The Dodgers have lost in a lot of ways this season, which is not surprising since they’re six games under .500 in mid-May. Most frequently, it has been insufficient offense. Sometimes, it has been bad pitches by relievers.
In 1969, the save became an official MLB statistic and managers have pretty much been in its power ever since. Media and fans started rewarding saves with awards and attention, guys who piled up a lot them became famous.
If you hadn't noticed, Clayton Kershaw is kind of consistent. He led the league in ERA in 2011, he led the league in ERA in 2012 and, through the first six weeks of 2013, he's leading the league in ERA.
LOS ANGELES -- On April 13, Dr. Neal ElAttrache spent about 90 minutes with Zack Greinke at White Memorial Hospital, about five miles east of Dodger Stadium. The pitcher was out cold, anesthetized while the surgeon repaired his broken left collarbone by inserting a metal plate to stabilize it.
LOS ANGELES -- Zack Greinke looked as if he had never absorbed that charge from Carlos Quentin. The Dodgers' ace right-hander returned just 4.5 weeks after fracturing his left collarbone in a fight with the Padres' outfielder and continued to get his Dodgers career off to a running start.
LOS ANGELES -- Don Mattingly wasn't more than a handful of questions into his postgame media session Tuesday night when the topic abruptly shifted from Clayton Kershaw's dominance to whether he has a new closer.
LOS ANGELES -- Andre Ethier wasn't even sure he'd get to hit. After a wild pitch, the Dodgers had runners on second and third and two outs in the third inning, the moment more pivotal than most third-inning moments because of who the Dodgers had on the mound.
LOS ANGELES -- Every once in a while, you get a glimpse of what this Los Angeles Dodgers team could be. You get a sense of how it can pull itself out of this mess and get on track for the World Series run it envisioned this spring.
LOS ANGELES -- Andre Ethier can tell you about the stiff, unforgiving wall in Arizona. He can describe the location of each of the fence posts in San Francisco. But, after eight seasons in Los Angeles, he is most familiar with the topography of Dodger Stadium's right-field fence.
LOS ANGELES -- He's been ineffective, but is he hurt? The Los Angeles Dodgers seemed to have a hard time getting the story straight after Monday's 6-2 loss to the Washington Nationals. Josh Beckett, who is 0-5 with a 5.
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