Down two, Dodgers need to step up with two down
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The Dodgers are two games down in the best-of-five National League Division Series with the Cardinals, and a big reason is this: They&#39;re not getting enough done with two down -- as in, two outs -- while the Cardinals have been absurdly successful in those
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With Hideki Matsui returning as a designated hitter Tuesday night and Gary Sheffield likely to follow soon, the Yankees will be trying to figure out how to best use two marquee player who have not really been missed.
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needs to get into a groove to stop the powerful St. Louis offense. Martinez has. lost five of his last six decisions going back to the regular season.
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ne bad breaking ball did in the Yankees yesterday. Usually, one mistake does not cost them so dearly, but the Yankees are not usually scrounging for hits either.
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Baseball can be so fickle. The line between the daring and defeatist is precariously thin, blurred by intangible factors, altered by blind providence.
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The Colorado Rockies found a way to protect a lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers. But there was still music playing in the losers&#39; clubhouse afterward.
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Leave it to Dodgers GM Paul DePodesta to give us a transaction that asks as many questions as it answers. The primary answer the Dodgers are getting in signing Jeff Kent to a two-year deal is this: They know
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Milton Bradley was back in the Los Angeles Dodgers&#39; lineup Thursday, going 2 for 3 with a home run, double and walk in an 8-3 loss to St.
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The San Francisco Giants faced long time rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers in tonightâs game. The Giants hoped to cut down the Dodgers lead in the West by .
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These guys are down, but are they out?
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Robin Ventura reminded the sinking New York Mets of their past and helped show why the Los Angeles Dodgers are looking ahead to October. Ventura hit his 17th grand slam, tying Jimmie Foxx and Ted Williams for fourth place on the career list, and the Dodgers went on to a 10-2 victory Sunday.
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Matt Morris had every reason to believe he could dominate the Dodgers again. He'd shut them out with a two-hitter last month &#151; so what if he'd struggled down the stretch in the regular season?
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Rookie James Loney's reward for tying Gil Hodges' 56-year-old Dodgers record of nine RBIs in a game? A trip back to the bench.
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The Dodgers seldom win with the long ball. They're a good hitting team, with an NL-leading .275 batting average heading into last night's game against Pittsburgh, but home runs are for teams such as the Reds, Phillies, and Braves. Not the Dodgers.
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After last year&#39;s stunning NL Division Series loss to the Marlins, one of the major knocks on the Giants was their relative lack of speed and their inability to put pressure on the opposing team.
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As the Los Angeles Dodgers' bats turn colder, the NL West race is heating up.
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Talk about the wild, wild West. The Dodgers' Nomar Garciaparra hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the 10th inning off Rudy Seanez after Los Angeles hit a record-tying four consecutive homers in the ninth to tie it, and the Dodgers moved into first place in the NL West with an 11-10 victory over the San Diego Padres ...