetail=830   (184 words)

  
 Bleedin' Dodger Blue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
I am starting to think that the Giants are followed around by a ghost who likes to knock the ball out of their right fielders' hands whenever they have a big game.
The Dodgers scored two more in the 5th and that was pretty much the ball game.
And Navarro was awesome in his Dodger debut.
glynnjamin.blogspot.com   (3099 words)

  
 Beans Around The World - Dodger Stadium - Los Angeles, CA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
But anyway, Dodger Stadium opened in April 1962, and since that time over 110 million baseball fans have packed into the seats, enjoyed a Dodger Dog or two, and watched some pretty cool baseball.
Dodger Stadium has hosted 8 World Series so far, and the Dodgers have won four World Championships.
Regardless, the beans had a swell time living the Dodger life, and strongly encourage all of you out there (especially you Braves and Giants fans...) to do the same.
www.beans-around-the-world.com /dodgers.html   (422 words)

  
 SMC Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
She goes to more Dodger games than concerts in the summer, To others, blue is a state of mind; to Ms.
Tuit has been to Dodger Stadium enough times to decide that a box seat behind home plate is the best place to catch the excitement of the game.
She always eats Dodger dogs and Cracker Jacks (she likes the little toy inside), but warns people away from the nachos.
www.smc.edu /schedules/archives/profiles/1989/892/tuit_r.html   (194 words)

  
 Dodger Blue Notes: Nomo
Just some thoughts about the Dodgers and stuff.
The Dodgers had many opportunities to win the game last night but Webb pitched well and got himself out of a few jams.
This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
dodgerbluenotes.blogspot.com /2004/09/nomo.html   (153 words)

  
 Fred Claire My 30 Years in Dodger Blue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
This was a great book to read for all baseball fans to get a look behind the scenes into the business aspect of each and every game.
He describes his experience with the Dodger's team but moreso in detail of every singly person who makes it work on a daily basis, who sweat and cry and laugh for the "family members" in this family culture that they've developed.
Claire is not only talking about the last 30 years of his professional experiences but of the last 30 years of his life in general, ending with life beyond the Dodgers.
www.hallbiographies.com /store/books_1582617325_Fred-Claire-My-30-Years-in-Dodger-Blue.html   (358 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Garciaparra blown out; Finley fits Dodger Blue
Boston's love affair with the five-time All-Star shortstop was the stuff of "Saturday Night Live" skits, but all his absences due to injury have not made the hearts grow fonder.
However, all the scuttlebutt about the Yankees or Dodgers or even the Padres luring the Big Unit away from the Arizona Diamondbacks turned out to be so much junk.
Now, the Dodgers already had a center fielder, who merely went over the wall in just about the deepest part of Petco Park to steal a home run from Phil Nevin on Friday night.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/baseball/cjenkins/20040801-9999-1s1bbcol.html   (952 words)

  
 Bonds has ally in Dodger blue / Slugger in blue roots for Bonds
The Dodgers are in big trouble, and that's been the theme since Rupert Murdoch's group began running the team into the ground shortly after his 1998 purchase.
But the Dodgers, despite last night's 5-2 loss to the Giants in which neither Bonds nor Sheffield got a hit, are 38-37 and still in position to make noise in the National League West.
Even if the Dodgers die by September, they've got a history of spoiling a good time for their rivals.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2001/06/26/SP233375.DTL   (849 words)

  
 DVD Verdict Review - Dodger Blue: The Championship Years
The second key event in the Dodgers' year was in the World Series, when Gibson, playing on injured knees, managed to hit a game winning home run off of the most feared relief pitcher at the time, Dennis Eckersley.
Because the piece focuses on Dodger championship teams and starts in 1955, barely any time is spent discussing Jackie Robinson, and more time should have been spent on players like Sandy Koufax, Roy Campanella, and Gil Hodges.
In a sign of the Dodgers' respect for the large Hispanic community, Sony included a Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish soundtrack, and in something that surprised me, they have had a Spanish broadcasting team since the team moved to Los Angeles, which showed just how aware of their market then owner Walter O'Malley was moving to.
www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/dodgerblue.php   (885 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Page2 - I got your Dodger Blue right here
From 1977 to 1988, the Dodgers won the NL West six times.
He talked of "The Great Dodger in the Sky." Hey, Fat Man: Last we checked, Allah was a soccer fan.
He said he bled "Dodger Blue." Hey, Pasta Breath: Your hemoglobin is Cincinnati Red, just like any human.
espn.go.com /page2/s/villains/murphy.html   (356 words)

  
 dOc DVD Review: Dodger Blue: The Championship Years (2005)
And in the interest of full disclosure, I should relate that my father grew up in Brooklyn, a Dodgers fan; to this day he is unforgiving about his team's move west, and his short list of the monsters of the twentieth century is headed by Hitler, Stalin and Walter O'Malley.
Among those paying their respects to Koufax are Willie Mays, Harmon Killebrew, Jim Palmer, Joe Torre and Juan Marichal; Koufax may well be the most dominant pitcher of all time, for a brief run of years, and Drysdale made for a hell of a second.
You can't quite smell the peanuts and Dodger dogs, but then, you don't have to fight the L.A. traffic, either—a fond look back over the high moments of the last fifty years of the Dodger franchise.
www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=7421   (708 words)

  
 dOc Press Release: Dodger Blue - The Championship Years (with DVD Clips)
Dodger Blue - The Championship Years is a narrative about the trial and tribulations of one of America's greatest baseball teams.
The journey started in Brooklyn where the Dodgers won their first world championship in 1955 after having lost five continuous times to the Yankees.
In Los Angeles, the Dodgers continued to win the world championship in 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, and 1988.
www.digitallyobsessed.com /showrelease.php3?ID=5508   (196 words)

  
 Book Review: Fred Claire: My 30 Years in Dodger Blue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
He started off in PR for the Dodgers, then became the Executive VP, and finally the General Manager, with a few stops in between and a little bit of being in the right place at the right time.
Walter O’Malley sold the Dodgers to the Fox Corporation, which ended the family ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Fred Claire tells his life of a brilliant Dodger Blue in an excellent manner, placing insightful anecdotes with well-written descriptions of his work.
www.athomeplate.com /30yearsdodgerblue.shtml   (646 words)

  
 Dodger Blue: The Championship Years - Major League Baseball   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Dodger Blue: The Championship Years - Major League Baseball
From the moment they became a part of everyday life in Brooklyn, the Dodgers® were something special.
Two seasons later, the team moved to Los Angeles, where in 1959 they again captured the title.
www.shoutfactory.com /selection/197/Dodger_Blue_The_Championship_Years_Major_League_Baseball.html   (197 words)

  
 Business Wire: Dodger Blue on Wheels Swings Into Baldwin Hills Recreation Center; Councilmember Nate Holden and DWP ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Youth of all ages took a swing at the bat and learned a little more about Dodger history today with a visit from the "Dodger Blue on Wheels," a mobile collection of Dodger memorabilia and interactive games, at the Baldwin Hills Recreation Center.
"The DWP and Dodgers both play a very important role to the 10th District, and we are very excited they were again this summer able to share the Dodger Blue on Wheels program with the youth of our community," said Los Angeles City Councilmember Nate Holden.
A first-of-its-kind interactive exhibit, Dodger Blue on Wheels brings video games and educational activities to all visitors.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_June_6/ai_75334832   (411 words)

  
 Business Wire: Dodger Blue on Wheels Rolls Into Community; Cou... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Dodger Blue on Wheels Rolls Into Community; Councilmember Ridley-Thomas and DWP Host Newest Dodger Attraction.
Children from the Foshay Learning Center learned more about the Los Angeles Dodgers today after a visit from "Dodger Blue on Wheels," a mobile collection of Dodger memorabilia and interactive games.
Dodger Blue on Wheels will travel to schools, recreation centers and community festivals to educate all Dodger fans and members of the Los Angeles community.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:64995187&refid=ink_tptd_g1   (345 words)

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