World Baseball Classic

Dodgers' scouts deserve credit as Hyun-Jin Ryu pays dividends

2013-05-17 13:55:00

This smelled of a huge gamble. Looked like a reach. You had to wondered if it wasn’t largely a publicity exercise, if the Dodgers had really spent a total of $61.7 million to sign Hyun-Jin Ryu. Yet nearly a fourth of the way into the season, it&...

Dodgers' medical staff feeling the strain

2013-05-16 22:30:00

Zack Greinke returned to the Dodgers' rotation this week, recovering from surgery on his left shoulder in five weeks, three ahead of schedule. Hanley Ramirez came back last month from a broken thumb two weeks earlier than expected. But head trainer...

There's more trauma than drama as Dodgers fall to Giants, 2-1

2013-05-03 23:15:00

SAN FRANCISCO — The elements were all there for an evening of drama, of triumph, of celebration of the human spirit. Instead, the evening might be best remembered for another devastating injury. The Dodgers braced for the extended loss of Hanley...

Hanley Ramirez, Hyun-Jin Ryu lead Dodgers past Rockies, 6-2

2013-04-30 22:15:00

Let’s go way out on a limb right now and conclude Hanley Ramirez enjoys the spotlight. That he’s a guy who recognizes a moment. In his first start of the season, which just happened to coincide with “Hanley Ramirez Bobblehead Night,&...

Dodgers' Hanley Ramirez plays in a rehab game

2013-04-28 00:00:00

Hanley Ramirez moved a big step closer to rejoining the Dodgers when he started at shortstop Saturday for the team's Class-A affiliate in Rancho Cucamonga. And Ramirez, who hasn't played since tearing a ligament in his right thumb during the World...

Hanley Ramirez to begin rehab assignment Saturday

2013-04-26 21:33:00

Shortstop Hanley Ramirez will begin a minor league rehabilitation assignment Saturday night and could be back with the Dodgers next week, nearly a month sooner than expected. Even that's not soon enough for Ramirez, though. "It hasn't been easy,...

Dodgers' Hanley Ramirez eats up rehab stint

2013-04-28 23:20:00

The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes are going to be sorry to see Hanley Ramirez leave. And with good reason, since the Dodgers minor league players ate well during Ramirez's two-game visit to the Cal League, with Ramirez springing for a postgame spread of steak...

Dodgers activate Hanley Ramirez from disabled list

2013-04-29 21:46:00

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Dodgers' Hanley Ramirez vows to return sooner than expected

2013-04-16 20:45:00

addCustomPlayer('8cqmm3yooufw16fbocvnmn2rk', '', '', 600, 418, 'perf8cqmm3yooufw16fbocvnmn2rk', 'eplayer15'); The team that has scored the fewest runs in the National League West got good news Tuesday when shortstop Hanley Ramirez said he plans to...

They said it: Quotes from baseball

2013-04-06 15:33:00

"Four years from now, if I'm able to sit up and take nourishment, I would." —Joe Torre, 72, jokingly, on whether he would be interested in an encore as Team USA manager when the World Baseball Classic returns in 2017. "What do you think you...

Dodgers break out of slumber with the lumber, beat Pirates, 6-2

2013-04-07 19:12:00

addCustomPlayer('8cqmm3yooufw16fbocvnmn2rk', '', '', 600, 418, 'perf8cqmm3yooufw16fbocvnmn2rk', 'eplayer15'); With the Dodgers' offense stuck in neutral through the first five games of the season, Manager Don Mattingly thought his team could use a...

Mike Piazza, former Dodgers great, to take part in a ballet

2013-04-03 12:25:00

Former Dodgers All-Star catcher Mike Piazza will make his ballet debut next month in Miami. Yes, you just read Mike Piazza, ballet and debut in the same sentence. Let it sink in. Here's the deal. Piazza, arguably the greatest hitting catcher to play...

Italy's Anthony Rizzo gets tagged out at second by USA's Brandon Phillips in the first inning during the World Baseball Classic First Round Group D game at Chase Field.

2013-05-11 00:00:00

Carlos Zambrano of Venezuela pitches against Puerto Rico during the first round of the World Baseball Classic in March.

2013-05-08 00:00:00

Hanley Ramirez played his first game with Class-A Rancho Cucamonga on Saturday, it was the shortstop's first game since suffering an injury to his thumb during the World Baseball Classic.

2013-04-11 00:00:00