Mattingly Baseball Bats Feature

BASEBALL: Kershaw goes the distance for Dodgers

As a six-time All-Star and nine-time Gold Glove award-winner, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly knows how to win. And it helps to have Clayton Kershaw on your side.

Dodgers-Diamondbacks Preview

While the Los Angeles Dodgers own the best record in baseball, another unfortunate off-the-field incident has recently overshadowed their continued stellar play.

Baseball's Instant Replay Should Be Expanded: Fan's Opinion

In 4,858 at-bats during the 2011 Major League season , instant replay was used to review a whopping five calls. Even some umpires agree that the time has come to expand the use of instant replay, which is currently used solely to review home-run boundary calls. So what's the hold-up?

Chat with Scott White and Nando Di Fino!

Our Nando Di Fino and Scott White stop by to answer your Fantasy Baseball questions in advance of Week 8 in their LIVE chat, starting at 11 a.m. ET.

Sycamores try to catch Missouri Valley Conference tourney vibe

A Missouri Valley Conference championship season has bloomed for the Indiana State baseball team in 2012. The Sycamores have been dominant through most of the season.  

DODGERS NOTEBOOK: Gordon will stay at top of lineup

For now, the Dodgers are essentially stuck with Dee Gordon as their leadoff hitter. That was the message from manager Don Mattingly when pressed about the struggling 24-year-old shortstop Sunday.

Dodgers sign OF Bobby Abreu

CHICAGO (AP) The Los Angeles Dodgers are off to their best start in years, and manager Don Mattingly thinks Bobby Abreu makes the NL West leaders even better.

LA Dodgers: Blue Crew on Pace for Greatness After Team-Wide Win over Cardinals

It was all too fitting that the Los Angeles Dodgers had the Los Angeles Kings ice crew throw out the first pitch before Friday night's 6-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals . After all, both teams are playing like the best things going in MLB and the NHL, respectively, thanks to contributions from top to bottom. No Matt Kemp, in whose absence the Dodgers, with a best-in-baseball record of 26-13 ...

Five cuts from interleague play's first games

Five Cuts from the first weekend of interleague play:

Cardinals Lose 6-5 on Bases-Loaded Walk in 9th

Fernando Sales' shaky ninth inning spoiled a dramatic moment for slugger Lance Berkman.