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JC’s Dodger View: Pirates & Marlins Ruin LA’s Opening Week

Posted: 11th April 2010 by J.C. Ayvazi in MLB
Opening Day in Pittsburgh - while warm & breezy, Pittsburgh is not high on the list of places I would hope to begin the season. Sadly I was not consulted by the schedule makers. This would be the start of a rather painful week for the Dodgers and their fans, as the team would go 2-4 on a trip most thought would being them home above .500 and near if ...
The wire services are crackling with what is deemed to be news todayùManny Ramirez is saying he will not return to the Dodgers in 2011! This revelation ranks right up there with water being wet and the sky being blue. Any Dodger fan who is paying attention knows this will be Manny's last season in Dodger blue. They also are aware if fate sends the season sideways, the team would look to ...
Former Dodger closer Eric Gagne can represent the best of times as well as the worst of times for Dodger fans. Some would say strains of "Welcome to the Jungle" still reverberate around Chavez Ravine. Others still feel disgust from the disclosure of his PED usage. Wash away all the sweet and bitter and one fact remains, Eric Gagne's last dominant season as a closer is five years in the rear-view mirror. ...
The agent for Barry Bonds ùseen here in his current uniform and looking over his shoulder at the wreckage left in his wakeùconceded today the playing days of the steroid-tainted slugger are over. It would appear the fact every team has rebuffed the attempts of Jeff Borris to land Bonds on a Major League roster for the last two years has finally served to open his eyes and allow for reading ...