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Now batting, Don Mattingly
Morry Gash/APDon Mattingly: Five-tool manager? The most fun and interesting detail to come out of Camelback Ranch today was the tidbit that Dodger manager Don Mattingly will stand in the batters box...
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Don Mattingly honeymoons in Arizona
Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesSteve Sax, Don Mattingly and Tommy Lasorda talk on the field before Friday’s game at Camelback Ranch. For my third Sweet Spot post, I share my initial impressions of Don...
View ArticleThe lowest moment of James Loney’s career?
Tie game, 11th inning, Juan Uribe on second with none out. A single gives you the lead. No double-play threat. Right-handed pitcher on the mound. And Don Mattingly has James Loney bunt. So much for Mr....
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Mattingly deserves mulligan for Dodger collapse
Jayne Kamin-Oncea/US PresswireDon Mattingly Astros at Dodgers, 1:10 p.m. Dee Gordon, SS Juan Uribe, 2B Andre Ethier, RF Matt Kemp, CF James Loney, 1B Casey Blake, 3B Marcus Thames, LF Dioner Navarro,...
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Don’t make Kenley Jansen the closer — he’s too good for the job
Kirby Lee/US PresswireKenley Jansen has allowed two runs since June, while stranding all nine runners he has inherited. Giants at Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Dee Gordon, SS Jamey Carroll, 2B Matt Kemp, CF Juan...
View ArticleUribe is home free
Jerry Sands’ latest stay in Los Angeles has turned out to be ever-so-brief, as the Dodgers have sent him back to Albuquerque — where he will meet up with Tony Gwynn Jr., who cleared waivers and...
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Will Don Mattingly make it back to Yankee Stadium as Dodger manager?
Seven thoughts about Don Mattingly, 13-19 this season, 181-174 in his career: 1) Setting up a homecoming for the longtime Yankee great, the Dodgers are scheduled to make their first regular-season...
View ArticleA new Don Mattingly brush fire
This excerpt from Barry M. Bloom’s interview of Dodger manager Don Mattingly for MLB.com could fan the flames of Mattingly’s detractors. MLB.com: You’re a guy who constantly analyzes himself. How do...
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Dodgers in a race to the upside down
Sure, OK, we can start with the bullpen. It’s hardly the only thing going on with the Dodgers, but it’s something. Oh yes, it’s something. You need good relief to win, but you can’t plan for good...
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Livestream of consciousness
Cardinals at Dodgers, 4:15 p.m. Nick Punto, 3B Mark Ellis, 2B Adrian Gonzalez, 1B Matt Kemp, CF Andre Ethier, RF Scott Van Slyke, LF A.J. Ellis, C Dee Gordon, SS Ted Lilly, P With today’s funky...
View ArticleWhy MLB players don’t bunt against the shift
You’re a person looking at an empty field, or to be more specific, an empty left side of a major-league baseball field. You could be a major-league hitter in a major-league baseball game, or you could...
View ArticleThe Dodgers, Dave Roberts and the human element
In front of an emotionally eviscerated Dodger fan base, in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 4 of the 2018 World Series on October 27, Kiké Hernández came to the plate at Dodger Stadium. Only an...
View ArticleAdam Kolarek, first baseman — and the perception of risk
It’s the seventh inning of Game 1 of the National League Division Series … or maybe it’s the eighth inning of Game 4 of the National League Championship Series … or maybe it’s the 13th inning of Game 7...
View ArticleThe Ten Commandments … of Baseball Managers
1) Good decisions can yield bad outcomes. Fans won’t care. 2) Bad decisions can yield good outcomes. Fans won’t care. 3) Many choices offer at best the lesser of two evils. Fans won’t care. 4) You...
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