Don Mattingly

The Sports Xchange By Jon Gold, The Sports Xchange Dodgers stop eight-game skid LOS ANGELES -- Every hit felt like catharsis, the anxiety and stress of the worst drought in five years washing away with each cheer, which grew louder and louder. One win...

Jose Fernandez looks at his rookie season with the Marlins as one big learning experience. On Friday night in the Marlins' 5-4 come-from-behind win over the Dodgers, the 20-year-old right-hander showed he's not only learning lessons, but applying them....

After pitching like an All-Star in his first seven starts, Kevin Slowey finally had his first rough night as a Marlin Saturday. Thirsty for a win and hoping to take some heat off skipper Don Mattingly, the Dodgers ended a season-high eight-game losing...

The Dodgers' bullpen issues go beyond their muddied closer situation. Manager Don Mattingly has thought about replacing Brandon League with Kenley Jansen for the ninth-inning job. Now he's got an equally undesirable problem with set-up man Ronald...

As expected, the Dodgers selected the contract of Scott Van Slyke and added him to their major-league roster Friday. Utility player Elian Herrera was optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque and pitcher Chad Billingsley was transferred from the 15-day...

On the list of things not going well for the Dodgers, the back end of the bullpen might not rate at the top, but it is unexpectedly in contention. Five of the Dodgers’ eight consecutive losses have been by one run. Games go late and tight, and...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH The fact that right-hander Brandon League gave up a game-winning home run to Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt in the ninth inning of Tuesday's game doesn't make League...

Check any correct answer to the following question: What is 42? a) the number worn by Jackie Robinson when he played with the Brooklyn Dodgers. b) a movie about Robinson's courage in breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947. c) the number of...

Don Mattingly knows he’s been a hot topic in recent days. A pair of stories in the Los Angeles Times (by Bill Shaikin and Bill Plaschke), in ESPN.com and multiple blogs, all wondering whether the slumping Dodgers would be better served by a new...

Matt Kemp came to Don Mattingly's defense Friday in light of the mounting speculation regarding the manager's job status. "He doesn't go out there and hit for us, pitch for us, field for us, run for us," Kemp said. "It's not his fault that we're losing....

Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke threw 80 pitches, 54 for strikes, Friday night in his rehabilitation start with the Class-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes before he was pulled with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning in a California League game at Lake...

The Dodgers are delivering on the promise they made in their marketing slogan. This is "A Whole New Blue." These Dodgers have hit depths unknown to them even during their 10 months in bankruptcy, their 5-4 defeat against a group of no-names wearing...