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Matt Kemp of The Dodgers Crashes Into The Wall At Full Speed [VIDEO]

Chad Middleton — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 06:15:30 +0000

If you have not seen it yet, Matt Kemp of the Dodgers was at full-speed and ran into the center field wall at Coors Field. It is a crazy collision and he stays in the game for another play and then has to be taken out

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Will the Dodgers' Early Season Success Continue Until October?

Ned Roach — Sun, 20 May 2012 22:30:11 +0000

Before the season started I noted the convergence of prophesies stating that the Dodgers were on their way to something less than the best record in baseball by Mid-May. A season is a marathon not a sprint, and there’s a long way to go until October. Even so, Dodger fans have got to be pretty thrilled with how things are unfolding. Here are 5 reasons to believe the Dodgers early season success will continue.

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What's In a Nickname? Let's Give Nicknames to Some Dodgers Stars

Ned Roach — Sun, 06 May 2012 23:07:07 +0000

What’s in a nickname?
The name Dodgers has its roots in the 19th century and their original home, Brooklyn, New York. Back in the old days…and I mean really old, not pre-Internet…Brooklyn was a maze of interlocking, crisscrossing trolley lines. Residents of Brooklyn had to maneuver through the trolley traffic and were affectionately referred to as “trolley dodgers.”

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The 83rd Annual All Star Game – The Irony, The Irony

Ned Roach — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:13:34 +0000

(I am about to contradict myself. You’ve been warned.)

First I’ll express my giddiness over the Dodgers 9-1 start. There are benchmarks along the season’s timeline which are considered key points where one can start to get an idea of the promise of the season, or force one to accept the inevitable. The 10 game mark is not one of those.

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