Andre Ethier News

Jonathan Broxton's teammates said Monday night that there was nothing they could tell the All-Star closer to console him for serving up a two-out, two-run double in the Dodgers' walk-off, 5-4 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series.

MLB.com reported that former Phoenix St. Mary's High and Arizona State star Andre Ethier was named the Pepsi Clutch Performer of the Year for 2009.

Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier won a fan vote and was officlially named baseball's 2009 Clutch Performer of the Year.

Reporting from New York - With the fight for ownership of the Dodgers expected to hit the courts this week, the commissioner's office is monitoring the proceedings but expecting little effect on the daily operations of the club.

The Los Angeles Times noted the Dodgers' offensive core should return almost entirely intact next season.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported on Tuesday afternoon that Los Angeles Dodgers hitting coach Don Mattingly took part in a phone interview for the unoccupied Cleveland Indians' managerial job.

The coach turned back into a pumpkin. The emperor realized he wasn't wearing any clothes.

They were one out from defeat. A moment later, Jimmy Rollins put the Fightin' Phils within one win of the World Series.

On the same day Dodger Stadium would have hosted Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, two sets of different but equally important processes were beginning.

The first reaction, the gut reaction should not be discounted just because it came first.

When the season started, the book on the Dodgers was that they had a lot of talent on the field, great young players and a talented bullpen - if they got enough good starting pitching, they could go a long way.

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced today they will extend general manager Ned Colletti's contract.

Jayson Werth homered twice and Pedro Feliz and Shane Victorino also connected for Philadelphia, which combined with Los Angeles to tie the record of seven homers in a postseason game.

Mitch Williams has watched the replays. He has heard the theories and the invocations of the names Steve Sax and Chuck Knoblauch.

Ned Colletti agreed to a long-term extension Tuesday to stay on as general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

What's transpired in Games 2 and 3 of the NLCS hasn't been what most expected. Not Dodgers hitters.

In 1983, former National League Rookie of the Year second baseman Steve Sax became so erratic with his throws to first base that fans behind the Dodgers dugout began wearing batting helmets.

Former Phillies starter J.A. Happ came out of the bullpen in Game 2 of the NLCS and walked in Andre Ethier for the game-winning run in a 2-1 Dodgers decision.

This was the year Werth was to prove he could be a healthy, productive major-leaguer for 162 games, or fail trying.

Andre Ethier drew a bases-loaded walk from J.A. Happ that capped a wacky, two-run rally in the eighth inning and sent the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 Friday to even the NL championship series at one game each.