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With the likelihood that Casey Blake will start the season on the DL, Ivan DeJesus, Jr. is back in the mix to start the season at 2B.  He would push Uribe over to 3B and Miles could still make the team along with Carroll to serve as Utilitymen, but there’s a lot to be decided [...]

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Since May 4, 2010, Clayton Kershaw has gone 4-1 with a 1.08 ERA.  He has struck out 36 while allowing only 13 BB and is holding opponents to a .174 Batting Average. Since 1900, only 5 Dodgers pitchers have had consecutive victories, with at least 7 IP, 7 K’s, 1 Run and 3 Hits or [...]

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The Dodger blogosphere was white hot with who was going to be sent down to make room for Rafael Furcal.  Would it be Ramon Ortiz, Nick Green, or (God forbid) Blake DeWitt?  In the end, it was George “Cheryl” Sherrill who went on the DL with a strained ego, ‘er back.  Yeah, that’s the ticket! [...]

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Due to yesterday’s rain-out, the Mets and Dodgers will allegedly play two, meteorologists willing… Kuroda and Haeger will pitch for the Dodgers.  Kuroda goes against Santana in Game 1, this afternoon.  1:10 PDT or 4:10 EDT John Ely looks like the odds-on-favorite to replace Padilla, at least THIS week.  He’s on the 40-Man is why! [...]

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Lineup: Furcal  SS (I Told You He Was Back) Martin C  (All-Star This Year) Kemp  CF (Another All-Star) Loney  1B  (Still No Power) Blake 3B  (Even Better Than Last Year?) Belliard  2B  (Dude Can Hit) Anderson  LF  (Still any Juice Left?  The Dodgers want to know) Johnson  RF (Mixed Returns) Billingsley  P (Make or Break [...]

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Russ Ortiz was DFA’d with Jon Link taking his place.  No surprise. Ramon is next.  Will it be Kuo or Belisario who takes his place? Today’s Lineup: Furcal  SS Martin C Ethier  RF Kemp CF Blake 3B Belliard  1B Johnson  LF Carroll 2B Kershaw P DeWitt and Loney sit against the LH Zito. Manny will [...]

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Today’s Lineup Against The Long-Haired Hippie Freak: Carroll SS Loney  1B Ethier  RF Kemp  CF Anderson  LF Belliard  3B DeWitt  2B Ellis  C Haeger  P Since Russ Ortiz pitched last night, if the Dodgers were going to make a pitching move (like calling up Justin Miller), they should do it before today’s game.  I’ just sayin’…. [...]

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Let’s hope!   Blind squirrels hopefully can find some nuts tonight.  Am I calling Vicente Padilla a Blind Squirrel? SHOOT, NO! Just a coincidence! The pen is thin tonight.  By actual count we have Monasterios, Russ Ortiz, Ramon Troncoso and God knows who else available after the pen pitched 260 innings the last 3 days. [...]

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Look, Rick Honeycutt is the pitching coach of the team that had the best ERA in all of baseball last year. Not only that, but he is  a genuinely nice guy, but this is not a love-fest and the Dodger pitchers are not going to sing Kumbaya.  Right about now, Ned Colletti is not a [...]

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Tonight’s Dodger Lineup: Furcal, SS Johnson, Re, RF Loney, 1B Ramirez, M, LF Kemp, CF Blake, 3B DeWitt, 2B Martin, C Kuroda, P Andre Ethier is still out of the lineup with a sore ankle. Let the chatter begin…

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Flash: As a result of last night’s error, Blake DeWitt has been benched and forced to walk around the clubhouse as pictured here. Dodgers Lineup: Furcal, SS Johnson, Re, LF Kemp, CF Loney, 1B Belliard, 3B Anderson, G, RF Carroll, J, 2B Ausmus, C Billingsley, P

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Tonight’s Lineup SS Furcal 2B Iwamura CF Kemp CF McCutchen RF Ethier RF Jones LF Manny C Doumit 1B Loney LF Milledge 3B Blake 1B Clement 2B DeWitt 3B LaRoche C Martin P Ohlendorf P Kershaw SS Cedeño

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