Baseball: As season sets, Dodgers rise
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Directly to the south is the Staples Center, the home of the Los Angeles Lakers, a recent superpower. A couple of miles north on the interstate is the Rose Bowl, where college football powers collide every New Year&#39;s Day.
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Wow, what a way to kick off Southern California&#39;s Major League Baseball postseason Tuesday, Oct. 5. First, an 8-3 dismantling of the Los Angeles Dodgers by the St.
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Adrian Beltre's first five full seasons in the majors were marked by stretches of inconsistency and only flashes of power potential. This year, the Los Angeles Dodgers' third baseman has become one of baseball's most prolific sluggers...
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are closing in on their first playoff berth in eight years, and they&#39;re not about to leave their chances to fate.
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San Diego, CA (Sports Network) - Adrian Beltre recorded three hits and two runs scored to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 9-6 victory over the San Diego Padres in the finale of a three-game series at Petco Park.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers were playing great while Nomar Garciaparra was on the disabled list.
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When things looked bleak for the Los Angeles Dodgers, they found their power stroke. The Dodgers hit four consecutive homers in the bottom of the ninth inning to tie the game, and Nomar Garciaparra's two-run drive in the 10th lifted Los Angeles to an 11-10 victory over the San Diego Padres on Monday night.
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Andre Ethier spent an off day at Disneyland with his wife. He made a return trip to Fantasyland against the Los Angeles Angels. Ethier highlighted his first career five-hit game with a homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers rapped out 25 hits in a 16-3 win in the opener of the teams&#039; interleague series Friday night.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers can clinch the N.L. West in front of the celebrity clientele that used to shun them as if they were the Clippers.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers opened up a 2 1/2 game lead in the National League West pennant race with a 7-4 victory over title rivals the San Francisco Giants Sunday.
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Adrian Beltre hit a grand slam to become the first player to reach 40 home runs this season, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 10-2 victory over the Montreal Expos on Tuesday night. His previous career high for homers was 23, set last season.
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At times, it seems as if the Los Angeles Dodgers throw a bunch of names up on a wall and keep the players whose names stick. Of course, if a team can win division titles with those players, it might not be a bad way of operating.
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If the Dodgers starting rotation has an ace it&#39;s Jeff Weaver, and that was a good thing on Sunday. He got it together after a wobbly beginning, gave his teammates
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Nomar Garciaparra's solo homer highlighted a four-run fifth inning Friday night and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied three times to take a 7-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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The Dodgers, holding the baseball equivalent of triple-match point, brought champagne wishes to Friday night&#39;s series opener with San Francisco.
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Los Angeles Dodgers&#39; Shawn Green watches his home run in the sixth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004, in Los Angeles.
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Jose Lima came to the Los Angeles Dodgers in February as a journeyman pitcher with a 71-77 win-loss record, a 5.13 ERA and a reputation as one of baseball&#39;s hot dogs.