Ventura, Dodgers simply too tough for D-Backs
236738
LOS ANGELES - The 98-pound weakling tried to kick a little sand in the face of the muscle-bound bullies atop the National League West here on Tuesday night.
291681
The Los Angeles Dodgers turned the baseball adage around Thursday. The walks that will haunt them are the ones they received and didn&#39;t get home.
654052
Arizona leftfielder Quinton McCracken left the game with a strained right groin after chasing after a foul ball in the first inning...Bautista extended his hitting streak to eight games...Los Angeles first baseman Hee-Seop Choi is mired in an 0-for-12
687205
The Tigers lost both of their All-Stars, shortstop Carlos Guillen and catcher Ivan Rodriguez, to knee injuries on separate plays in Saturday&#39;s game against the Twins.
340344
Jeff Kent's slide into home in the 12th inning caps a Dodgers comeback as the Nationals cough up a five run lead, falling, 10-9, to Los Angeles for Washington's sixth straight loss.
167793
Woody Williams and Brandon Backe had shaky starts in Game 1 of the NLCS, each pitcher allowing a two-run homer in the first inning to the opposing team&#39;s star.
166713
Brandon Backe and Woody Williams pitched well last night even though neither earned a win. But their outings will show up in the record books.
535728
Mike Mussina did all he could to keep the Yankees close, but his teammates wasted one scoring chance after another last night in a 2-0 AL Division Series Game 1 loss to Johan Santana and the Minnesota Twins.
593766
It would have been easy to take the bait. Acknowledge that, yes, September is a traditionally difficult month offensively for catchers. That the season has been wearing him down. That the injuries he rarely admits to have caught up with him, making his bat slow and his stroke impotent. Instead, Jason Varitek claimed health, blamed his eyes, and thanked, once ...
683953
The bullpen blew another one. The reliable relievers who carried the New York Yankees all season are coming apart at the most important moment. Mariano Rivera must be tired by now. Tom Gordon is struggling. Paul Quantrill is hurt. And the Yankees are halfway to the biggest collapse in postseason history.
522458
The Los Angeles Dodgers have backed out of a three-way trade that would have sent pitching ace Randy Johnson to the Yankees. There had been widespread anticipation the Dodgers
420847
(Sports Network) - Odalis Perez threw five innings last Thursday against the Diamondbacks before leaving the game with tightness in his biceps.
757220
The Diamondbacks and Dodgers slugger Shawn Green fail to reach an agreement on a contract extension by the Thursday deadline, leaving the tentative trade in jeopardy of falling through.
546937
There's much frustration in David Ortiz's eyes and voice these days. He's been forced to contend with the shift teams constantly deploy against him (though the Devil Rays used a conventional alignment last night in the first inning), the ball-and-strike calls he hasn't agreed with, and his sore hamstrings. There's the fact that he sees only one or two pitches ...
292485
BRISTOL, Connecticut (Ticker) - In search of their first playoff berth in eight years, the Los Angeles Dodgers squandered a golden opportunity to secure it at the hands of their bitter rivals.
572986
LOS ANGELES (Sports Network) - Los Angeles Dodgers third  baseman Robin Ventura has decided to call it quits following a  16-year Major League Baseball career.
493298
Pitcher Mike Koplove said Monday he is âkind of just in a holding pattern.â So is everyone else involved in the blockbuster Diamondbacks-New York Yankees-Los Angeles Dodgers trade.