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Dodgers legendary pitcher Fernando Valenzuela dies at 63

Fernando Valenzuela, the impetus behind "Fernandomania" while starring for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1980s, has died at the age of 63.

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Dodgers' Lux out for season with torn ACL

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Maury Wills, Dodgers star and 1962 MVP, dead at 89

Maury Wills won three World Series championships with the Dodgers.

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Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully dies at age 94

"We have lost an icon," said Dodger President and CEO Stan Kasten. "Vin Scully was one of the greatest voices in all of sports."

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42 Facts About Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color line in 1947 and became the first African American to play on a major sports team.

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Hall of Fame Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda dies at 93

Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda has died at the age of 93 after suffering heart failure at his home Thursday night.

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Hall of Fame Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda dies at 93

Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda has died at the age of 93 after suffering heart failure at his home Thursday night.

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Dodgers: The Best of Tommy Lasorda! 8 Most Memorable Moments!

The legendary Los Angeles Dodgers skipper Thomas Charles Lasorda won 1,599 regular season games, eight division titles, four league pennants, and two World Series championships as a Dodgers manager from […] More

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MLB reacts to Joe Kelly's 8-game suspension | theScore

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Why the Los Angeles Dodgers don’t need a big name to win the World Series

The Los Angeles Dodgers have not really done anything yet this winter, leading to plenty of disappointed fans who think this team does not have enough. The...

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Dodgers: Bad Decisions, Not Analytics, Are to Blame for NLDS Loss | Dodgers Nation

It feels like an entire off-season since the end of the NLDS, yet in reality it’s only been a week. Some are moving onto a hot stove mindset, but for most (myself included), the devastation of the loss still weighs heavily.  I feel a fundamental shift in

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Don Newcombe, star pitcher linked to Dodgers' Brooklyn past, dies at 92 | MLB | Sporting News

Newcomb was the first MLB player to win the Rookie of the Year, MVP and Cy Young awards.

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Ranking the 10 Greatest Dodgers Players of All Time | Bleacher Report | Latest News, Videos and Highlights

Dozens of All-Stars and Hall of Famers have donned the Los Angeles Dodgers uniform throughout the franchise's long, illustrious history...

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Dodgers launch season-high seven home runs in 8–7 win to sweep Mets

Turner hits go-ahead extra-inning home run; Bellinger, Hernández each go deep twice

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Real or not? Best Los Angeles Dodgers team ever, Yankees in trouble - SweetSpot- ESPN

It's a question not of winning 100 but of how many wins above 100. As of now, L.A. is on pace for 107. Meanwhile, the Yankees can't win two in a row.

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Dave Roberts gets it rolling as the new Dodgers manager - LA Times

Dave Roberts slipped into his new Dodgers jersey for the traditional photo-op, picked up his baseball cap and then squeezed the sides of the bill down to form a slight oval.

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Dodgers' Fernando Valenzuela becomes a U.S. citizen - LA Times

Fernando Valenzuela has accomplished plenty in his 54 years -- Rookie of the Year, Cy Young award, World Series champion, no-hitter.

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Vin Scully Lost His 1988 World Series Ring While Christmas Shopping... Then Found it Again

The Dodgers Twitter account put out an A.P.B. for fans yesterday looking for Vin Scully's 1988, which the all-time great had apparently misplaced while Christmas Shopping.

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Epic Yom Kippur: The One and ONLY Sandy Koufax, Orange County Jewish Life

Glendale, Ariz. — Baseballs in hand, Kyle Leibel, a 14-year-old fan from East Meadow, L.I., and John Fuchs, a pal from Phoenix, patrolled the grounds of the Los Angeles Dodgers spring training site here one recent morning, looking for autographs.
In the early days of the Dodgers’ preparation for the 2014 season, the teens, among dozens of other fans, chased down pitchers and catchers, traditionally the first players to report to spring training.
Then Steven Leibel, Kyle’s father, steered them to a scrum of fans pressed against a chain link fence, clamoring for an autograph from a white-haired senior citizen.

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MLB Scully will return, but he's already missed - ESPN

LOS ANGELES -- Vin Scully was wrong.

It seems almost blasphemous to say that about the man who has narrated some of the greatest moments in baseball history over the past six decades.

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Clayton Kershaw Throws No-Hitter As Dodgers Beat Rockies 8-0

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A pair of Cy Young Awards, three straight major league ERA titles, a 20-win season — and now a no-hitter. There isn't much more for Clayton Kershaw to accomplish from an individual standpoint. Now all the...

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Josh Beckett throws no-hitter vs. Phillies, first by Dodgers since 1996

Beckett became the 21st pitcher in Dodgers franchise history to throw a no-hitter.