The Strike Zone | SI.com 47 mins ago
Thanks, Frank Jobe: The five best post-Tommy John surgery careers for pitchers
Dr. Frank Jobe, the inventor of the graft reconstruction of the ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow, better known as Tommy John surgery, died on Thursday at the age of 88. Since that experimental procedure was performed on Dodgers pitcher Tommy John in 1974, more than a thousand major league players, most of them pitchers, […]
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Los Angeles Times 3 hours ago
Yasiel Puig, Dodgers' 'wild horse,' continues to play at a gallop
PHOENIX --- The Dodgers have tried to temper Yasiel Puig's aggressive play without curbing his enthusiasm. But the man Vin Scully has nicknamed the "wild horse" showed Thursday he is not ready to be tamed.
Steve Dilbeck / Los Angeles Times 5 hours ago Remembering Dr. Frank Jobe
Meet a legend and it’s natural to feel intimidated. They come with all that TV time and press clippings and history. The live in a universe unimagined by most.
Bill Plunkett / Dodgers Blog | Orange County Register 16 hours ago 
Sports medicine pioneer Dr. Frank Jobe, 88, dies
Dr. Frank Jobe, a sports medicine pioneer whose innovative surgery prolonged hundreds of baseball careers, died Thursday morning at age 88. Jobe had been serving as a secial advisor to the Dodgers front office since 2008. But he began a 50-year...
Bill Plunkett / Orange County Register 18 hours ago 
Kershaw, Ryu lined up for Australia series
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Dodgers manager Don Mattingly has yet to announce his starting rotation for the two-game series in Australia. But this weekend's pitching plans are a good indication that left-handers Clayton Kershaw and Hyun-Jin Ryu will start for...
Los Angeles Times 23 hours ago
Zack Greinke, Matt Kemp continue to progress in rehab workouts
TEMPE, Ariz. --- Right-hander Zack Greinke threw about two dozen pitches off a mound and outfielder Matt Kemp stepped up his running program slightly Thursday as both former All-Stars moved closer to returning from nagging injuries.
Dodgers Report | ESPN Los Angeles 23 hours ago
Dan Haren leads a revitalized back of the rotation
Three or four years ago, Dan Haren could overpower hitters and, when they began to get on his 93-mph fastball, throw a split-finger pitch that would make them look foolish. Now, he’s a different pitcher, a series of minor injuries sapping some of his arm strength. He has to use his wiles. You could see him thinking his way through the Angels lineup in Thursday’s Cactus League game at Tempe Diablo Stadium, where Haren used to train. These days, Haren’s pitch of choice most often is his cutter and, when you see him running it in effectively on left-handed hitters, you have a pretty good...
Los Angeles Times Mar 6, 2014
Yasiel Puig is not expected to be sidelined by back inflammation
PHOENIX -- Outfielder Yasiel Puig left the Dodgers' 10-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday after two hitless at-bats because of inflammation in his upper back.
Bill Plunkett / Orange County Register Mar 6, 2014 
Dodgers say they're happy to take on role as marked men
GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Dodgers will take the field with the usual names and numbers on their backs this season — and also targets. Their run to the NL Championship Series last year and a payroll that has allowed them to put together a deep and...
Steve Dilbeck / Los Angeles Times Mar 6, 2014 Alex Guerrero grand slam boosts stock for Dodgers' second base job
Maybe it’s a Cuban thing.
Bill Plunkett / Dodgers Blog | Orange County Register Mar 5, 2014 
Guerrero, Gonzalez homer as Dodgers rout Reds, 10-3
THE GAME: The Dodgers routed the Cincinnati Reds, 10-3, in their first night game of the spring Wednesday. PITCHING REPORT: Left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu became the first Dodgers starter to go four innings. He allowed two runs on four hits but struck out...
Bill Plunkett / Dodgers Blog | Orange County Register Mar 5, 2014 Puig exits early with back discomfort
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig left Wednesday's game after four innings with pain in his upper back. The Dodgers' front-line players stayed in for six innings against the Cincinnati Reds Wednesday. But Puig exited after reacting...
Los Angeles Times Mar 5, 2014
Dodgers' Zack Greinke gets back on the mound
PHOENIX -- Zack Greinke threw off a mound Wednesday for the first time since leaving a spring training start last week with a strain in his right calf.
Steve Dilbeck / Los Angeles Times Mar 5, 2014 Dodgers' Tom Lasorda pep talk leads Clippers to victory?
It’s Tom Lasorda, master motivator.
Steve Dilbeck / Los Angeles Times Mar 5, 2014 Ross Stripling has elbow surgery as prelude to Tommy John surgery
This doesn’t sound like the ideal way to go. Right-hander Ross Stripling has had surgery before his surgery.
