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Chad Billingsley to Undergo Tommy John Surgery on Wednesday

Posted by Scott Lewis under Los Angeles Dodgers, News And Notes on Apr 23, 2013

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The baseball gods are unkind to the Los Angeles Dodgers, so it seems. Chad Billingsley is scheduled to undergo Tommy John surgery on his right elbow tomorrow.


Billingsley joins Zack Greinke and Chris Capuano on the Dodgers’ list of hurlers currently injured. The decision to allow Billingsley to try and pitch with a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament is a particularly confounding one, given that the team was aware of the risks as far back as January. I wrote about Billingsley’s plan to pitch through the injury on January 30th, when an actual medical doctor said it’s all well and good to try and rehab such an injury so as long as you’re not a Major League Baseball pitcher.

You live and learn, I guess.

Billingsley was 1-0 in two starts, with a 3.00 ERA and six strikeouts in 12 innings this season.

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The Battle of Los Angeles: Week 4

Posted by Riley Breckenridge under Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, The Battle of Los Angeles on Apr 23, 2013

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The Week That Was

LAA

Third Week Record That’s Not Exactly How They Drew It Up: 7-11

LAD

Third Week Record That’s Also Not Exactly How They Drew It Up: 8-10

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The Battle of Los Angeles: Week 3

Posted by Riley Breckenridge under Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, The Battle of Los Angeles on Apr 16, 2013

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The Week That Was

LAA

2013 Record That Caused The Interminably Frustrating Glorious Rebirth of Scioscialism*: 4-9

The 12 Tenets of Socialism

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Video: Season-Altering Injury Mars Perfectly Good Donnybrook

Posted by Drew Fairservice under HardBall Talkin', Los Angeles Dodgers, Zack Greinke on Apr 12, 2013

Fight! Fight! Fight! Oh, wait. Zack Greinke, who beaned Carlos Quentin and all but initiated this throwdown, broke his collarbone and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks after colliding shoulder-to-shoulder with the irate Padre. Way to ruin a perfectly good thing, Zack Greinke’s elven bone structure!

Carlos Quentin, your Major League leader in HBP over the last three years by a rather significant margin, took exception to a 3-2 fastball from Greinke that ran up and in, charging the mound and sparking a heated punch fight which seemed to lack the requisite punches.

As the video shows, Matt Kemp was buzzed earlier in the game by Padres starter Jason Marquis. Kemp has been described as “irate” throughout this incident, a state of mind which persevered throughout the night as he confronted Quentin after the game.

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The Battle of Los Angeles: Week 2

Posted by Riley Breckenridge under Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, The Battle of Los Angeles on Apr 09, 2013

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Ed. Note: This week’s Battle of LA went up moments before the severity of Jered Weaver’s left elbow injury went public. Which is to say, this is the final BoLA. (Not really.)

The Week That Was

LAA

First Week Record That Is Apparently Enough Of A Sample To Freak Some People Out: 2-4

LAD

First Week Record That Is Apparently Enough Of A Sample To Encourage Some Folks: 4-2

Southern California’s Burgeoning Pissing Contest: The Leader In The Clubhouse

The Dodgers. Their team ERA is 1.00 (totally sustainable) and their bullpen has been absolutely lights out through the first six games of the season (0 ER in 14 appearances). The outstanding start by their pitching staff has made the slow starts by Matt Kemp (2-for-20) and the three-headed pile o’ futility that is the left side of their infield (hitting a collective .026) a little bit easier to swallow.

That said, three of the Dodgers’ four wins came against the Pittsburgh Pirates, who have been nothing short of awful to start the 2013 campaign. The Angels got stuck with the shit-end of the stick by opening with the Reds and the Rangers, and their record reflects it.

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Dodgers trade Aaron Harang to Rockies for Ramon Hernandez

Posted by Darren Kritzer under Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers, News And Notes on Apr 06, 2013

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UPDATE: According to a source for Ken Rosenthal, the Rockies will designate Harang for assignment, so they basically traded for a pitcher they never had any intention of keeping. Colorado has already held discussions with several teams about the right-hander.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired catcher Ramon Hernandez from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for pitcher Aaron Harang and cash considerations. According to Jon Heyman, the Rockies will receive $4.25 million from L.A.

Hernandez, who signed a two-year, $6.4 million deal after the 2011 season, was designated for assignment by the club at the end of spring training. In his career, he has a .264/.327/.417 slash line with 166 home runs for five different teams. The Dodgers currently have catchers A.J. Ellis and Tim Federowicz on the 25-man roster.

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The Battle of Los Angeles: Week 1

Posted by Riley Breckenridge under Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, The Battle of Los Angeles on Apr 02, 2013

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The Angels and Dodgers are fighting hard to win the hearts and minds of Southern California baseball fans. Spending cash and engaging in a non-stop war of one-upmanship. Who will prevail in the end?

Getting Blanked tapped Orange County heartthrob and one half of the Productive Outs juggernaut Riley Breckenridge with keeping score on LA baseball this season.

The Week That Was

LAA

Meaningless Spring Training Record: 10-20

Smallest Of Small Sample Sizes Regular Season Record: 1-0

LAD

Meaningless Spring Training Record: 13-20

Smallest Of Small Sample Sizes Regular Season Record: 1-0

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