Don Mattingly

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Zack Greinke could be back in the Dodgers' rotation Wednesday, barely five weeks after he suffered a fractured left clavicle -- well ahead of the original eight-week prognosis....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH Anyone looking for evidence of how hard Bryce Harper plays the game needs to look no further than the blood on the Dodger Stadium wall. Harper was injured and left Monday's game...

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Last week's ranking in parentheses 1. Rangers (1): It's safe to say that Ron Washington's hitters enjoyed their weekend in Houston — 24 runs overall and three homers in every game. Their assault on Philip Humber Saturday was vicious. 2....

Matt Kemp didn't realize he had 1,000 career hits until he looked up at the video board after slapping a single to center field in the fifth inning. "It's kind of a lot, it's kind of not," Kemp said. "Some great hitters behind me have 3,000 hits. It's...

Every season, Andre Ethier seems to be bothered by something different. His thumb. His knee. His toe. His ankle. But not this season. "I think this is the healthiest I've been in four, five years and the best I've felt every day," the Dodgers...

Tuesday: Reds at Marlins 7:10 p.m., Marlins Park, Miami On the mound RHP Homer Bailey (1-3, 3.83) vs. RHP Ricky Nolasco (2-4, 3.72): Bailey faced the Marlins on April 21 at Great American Ballpark and got the win after giving up two runs on seven...

The Sports Xchange By Jon Gold, The Sports Xchange Dodgers make it two in a row LOS ANGELES -- Chris Capuano described it as a thin line, the difference between playing tight and playing loose. It's a line that the expectation-laden Los Angeles...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH As the Dodgers suffered through an eight-game losing streak and speculation about his job security increased, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said he didn't read a word of it -- but...

Dodgers' manager Don Mattingly compared Marlins’ 20-year-old right-hander Jose Fernandez to Seattle Mariners ace and 2010 American League Cy Young winner Felix Hernandez. Friday, Fernandez gave up a first-inning, three-run homer to Adrian Gonzalez...

Memories, may be beautiful and yet What's too painful to remember We simply choose to forget … Ah, yes, but sometimes they do come flooding back. Which would explain the barrage of emails, tweets and texts I’ve been receiving all day...

It is obvious that expanded replay will not cure all that ails major-league umpires. The umpires used instant replay of a home run by Oakland's Adam Rosales in Cleveland on Wednesday and still got it wrong. Umpire Angel Hernandez's excuse? The umps...