Chad Billingsley News

A Dodgers trade for Roy Halladay is unlikely, reports Dylan Hernandez of The Times after speaking with General Manager Ned Colletti.

Question number one, what do the Dodgers have? Question two,A what do they need? The questionsA are very simple to answer.

While a lot of the recent talk surrounding any Roy Halladay trade has centered around the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, at least one team from out West is seriously interested in the former Cy Young Award winner.

25, 2009. The Dodgers were rumored to be in on the Roy Halladay trade talks last July, but ended up bolstering their bullpen instead by trading for George Sherrill .

The National League Cy Young Award will be awarded on Thursday, and the leading candidates are Tim Lincecum, Chris Carpenter, and Adam Wainwright.

When the ceremonial first salvo had been tossed in McCourt v. McCourt , the principals in the divorce case, the Dodgers ' owner Frank McCourt and his erstwhile business partner Jamie McCourt, had at least put to rest a question that had dogged them since they bought the team nearly six years ago.

This will be like the proverbial car crash. We don't want to watch, but can't help ourselves.

Matt Holliday, Jason Bay and John Lackey are the three biggest MLB free agents this offseason.

On Friday, Manny Ramirez informed the Dodgers that he will stay for the 2010 season.

First, this reminder : 1) Rumors are not facts. 2) Teams and agents often float rumors to generate attention or to misdirect rivals.

" Padres catcher Nick Hundley underwent surgery Wednesday to repair a sports hernia.

With Chad Billingsley slipping on icy ground and breaking his leg last November and Vicente Padilla inviting a bullet into his leg this November, I'm eager to know what interesting leg injury will befall a Dodger pitcher next November.

Reporting from New York - The Dodgers are the talk of the World Series, and not because of Matt Kemp.

The Los Angeles Dodgersa TM owner Frank McCourt fired his wife, Jamie McCourt, from her position as CEO last week.

Dodgers General Manager Ned Colletti said Friday it's been business as usual running the team despite owner Frank McCourt firing his wife as chief executive of the club.

Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti felt little consolation Wednesday night following his team's defeat in the National League Championship Series, despite the fact that he will bring most of his club back intact for 2010.

Buster Olney of ESPN.com's Take What went wrong: Not much, really. Despite an injury to Chad Billingsley and the drug-related suspension of Manny Ramirez , the had an exceptional season, winning a NL-high 95 games and essentially standing as the wire-to-wire winner in the NL West.

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.

This is the crucible that will determine whether the young Dodgers are worthy of reaching the World Series.