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Tim Raines' Hall of Fame Case Rock-Solid

Tim Raines gets my vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame every December. I wish Christmas shopping was as easy. Conversely, most of my fellow voters leave the box blank next to Raines, who has received, in order, 24.3 percent, 22.6 and 30.4 percent of the vote since first appearing on the ballot. It's easy to know why...

Trey Hillman, Davey Lopes Added to Don Mattingly's Dodgers Coaching Staff

If one of the big criticisms of Don Mattingly is his lack of experience, then he and the Dodgers are apparently doing everything possible to assuage that worry with his coaching staff. The club named their 2011 coaching staff today and it includes plenty of managing and coaching experience. Included on Mattingly's staff...

Davey Lopes Won't Return to the Phillies Next Season

The Philadelphia Phillies fell short of a third straight National League pennant this season, and now one of the guys who helped them to their two National League titles is leaving the team. Davey Lopes, first base coach and baserunning guru, won't be back with the club after failing to reach agreement on a one-year...

'Underrated' Bruce Bochy Has Been Key to Giants' World Series Run

Hang around people smarter than you. Those were the marching orders U.S. Army Sgt. Major Gus Bochy gave his four children, and decades later the Philadelphia Phillies wish Gus had kept his mouth shut. Slow-talking, quick-thinking Bruce Bochy, the third of Rose and Gus Bochy's children, directed the National League...

Dodgers-Yankees Fun, but Not a Rivalry

LOS ANGELES -- We hear so much drum banging from the media, the head gets a little woozy. Take the din surrounding the little baseball series that's unfolding here in Lakerville. The Yankees are playing the Los Angeles Dodgers, and I'm hearing and reading the word rivalry a lot. Which is far from a bad thing. In fact,...

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06/01/12 Davey Lopes was a pretty solid 2B for the Los Angeles... Source: Dodgers Locker Righty swinging 2B Davey Lopes was one of the fastest players in baseball when he played with the L.A. Dodgers.
05/11/12 Lopes spreads wisdom on running to Dodgers Source: MLB - Los Angeles Dodgers He won't be the subject of any blockbuster movies, but Davey Lopes is a transformer.