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Dodgers May Not Win World Series, but They're Shoo-Ins for 'The Smiley'

GLENDALE Ariz. -- Every team in the National League West except the Dodgers owns a league pennant from the last 13 years, two claiming the World Series, most recently the Giants last fall. The Dodgers have gone nearly twice as long without a league flag. In that time, all four expansion teams from the 1990s cracked the...

Cal Ripken, Jr's Streak Has No Equal

OMG! Did you know that Brett Favre's consecutive games started streak just ended at 297? That's four whole games short of where it would have ended if Favre had completed the season and retired. Or four games short of where it might have ended if Jenn Sterger's crew had forced Favre off the field for sexual harassment. No...

Five Questions Burning Up Hot Stove

The Winter Meetings begin in Orlando, Fla., next Monday, and with that the real heart of baseball's long offseason will be in full swing. With the exception of Victor Martinez, none of the big free agents on the market have settled on a new home for 2011. There hasn't been a blockbuster trade, despite intermittent talk...

Steve Phillips' Fix My Team: Dodgers

Every team has a few precious months in the offseason to make tweaks to their roster and ensure that they improve in 2011. Steve Phillips has taken a team to the World Series before, and in November and December he will present his plan for every major league team to get there as well. It's the 13th episode of Fix My Team,...

Matt Kemp Predicts 40-40 Season in '11

As 2010 winds down, players who aren't on a playoff team or one fighting for a playoff spot are already beginning to look ahead to 2011. Matt Kemp's Dodgers were a bit disappointing this season, failing to defend their back-to-back NL West titles and falling out of the playoff race right after the All-Star break. That...

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05/29/12 OKC RedHawks: Matt Kemp homers again, helps... Source: The Oklahoman - Oklahoma City OK ALBUQUERQUE , N.M. â Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Matt Kemp continued his medical rehabilitation assignment with the Albuquerque Isotopes on Monday â and for the second consecutive day, he homered against Oklahoma City RedHawks pitching.
05/28/12 Matt Kemp homers in first minor league rehab game Source: Comcast SportsNet From J.P. Hoornstra of the Los Angeles Daily News comes word that Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp finished 2-for-3 with a home run and an RBI single Sunday in his first rehab game at Triple-A Albuquerque.
05/28/12 Updated MLB Power Rankings: Where Does Your Favorite... Source: Bleacher Report The fact that the Dodgers continue to win games even with superstar Matt Kemp on the disabled list speaks to the fact that the team is for real this year.
05/27/12 Ellis homer in 9th lifts Dodgers Source: The Orange County Register - Orange County CA The Dodgers struggled again with the lowly Houston Astros, but the longer the game, the better chance the better team has to win.
05/26/12 RedHawks rout Albuquerque 10-4 Source: The Oklahoman - Oklahoma City OK Brad Snyder hit two home runs to power the RedHawks past Albuquerque 10-4 on Friday night at Isotopes Park. Catcher Landon Powell also hit a three-run homer for OKC.