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Steve Goldman believes Milton Bradley would help the Yanks next season. YEAH, I PICKED THE CUBS... ...And since they lost so handily, I've been asking myself, "Why did you do that?" It's the same way I ask ...

They are two of baseball's great old franchises, each a generation removed from their glory days.

In the litany of Manny Ramirez controversies, it was not as egregious as reportedly forgetting which knee hurt when he visited a doctor this July.

Rafael Furcal missed 125 games and his preparation for the playoffs consisted of 10 plate appearances in the final week of the regular season.

People often ask me, given my preeminence in the study of Cubness , whether it's fair to judge the 2008 team based on the Cubs' gloriously uninterrupted history of failure.

If only for few minutes, Ned Colletti looked relaxed. The Dodgers' general manager had learned that his team would face the Chicago Cubs in the National League division series.

There have been, since the World Series began in 1903, 103 major league postseasons -- no, I haven't miscounted; there was no World Series in 1904, nor a postseason in 1994.

Ted Green is a former sportswriter for the Los Angeles Times and the National Sports Daily.

Folks like John Nash and his ilk will likely grow indignant and outraged over such a conclusion, but if you're a Dodger fan, the math above will strike you as anything but fuzzy.

Our first instinct was to ban the usual Hollywood cliche. You know: The Dodgers' season has been so wacky that even a Hollywood screenwriter could not have dreamed this up.

By Sean Allen Special to ESPN.com September 16, 2008, 1:43 PM There is no time like the present.

Seventy minutes before Sunday's first pitch, Russell Martin adjusted the clubhouse stereo system and began bobbing his head.

Juan Pierre hit a home run. For that reason alone, Dodgers left fielder Manny Ramirez merits strong consideration in the National League MVP race.

For a fleeting moment, the three fastest Rockies occupied Coors Field. Eric Young was taking batting practice, Juan Pierre was watching from the dugout and Willy Taveras was shagging flies.

With Andre Ethier back from attending the birth of his child, Juan Pierre figures to return to the Dodgers bench Tuesday night.

Hiroki Kuroda allowed three hits over seven shutout innings for his first road win in more than two months and Manny Ramirez had three more hits, leading the surging Los Angeles Dodgers past the Pittsburgh ...

Andruw Jones' nightmarish first season in Los Angeles was officially euthanized Saturday when the veteran center fielder was placed on the 60-day disabled list to clear a 40-man roster spot for reliever Takashi ...

It was supposed to be astory of perfectly aligned stars and a perfectly crafted script, all coming together to form a perfectly marvelous subplot to the Dodgers' season.

Though most of us have never been invited to Joe Torre's house , we can safely assume that if the manager, bedecked in his "Kiss the Chef, Sports Fans" apron, were to give us the grand tour before his big ...

Manny Ramirez anny Ramirez holds up his glove before the game. "It's illegal," he says.