National League

Almost alone among pitchers, CC Sabathia brings the durable goods

2013-06-15 18:16:00

The Dodgers have the best pitcher in baseball, and a treasure chest overstuffed with shiny coins from Time Warner Cable. Clayton Kershaw is the man. The Dodgers plan to pay the man. The cost almost certainly would exceed $200 million, with Kershaw...

The Times' baseball rankings

2013-06-15 19:41:00

(Statistics through Friday's games. Last week's rankings in parentheses): "MASTERS, SPREAD YOURSELVES" 1. ST. LOUIS I am feared in field: Cardinals lead the league in fielding. (1) 2. OAKLAND I have had a more rare vision: Moneyball still paying off...

Colorado Rockies' Troy Tulowitzki to sit out up to six weeks

2013-06-14 17:59:00

The Colorado Rockies placed Troy Tulowitzki on the disabled list Friday, and the star shortstop could sit out up to six weeks because of a broken rib. An MRI taken Thursday night revealed a right rib fracture, the team reported. Tulowitzki was injured...

Baseball players say they want to clean up the game

2013-06-15 12:45:00

SEATTLE — When cyclist Lance Armstrong was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs last fall, he was publicly disgraced, stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from the sport for life. When outfielder Melky Cabrera tested...

Baseball fantasy world: Rookies that would make fine additions

2013-06-09 00:00:00

� Productive rookie are the gold mines to which all owners want to stake claim. The Dodgers' Yasiel Puig, who has been all the rage since his call up last week, and St. Louis starter Shelby Miller, who may be Cy Young Award worthy, aren't the only...

Dodgers need to end the use of Clayton Kershaw, pinch-runner, now

2013-06-09 08:10:00

Don Mattingly is hardly the first manager to ever use a starting pitcher as a pinch-runner, but that doesn't make it a good idea. And it’s a really bad idea when the pitcher is Clayton Kershaw. Kershaw may only be the best pitcher in the...

Cuban defector Yasiel Puig breathes life into Dodgers season

2013-06-11 12:24:48

Dodgers hope Hanley Ramirez can return this weekend

2013-06-10 17:09:00

The Dodgers hope shortstop Hanley Ramirez can return to their lineup this weekend after an MRI examination showed no damage to his previously injured left hamstring. The team does not plan to put Ramirez on the disabled list, Manager Don Mattingly...

7 days into career, Dodgers' Yasiel Puig named NL player of week

2013-06-10 12:46:00

For what he did in his first week in the major leagues, Yasiel Puig on Monday was named the National League player of the week. Puig batted .464 with four home runs and 10 runs batted in in his first seven games. Perhaps more impressive than the...

Taking pause before Dodgers build that Yasiel Puig monument

2013-06-13 05:25:00

Hmm, Yasiel Puig. Gets you excited? The young Cuban who oozes – no, gushes talent – who seems to do everything at warp speed. Who in the first seven games of his major-league career was named the National League Player of the Week. The five-...

Unbeaten Patrick Corbin landed with Diamondbacks by way of Anaheim

2013-06-11 18:21:00

The pitcher with the best statistics in the National League will start Wednesday for the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Dodgers in the finale of a three-game series at Dodger Stadium. Left-hander Patrick Corbin, who is 9-0 with a 1.98 earned-run...

Gerrit Cole off to a great start with Pirates

2013-06-11 19:11:00

Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Gerrit Cole quickly made an impression in his major league debut. The overall No. 1 pick in the 2011 draft from UCLA struck out the first hitter he faced Tuesday night, fanning San Francisco's Gregor Blanco with three 96-mph...

Legendary Dodgers left fielder Tommy Davis, the 1963 National League batting champ with a .326, will take the field in uniform once again as part of the old-timers' game in celebration of the 50th anniversary of their World Series title.

2013-06-07 16:44:55

Roy Halliday, Mike Sweeney, Brian Schneider and Ben Francisco of the Philadelphia Phillies celebrate clinching the National League east title after a baseball game against the Washington Nationals on September 27, 2010 at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. The Phillies won 8-0.

2013-01-30 04:09:00

San Francisco Giants' Brandon Crawford (35) breaks up a double play with St. Louis Cardinals' Daniel Descalso covering during the third inning of Game 7 of baseball's National League championship series Monday in San Francisco.

2012-10-22 21:43:00