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Bill Lachemann, 78, keeps Angels ahead of curve behind the plate
TEMPE, Ariz. — Bill Lachemann was on the same Dorsey High baseball team as legendary manager Sparky Anderson. He played his first professional game five years before Angels rising star Mike Trout's father was born and caught former Angels pitcher...
Tags: San Francisco Giants, Baseball, Colon Cancer, Sparky Anderson, Mike Scioscia
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Dodgers get nod they wanted: Vin Scully bobblehead night
Dodgers BlogDodgers score big marketing coup by announcing they have added a Vin Scully bobblehead night for 2012. They also add Kirk Gibson and Eric Karros bobblehead nights.... -
Greatest sports figures in L.A. history, No. 11: Tommy Lasorda
The Fabulous ForumFormer Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda was voted the 11th greatest sports figure in Los Angeles history by online readers.... -
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TV SPORTS Women's College Basketball-Michigan at Purdue, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Penn State at Northwestern, 7:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Idaho at Nevada, 10 p.m. (ESPNU) Men's College Basketball-Xavier at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Villanova at...Tags: ESPN (tv network), Lloyd Waner, Hugh Duffy, Al Leiter, Elmer Flick
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Our Laguna: Honoring those for their skills, service
I read Monday in the L.A. Times that Gino Cimoli had died. Gino was the first major league player to bat on the West Coast when the Dodgers and Giants moved to California from New York in 1958. He wasn't the Dodgers usual lead-off batter, but Manager...Tags: Media Industry, Ocean Surfing, California, Arts and Culture, AIDS
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'Jews and Baseball': Ron Howard's a-ha moment with Sandy Koufax
The Big PictureAs a Jew who has been a baseball fan his entire life, I guess I'm the perfect target audience for "Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story," which opens Friday at the Music Hall Theater in Beverly Hills and the...... -
Duke Snider dies at 84; Dodger Hall of Famer
Duke Snider, one of the Brooklyn Dodgers' "Boys of Summer" and among a celebrated trio of New York center fielders in the 1950s, died Sunday. He was 84.
Snider died at Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondido, the Dodgers announced. No cause was...Tags: Roy Campanella, The New York Times, Music, Career and Workplace, Philadelphia Phillies
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Golden Knights hoping health is wealth against Eagles
SOUTHEAST GLENDALE — The Glendale YMCA Quarterback Club, in its 68th year, meets Tuesday's at the Elk's Lodge. The following are odds and ends from the sixth meeting of the year. GOLDEN KNIGHTS SEEKING GOOD HEALTH Mired in a rare three-game losing...Tags: Oakland Athletics, Peter O'Malley, Clubs and Associations, Mike Piazza, World Series
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Khrushchev in U.S.!; Dodgers Beat Braves
The Daily MirrorSept. 16, 1959: Khrushchev leaves for the U.S., accompanied by a menacing Mr. Atomic Bomb. He's carrying a briefcase marked "Threats" just in case you don't get it that atomic weapons are dangerous. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev is greeted by "a... -
The Dodgers, Juan Marichal and the Beanball
The Daily MirrorSept. 21, 1969: Surfers are cleaning up their act, The Times says. Richard Nixon owns a surfboard? Jules Feiffer on the Miranda case. All the pseudo-surfers have become pseudo-hippies! The Dodgers and Giants were fighting again and Juan Marichal was in... -
Writers Guild Strikes Over TV Residuals
The Daily MirrorSo here???s how Times cartoonist Bruce Russell shows that an eagle represents Mexico. He gives it a cute little sombrero. The Writers Guild goes on strike over residuals on TV broadcasts of films released after 1948. The Knights of Columbus celebrate... -
Dodgers had little intention for intentional walks in '74
Dodger ThoughtsIntentional walks become magnified in the playoffs. As recently as two days ago, a free free pass issued to the Angels' Torii Hunter set up Vladimir Guerrero for an American League Division Series-winning hit ??? and set up a bunch......
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