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MondayNovember172008

When Push Came To Shove, Manny Ramirez Flinched

Despite the bluster, and despite his inability to tell the Boston Red Sox just which of his knees was hurt, it would appear that Manny Ramirez’s former team might have been able to wait out his insolence and keep...

FridayOctober312008

Orange Burst? Remembering Your Stadium's Signature Fragrance

What could be girlier than this? In an effort to help Tampa Bay Rays fans to recall their fondest memories of the World Series, the Texas-based company DMX perfumed the lobby of Tropicana Field with a special scent: orange...

ThursdayOctober232008

The Dodgers Are Trying To Entice Manny Ramirez With A-Rod Money But With Andruw Jones Years

The biggest question currently on the minds of most baseball fans and GMs—other than “who’s going to win the World Series”—is which team is going to land Manny Ramirez. The last time we saw the left field slugger was...

ThursdayOctober162008

Heads Up: Bike Riding In London Looks Cool, Not Like Those Boring Bike Rides In The Park

Danny Macaskill : Next level street trials from brainchild-films on Vimeo. We kept waiting for this video to turn into one of those “the guy crunches his balls somehow” videos. But we realized that, oh wait, this guy’s actually...

TuesdayOctober142008

Dodger Stadium Naming Rights For Sale, Piece By Piece

We strongly feel that any time a team sells the naming rights for a classic stadium, an Angel losing its wings, and we’re not talking about Garret Anderson. What you say? Teams can’t survive financially in these times without...

TuesdayOctober142008

'Member?: Tampa Bay Takes Back Homefield Advantage; Phillies Get One Step Closer To The Series

MLB ALCS Game Three; NLCS Game Four: Apparently sure things aren’t so sure in the playoffs. Jon Lester was supposed to be the rock in the Boston rotation, but he got rocked by BJ Upton and Evan “He’s Dominican?”...

MondayOctober132008

Tommy Lasorda Versus The Phillie Phanatic... Who Ya Got?

As the Dodgers-Phillies NLCS got brought back from the doldrums with an LA win last night, there was never anything boring about the long-brewing rivalry rekindling between the teams’ two mascots—the Phillie Phanatic and Tommy Lasorda. The battle has...

MondayOctober132008

'Member?: Dodgers Use Thier Homefield Advantage To Get Back Into The NLCS

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night MLB NLCS Game Three: You know what helps your pitcher calm down during a game? A first inning offensive explosion. That’s what the Dodgers’ Blake DeWitt was able to give his starter Hiroki...

FridayOctober102008

'Member?: The Game One Bell Tolls For Thee, Philadelphia

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night MLB NLCS Game One: At the end of the fifth inning we were gushing to our girlfriend how great Rafael Furcal glove work was. Errrrrrrrrrrr. Furcal’s error in the sixth let the Phiilies...

ThursdayOctober092008

Which Dodger Singers Were Worse—'81's Big Blue Wrecking Or '86's Baseball Boogie Bunch?

As tonight’s opening pitch between the Dodgers and Phillies (as well as the Red Sox and Rays) is only a couple of hours away, we decided to go to the wayback machine and bring out a couple of old...

ThursdayOctober022008

Manny Ramirez Is A Bad Target For Your Balls

As we head into the second night of the MLB playoffs, we see six teams heading back to work. Two new teams entered the fray when Tampa Bay and the White Sox started their first game a couple of...

ThursdayOctober022008

'Member: ZOMG, Cubs Lost!!1! Everbody Panic!!1!

MLB:Okay, Cubs fans. We’re going out on a limb and say that it wasn’t a goat curse that made your team lose last night. It was the three straight walks given up by Ryan Dempster and the James Loney...

WednesdayOctober012008

Heads Up: Watch Out, Little Guy!

Chimp Sibling Rivalry | Viral | SPIKE.com I’m glad that after all these years of evolution, our tails are gone, but the “jerk gene” didn’t get lost in the mix. We were half expecting to see another baby chimp...

MondaySeptember292008

San Francisco Politician Says Tommy Lasorda Not Right For Italian-American Festival... Is The Pope Available?

Tommy Lasorda is about as synonymous with the Dodgers as he is with [insert name of fattening Italian dish here]. So when San Francisco County Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier caught wind that Lasorda was lined up to be the grand...

FridaySeptember262008

Los Angeles Dodger Rookies Go Copacabana During Hazing

Last week, rookie hazing in baseball took a turn when the San Diego Padres dressed their 1st year players in “Hooters” uniforms. Never ready to allow a Southern Califas rival to have the upperhand on anything, the Los Angeles...

FridaySeptember262008

The Los Angeles Dodgers Celebrate Playoff Berth By Bathing Fans In Booze

The Los Angeles Dodgers dropped their 76th game of the season yesterday to the San Diego Padres but it didn’t matter one bit. Around 2:30pm yesterday, the Arizona Diamonbacks had lost their 80th game of the season to the...

WednesdaySeptember242008

Hank Steinbrenner Throws Sour Grapes At Joe Torre, Dodger Success

As of this writing, the Los Angeles Dodgers are a combination of three wins from them or losses from the Arizona Diamondbacks from winning the NL West. Also as of this writing, the New York Yankees have been eliminated...

ThursdaySeptember182008

Curt Schilling Rips Manny Ramirez, Is Never Going To Shut Up

Oh Curt Schilling. When the hell are you going to shut your self-righteous yap up? Not anytime soon seeing as everyone outside of Schilling’s approval is subject to abject persecution and berating. Because the man that bled through a...

WednesdaySeptember172008

'Member?: Chelsea Takes One Big Champions League Step To Rome

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night Champions League: Luiz Felipe Scolari isn’t getting too giddy about the other top table teams in the EPL just yet (it is a long season, after all), but he should be happy that...

TuesdaySeptember162008

Andre Ethier: Throat Taco, Pupusa Loving Eater Extraordinaire.

When Andre Ethier isn’t helping the Dodgers climb the standings in the NL West, he’s eating food out and about in Los Angeles. And he’s writing about. His MLB blog, ‘Dining With Dre’, has now been profiled on the...

MondaySeptember152008

'Member?: Now We're Really Sad We Didn't Get To Go To The Game

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night NFL: Yesterday’s Patriots Jets game had so many subplots—the Pats’ first game without Tom Brady; Brett Favre’s first game as a Jets’ starter at home; new New England QB Matt Cassel’s first start...

ThursdaySeptember042008

Heads Up: Let Manny Ramirez Be Your Translator.

How much more fun would a UN meeting with Manny Ramirez translating for someone like Hugo Chavez be? A lot more fun, dudes. [Larry Brown Sports] Speaking of Manny Ramirez. Manny Being Manny means he’s garnered himself the prestigious...

TuesdayAugust262008

'Member?: Rafael Nadal Is Due For A Long Nap

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night US Open: Is Rafael Nadal showing signs of fatigue the week after winning the gold in Beijing and unseating Roger Federer as number one? It took him a long three sets to dispatch...

MondayAugust182008

'Member?: The EPL Season Kicks Off With A Bang—Actually, Four—For Chelsea

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night EPL: Luiz Felipe Scolari starts his ambitious time frame for Chelsea’s take over of Man U’s crown right, as goals from Joe Cole, Deco, Nicolas Anelka and Frankie Lampard lead to a lambasting...

FridayAugust152008

'Member?: Michael Phelps Awesomeness Gets Him HIs 6th Gold Medal

Olympic Men’s Swimming: On the way to the Olympics Water Cube, where he’d break his own world record in the 200m individual medley to win his 6th Gold medal as well as qualify for the 100m butterfly, Michael Phelps...

ThursdayAugust142008

The 'Dreadlock Deadlock' Between Manny Ramirez And Joer Torre Is Set To Become Dodgerland's South Ossetia

In the same way it’s hard for us to focus on the Olympics while World War III is about to kick off, the Dodgers really have more important things to worry about than Manny Ramirez’s hair (just follow us...

ThursdayAugust142008

'Member?: Nomar Garciaparra Can Hit Without Breaking His Bat Or Body Part

MLB: The Dodgers used a walk-off homer in the ninth by Nomar Garciaparra to beat the Philadelphia Phillies and tie the Diamondbacks for a share of the NL West lead. It’s nice to see Nomar do what Nomar can...

TuesdayAugust122008

Manny Ramirez Forgets How Manny Innings There Are In A Baseball Game

While Dodger fans have been all love with Manny Ramirez since his trade, one thing they haven’t experienced is the dread most Boston fans felt when Manny was “being Manny,” and not in a fun way. Monday night was...

FridayAugust082008

Get Ready For Your Manny Ramirez Dreadlock Hats

We took this photo on Friday August 1st at Dodger Stadium. It was Manny Ramirez’s first game and, as eccentric as Los Angeles fans usually are, we weren’t surprised by this fan’s entertaining creation. He’d obviously taken his Bob...

FridayAugust082008

'Member? We Have A Feeling Manny Ramirez's Dread Locks Are The Source Of His Power.

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night MLB: Joe Torre will eventually get Manny Ramirez to cut off his dreads and we’re guaranteeing a slump ensues because of it. In the meantime, Manny is 13-23 with four HRs in a...

MondayAugust042008

ESPN Opens A Pandora's Box By Making The Red Sox A Punch Line In The Manny Ramirez Trade

For those who’ve forgotten, ESPN does have a playful side. The fact they haven’t made a good Sportscenter commercial since Charlie Steiner implored us to “follow him to freedom” was made moot when their quick witted ad agency started...

MondayAugust042008

Manny Ramirez Wants To End His Career As A Dodger--We Won't Hold Our Breath

If there’s anything anyone’s learned about Manny Ramirez in his 16 years playing professional baseball, is that everything he says needs to be taken with a grain of salt. That’s why his latest proclamation about wanting to finish his...

MondayAugust042008

'Member? Andruw Jones Probably Hates The Fact That Manny Ramirez Doesn't Suck.

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night MLB: The big news this weekend revolved around Manny Ramirez’s debut in Los Angeles (unless you were a Packers fan). Manny has already collected 2 HRs and 8 hits, while helping the Dodgers...

FridayAugust012008

Nomar Garciaparra Has A New Anti-Red Sox Nation Confidante

Red Sox Nation has released some of the greatest players in the history of the game because of dissatisfaction and/or feuds with the organizations front office. And after listening to LA’s 710am this morning, we were convinced that they’d...

ThursdayJuly312008

Update: Manny Ramirez Is Not Headed To The Marlins... He's Headed To The Dodgers.

So remember earlier in the day when we told you that Manny Ramirez was about to be dealt to Florida… yeah, he’s not. But he still has to pack his bags because he’s moving from Boston to Los Angeles....

MondayJuly212008

'Member? The National League West Is Officially Up For Grabs.

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night MLB: The worst way to begin the second half of the season is to drop a few games and have a struggling team claw its way back to first place. Meet Los Angeles,...

WednesdayJuly092008

'Member? When The Dodgers Were In First Place Yesterday?

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night MLB: That face is the embodiment of pure, volatile disgust. It’s the type of look that pissed off George Steinbrenner in New York, but it’s a look that any Los Angeles fan would...

TuesdayJuly082008

'Member? Bow Down To Hiroki Kuroda.

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night Is Late Because Internets In Mexico City Give You Diarrhea MLB: When we was youngsta’s in the hard-knock life streets of suburban Los Angeles, we despised the hell out of the Atlanta Braves....

WednesdayJune252008

Super Fan Makes Six Figures To Do What You Give Away For Free

In the current sports environment ads are everywhere—from the backs of boxers to the bases on the ballfield—we shouldn’t be surprised that the world’s most active team supporter is a hired hand. Canadian Charles Hughes is being paid handsomely...

WednesdayJune252008

'Member? Dodgers Celebrate Jaime Jarrin's Anniversary With A Loss.

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night MLB 2008: The Los Angeles Dodgers would have enjoyed a celebratory win on the anniversary of longtime sportscaster Jaime Jarrin, but photo-ops like this were the only joy for LA fans. We guess...

TuesdayJune242008

Happy Crossing The Border Anniversary, Jaime Jarrin!

Jaime Jarrin (on the left and in his earlier days) has been the Spanish voice of Los Angeles Dodgers’ baseball since 1958. His colleague Pepe Yniguez says he’s the “[Latino] Vin Scully.” We couldn’t agree more. In his tenure...

TuesdayJune102008

Emmanuelle Chriqui Throws Out First Pitch

French-Moroccan Canadian born actress Emmanuelle Chriqui threw out the first pitch at the Dodger game yesterday. We first thought she was Latina because every French-Moroccan we’ve ever meet looks Latina. She’s a lovely gal and with a name like...

TuesdayJune102008

NY Times Disses Dodger Dogs... Oh, It's On Now

We don’t know if the New York Times is trying to reignite some type of east-west coast feud, but its travel writer Peter Meehan is about to get one going. Why? Did he diss the LA Times? No, Angelenos...

TuesdayMay202008

250lb Andruw Jones Has Bum Knee, Giant Wart Residing On Knee

When Los Angeles Dodgers’ OF Andruw Jones ripped fans for questioning his weight, productivity, batting average, commitment to success, dedication, etc, we knew our voodoo doll karma would saunter in and lay the smack down. Actually, we envisioned Jones’...

MondayMay122008

Andruw Jones Believes Anyone With A Belly As Big As His Will Die Tomorrow

Los Angeles Times columnist T.J. Simers likes to use the word “Tubbo” when he describes Dodgers outfielder Andruw Jones [Ed note: Let’s get this dude a Machochip application]. Jones is the size of a Marina Del Rey Humpback whale...

ThursdayMay082008

Los Angeles Dodgers' Fan Catches HR With Baby In Tow, Inspires Us

A Los Angeles Dodgers’ fan never leaves a Bud Light unattended to catch a foul ball; they never put a Dodger Dog down to snag over the rails to steal a ground ball; they are ready, at all times,...

FridayMay022008

Vin Scully Will Not Retire, But Will...Someday

It’s Friday and we’re sentimental. Maybe it’s the ominous clouds over New York City that are waiting to unload a wave of rain later today; or maybe it’s the fact that we forgot to bring our iPod to the...

ThursdayApril242008

Los Angeles Dodgers To Open New Restaurants Behind The Outfield, Find More Reason To Rip Fans Off

We scoffed when the Dodgers decided to introduce sushi to the stadium’s delicacies; and we went cuckoo when prices for parking went up to $15 per vehicle. Now the McCourt’s are revising the blueprints of Chavez Ravine by adding...

TuesdayApril152008

'Member? Is Anyone Panicking In The Dodgers' Dugout Yet?

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night MLB 2008: Pittsburgh Pirate Nate McLouth stuns the Dodgers with a 3-run HR in the ninth, leading the Pirates to a 6-4 win. It won’t be too long until a stoic Joe Torre...

ThursdayApril102008

Rich, Stuck Up Dodger Fans Don't Like The "Gangbanger Types"

We were reading over an article sent by a tipster about the Los Angeles Dodgers new “if you don’t have a box seat ticket you’re shit out of luck to get an autograph” rule, in which the “Doyers” new...

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