Andre Ethier News

The Los Angeles Dodgers have one of the highest payrolls in the MLB , but money doesn't always buy success and the Dodgers are experiencing that.

I don't know Mark Walter, the Guggenheim guy who runs the Dodgers. We had one phone conversation, and I'd rather talk to Jamie McCourt.

The Dodgers have changed managers in midseason because of poor team play just once in the past 111 years.

In Major League Baseball, the bottom line for each team is more closely monitored than ever before.

While teams like the New York Yankees, Texas Rangers and Atlanta Braves know they're going to be in playoff runs this year, other teams are not so sure this baseball season.

Dodgers 9, Brewers 2: Manager Don Mattingly criticized his team and benched All-Star right fielder Andre Ethier, then watched Los Angeles rout Milwaukee.

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly criticized his team and benched All-Star right fielder Andre Ethier, then watched Los Angeles beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-2 on Wednesday.

We talked privately to several Dodger front office officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the situation, and they couldn't figure out the motive behind Mattingly's pre-game outburst, either, knowing only that he violated everything we've been taught about job security.

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since August 2005.

From the moment Don Mattingly made his Dodgers managerial debut in the spring of 2011, he has made it his mission to protect his players.

Right-hander Zack Greinke returns to the scene of his initial National League success on Tuesday night, when the Los Angeles Dodgers visit the Milwaukee Brewers for the second of three games at Miller Park.

The Dodgers' Matt Kemp is from Oklahoma City. He homered in tonight's Dodgers win in Milwaukee and after the game he represented.

I know what the rest of conservatives feel like by all of the attacks on my stand for this country.

Clayton Kershaw scattered three singles in his second complete game of the year and Matt Kemp hit his first home run since April 24, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw throws during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Monday, May 20, 2013, in Milwaukee.

Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti says beleaguered manager Don Mattingly is "doing fine" and has kept the team steady despite its last-place showing in the NL West.

Second baseman Mark Ellis was activated from the 15-day disabled list Sunday, having been cleared by the medical staff to return to the lineup after playing in two minor league games.

Outside of Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers starting pitchers are 8-10 with a 4.52 ERA in 31 starts, averaging just 5a...' innings per start.

How long will Los Angeles Dodgers management take winning one out of every three or so games? The whole season? Until the All-Star break? A quarter of the way in? Wait a we're a quarter of the way in right now.

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly gave a lengthy injury update Friday that included good news on Zack Greinke, the impending return of second baseman Mark Ellis and a setback for utility man Jerry Hairston.