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Start with big boppers Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez and Ryan Howard. Throw in aces Josh Beckett and John Lackey. Spice it up with wild card Troy Tulowitzki.
The chase for the AL Central championship once again is going to extra innings. Trying to save their seasons, the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins both won Sunday, leaving them all even for the division lead and forcing a one-game tiebreaker.
Outfielder Manny Ramirez was out of the Dodgers' lineup Monday because of a sore left hamstring, the same problem that forced third baseman Casey Blake to return early to Los Angeles to be treated by a team doctor.
The Los Angeles Dodgers will use the final week of the season to settle on their playoff rotation and try to get Manny Ramirez's bat going.
Leave it to Manny Ramirez to make the case that there is no difference between facing a rookie starting pitcher and a veteran.
Matt Kemp hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth inning, Ronnie Belliard added a solo shot and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep.
Mark Reynolds drew a bases-loaded walk in the ninth and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat Los Angeles 4-3 on Wednesday night to slice the Dodgers' NL West lead to 2 1/2 games over the surging Colorado Rockies.
Los Angeles Dodgers star Manny Ramirez hit an early home run, then was ejected his next time up when he slung his bat and helmet after striking out Monday against Arizona.
Jon Garland, facing the team that traded him to the Los Angeles Dodgers just three days earlier, retired his last 14 batters and Manny Ramirez homered to lead the NL West leaders to a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night and a split of the four-game series.
It'll be old home week when Jim Thome joins Manny Ramirez on the Los Angeles Dodgers. Their reunion was set up when the Dodgers acquired the slugging first baseman from the Chicago White Sox on Monday night. Also joining the Dodgers' lineup is right-hander Jon Garland, who came over from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Matt Kemp homered for Los Angeles' first run on Sunday, then hit a sacrifice fly in the 12th inning that gave the Dodgers to a 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds, a team they've beaten like no other in the past four years.
Celizic: When the Dodgers opened the vault to hire Joe Torre, it was because of his ability to manage teams under playoff stress. When they signed Manny Ramirez, it was because of his ability to drag a team into the playoffs. This would be a good time for both to live up to their reputation.
Randy Wolf finished a triple short of the cycle and pitched neatly into the eighth innings, leading Los Angeles to a 9-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks that snapped a three-game skid.
Manny Ramirez shrugged off his big night and quickly turned his attention elsewhere: Tim Lincecum.
Braden Looper bounced back sharply after a couple of miserable outings, Prince Fielder had a tying RBI groundout a night after trying to enter the Dodgers' clubhouse to confront Guillermo Mota and the Milwaukee Brewers beat Los Angeles 4-1 on Wednesday night to win their first series in over a month.
Those bobblehead dolls featuring Manny Ramirez are getting a curtain call at Dodger Stadium.
David Ortiz spent the afternoon answering questions about drugs, not his big home run.
Manny Ramirez hit a pinch-hit grand slam on his bobblehead night after being held out of the starting lineup because of a sore left hand.
Manny Ramirez is day to day after being hit by a pitch in the Los Angeles Dodgers' game against the Cincinnati Reds.
Manny Ramirez hit a tie-breaking pinch-hit grand slam in the sixth inning on his bobblehead night Wednesday, sending the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-2 victory over Cincinnati, their 12th consecutive at home against the Reds.
Manny Ramirez of the Los Angeles Dodgers moved past Mickey Mantle and into 15th place on the career home run list Monday night, hitting a two-run shot off Cincinnati's Micah Owings for the 537th of his career.
Matt Kemp hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning, Brad Ausmus had a pair of RBI doubles and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Houston Astros 4-3 on Sunday to split their four-game series.
Mannywood's star attraction was back in residence Thursday night, with slugger Manny Ramirez playing at Dodger Stadium for the first time since his 50-game suspension for violating baseball's drug rules ended.
Baseball commissioner Bud Selig wants to keep players on drug suspensions from going to the minor leagues before they return. Manny Ramirez drew sellout crowds last month in the minors when he played two games at Triple-A Albuquerque and three at Class-A Inland Empire on his rehabilitation assignment before his return to the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 3.
Here we are are about 30 hours away from the start of the World Series and so far these Major League Baseball playoffs have been all about Alex Rodriguez.
1:32 AM - Rick Ankiel strikes out looking on a 100 MPH fastball to end the game. Dodgers go up 1-0 winning this one by a score of 5-3. I'll be back again tomorrow to live blog. Spread the word. Have a good night.
"I'm one of the best hitters out there, so why should I worry? We've got two more months and if not, I'll come back next season and try again. I've got nothing to prove. I've already accomplished a lot. So I just go play the game and move on.
Ortiz and Ramirez Said to Be on '03 Doping List Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, the sluggers who propelled the Boston Red Sox to end an 86-year World Series championship drought and to capture another title three years later, were among the roughly 100 Major League Baseball players to test positive for performance-enhancing dru …
Manny Ramirez's positive drug test makes the Sports Guy confront his worst nightmareA Simmons article from May where he's taking his son to his first Red Sox game: I point at the banner and tell him, "That's the team that changed everything." "Isn't that the team that cheated?" he asks. My father and I glance at each other. A few beats pass.
The news has only been out a couple of hours, but the blogosphere, she already rumbles:
Here we go. The New York Times reports that Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz were on that infamous 2003 doping list:
Watching all this from the press box, I'll admit, I got chills, and this doesn't mean I've suddenly become a big Manny Ramirez fan, because I haven't. No, I didn't accept the team's offer of a bobblehead doll.
* Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports that the Pirates' only other offer for Adam LaRoche "involved another major-league player and an exchange of larger salaries" with a "borderline prospect" included, which explains why they opted for the Red Sox's mediocre p …
* Manny Ramirez hit career homer No. 537 last night to pass Mickey Mantle for 15th place on the all-time list. Ramirez is now 15-for-47 (.319) with four homers in 14 games since returning from suspension and the Dodgers are 28-12 when he's in the starting lineup.
New York fans -- who take pride in their passion and hostility, even when it's misguided -- need to take a long look in the mirror today after being shamed in the pages of a Los Angeles newspaper:
Manny the miser Say what you want about steroids, but I think this kind of thing speaks much more loudly about Manny's character:
Manny Ramirez's return from a 50-game suspension this past week was met with a mixed reaction, helped no doubt by the games being played in "Mannywood South", also known as San Diego's PETCO Park.
Earlier this week an SI.com article about Manny Ramirez's return from suspension included the following headline: "With Manny coming back, red-hot Pierre forced to grin and bear it."
The San Francisco Chronicle's Bruce Jenkins has a good point:
The conventional wisdom went that anyone who had any plans of catching up with the Dodgers in the NL West should have made their move while Manny Ramirez was on suspension. Troy Renck of the Denver Post thinks that wisdom gets it exactly backwards:
While writers and pundits decry the fact that Manny Ramirez isn't being made into a total pariah as the result of his drug suspension, the fans are making their thoughts about the man very, very clear: When Manny Ramirez returns to Dodger Stadium, so does Mannywood.
ESPN and MLB show bad form by celebrating Manny Ramirez's suspensionSo auspicious an occasion was this New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Martin Chavez, the Mayor of Albuquerque, along with a sellout crowd, were on hand to welcome back Ramirez as if he were a hero, not the cheater busted by Major League Baseball in May for using a banned sub …
The doctor who allegedly prescribed Manny his drugs is under the federal microscope:
Manny Ramirez played his second game at Triple-A last night, going 0-for-1 with a walk before exiting after four innings in what ended up being a rain-soaked 15-inning marathon.
Now if you turn your attention to the center ring, I give you Manny Ramirez, standing on his head while riding on the back of a flaming horse! Or something!
It was Weaver vs. Weaver on Saturday "Mentally and physically I am exhausted. One of the most ill-felt victories ever. It wasn't easy for either of us."
Believe it or not, Manny Ramirez is eligible to come back and play for the Dodgers in just over two weeks. As such, L.A. is thinking about sending him to their Class A team in San Berdoo for a rehab assignment.
As you all know, the big news of this last baseball season has been Manny Ramirez testing positive for a banned substance. Coming after the fiasco with Alex Rodriguez' positive test, the image of Major League Baseball continues to take a beating.
He would have skipped the game anyway My friend Jason is the guy behind that push to get Manny Ramirez into the All-Star Game. He's a great guy and a great blogger (his normal gig is here), but it seems things aren't working out exactly the way he planned:
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