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Dodgers rack up 21 hits, 5 homers in 18-2 beatdown of Yankees
Max Muncy hit two home runs and tied a career high with seven RBIs as the Los Angeles Dodgers scored 10 runs in the first two innings and rolled to an 18-2 victory over the visiting New York Yankees on Saturday to take the opening two games of a World Series rematch.,Rookies Hyeseong Kim and Dalton ...

Diamondbacks' Corbin Burnes silences Dodgers with seven scoreless
Corbin Burnes threw seven scoreless innings, Eugenio Suarez hit his 12th homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks shut out the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 on Saturday in Phoenix.,Burnes (2-1) gave up five singles, struck out six and walked two in his return to the mound. He missed his previous start because o...

The Kid From <i>Boyhood</i> Apparently Grew Up To Be Zack Greinke
Thanks to Sons of Steve Garvey, we now know the shocking truth: the kid from Boyhood has been pitching in the majors this whole time. ...

Are MLB No-Hitters Really Getting More Common?
Tim Lincecum's no-hitter yesterday was the 22nd since 2010 and a walk away from becoming the sixth perfect game in that same time. This makes no-hitters and perfect games sound abnormally common today. So just how much has the frequency of no-hitters and perfect games changed?...

Alex Cora's Great 18-Pitch At Bat
My pal Jon Weisman revisits the memorable 18-pitch duel between Matt Clement and Alex Cora that took place 10 years ago today:...

Woeful LA Dodgers Need More Of Wild-Pitch Walk-Off Hero Schumaker
Once again Friday night the Dodgers proved they can still fog a mirror. They got a game-tying homer in the sixth from the suddenly incomparable Yasiel Puig (who became just the second player since 1900 to bang out four home runs in his first five major league games) and then the winning run, on a wi...

Chris Kluwe Conditionally Surrenders No. 5 To New Vikings QB Donovan McNabb
Your morning roundup for July 30, the day we're provided with living proof that 32-year-old women are, in fact, into 83-year-old men. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

A Nervous Letter From A Fan Attending AT&T Park Tonight With Her Dodger-Loving Fiancee
The Giants and Dodgers plan to address the beating of Bryan Stow before tonight's game and to plead with the fans to not let passion for their teams involve kicking people until they're comatose. Still, one fan fears retaliation is imminent and emailed her concerns to us last night....

Manny Apologizes To Teammates For Ruining Their Season
The AP's source in the locker room described Ramirez as being "uncomfortable" during the meeting. Still, handshakes and bro-hugs were plentiful after he spoke. [AP]...

Jeff Kent: A Good Jerk Is Hard To Find
The Manny Ramirez rumors and, you know, the earthquake are the top news in LA right now, but there's also an interesting article by the T.J. Simers in today's LA Times about Dodgers Dangle-stached second baseman Jeff Kent. The headline is "Appreciate Jeff Kent While You Still Can", which while overl...

