Clayton Kershaw News

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

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla has been treated after accidentally shooting himself in his right leg.

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

The timing could not have been more perfect. A day before the Rocky Mount Senior High School class of 1979 gathered to celebrate its 30th reunion, a time capsule the former classmates had buried as ninth-graders finally was unearthed.

In the last round, it was shellshocked Dodgers ace-in-training Clayton Kershaw who presented the best image of what Phillies hitters could do to a young, talented pitcher.

Even before the McCourts' divorce became public, there were signs that the team was falling apart.

Vicente Padilla was not the magic mound elixir Wednesday as the Philadelphia Phillies built a 6-2 lead that was too much for Los Angeles to overcome in a 10-4 loss.

The positive spin is that the Dodgers grew up this season. Andre Ethier and learned they could carry a team.

The Dodgers came to town for three huge games with the Phillies and their biggest score was Springsteen tickets.

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 and manager Joe Torre got an early start on the managing of offseason expectations Friday when they said an acquisition of an ace starting pitcher is unlikely.

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.

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 population in Philly is thinking a oeBrotherly Leea , rather than Brotherly Love, according to a sign a fan held up proudly.

"Will the game impact it? Possibly," Torre said before Monday night's NLCS Game 4 at Philadelphia.

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

Imagine this scenario. The youngest pitcher to ever start the opening game of a league championship series is on the mound and trailing 3-1. In the current inning, he has already given up a three-run homer, walked three batters, and tossed three wild pitches, and now there are runners on the corners.

Some won't care; others will be fraught with anxiety. Dodgers assistant general manager Kim Ng, a highly valued team executive long expected to become the first female general manager in baseball, interviewed for the vacant Padres' position today, according to unsourced reports by Jon Heyman of SI.com . Ng has interviewed for other general manager ...

There was a glimmer of hope when Andre Ethier hit a solo home run in the 1st inning, but the Phillies quickly snuffed it out in the bottom of the inning with that three-run dinger by Jayson Werth.

The Phillies can clinch a spot in the World Series tonight with a win in Game 5 of the NLCS against visiting Los Angeles.