As mentioned earlier all was not well in Clipperland. The Clippers just issued a press release making it official. Elgin Baylor is out as GM and VP of Basketball Operations. Head coach Mike Dunleavy will assume the GM responsibilities.... [continue]

The OC Register Lakers Blog is reporting that Elgin Baylor, VP of basketball operations and general manager of the Clippers, is no longer performing his duties. Baylor acknowledges there is a dispute but will not elaborate. After a hall-of-fame career with the Lakers, Baylor has been the GM of the Clippers since 1986. After a playoff run in the 2005-2006 season, Baylor was named NBA Executive of the Year. More on this story as details... [continue]

Mike Scioscia arguing a call after a botched suicide squeeze attempt. AP Photo/Charles Krupa Boston Red Sox defeat LA Angels 3-2. This was the year the Angels were supposed to get over the hump. They beat the Red Sox eight of nine games in the regular season. The Angels nabbed the highly coveted Mark Teixeira before the trading deadline to provide a power bat to the anemic lineup. The Angels had a dominant rotation... [continue]

A Las Vegas jury found OJ Simpson guilty of armed robbery and kidnapping. His co-defendant Clarence Stewart was also found guilty of the same charges. Both were tried on 12 charges stemming from their gunpoint robbery of two memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel more than a year ago. The kidnapping charges carries five years to life in prison while the armed robbery charges carries a mandatory two year sentence and could bring... [continue]

This Cubs fan ponders on the existential ramifications of the Cubs losing again. AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast LA Dodgers defeat Chicago Cubs 10-3. Everyone say this with me: The Dodgers have a chance to go to the NLCS Saturday. The Cubs infield handed the game to the Dodgers with errors committed by each player on the horn which lead to five Dodger runs. Meanwhile Manny Ramirez struck for yet another postseason homerun and Chad... [continue]

James Loney getting congratulated after hitting his grand slam in the fifth inning. AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast As I said the other day, nothing about the Dodgers makes any sense. They faced Ryan Dempster in the first game who went 14-3 at the Friendly Confines this season. Meanwhile they sent out Derek Lowe who gets next to no run support from the team. And it’s widely known that the Dodgers have only won one... [continue]

Joe Torre and Lou Piniella greeting each other at home plate. AP Photo/M. Spencer Green LA Dodgers defeat Chicago Cubs 7-2. Derek Lowe made only one mistake to Mark DeRosa in the second inning in his six innings of work, and the Dodgers used the long ball to give the them their second postseason victory since 1988. Things didn't look good for the Dodgers in the third inning when Andre Ethier struck out to... [continue]

Mr. Al Davis Teaching Class. AP Photo/Paul Sakuma Notable Notes Uy vey. Everyone saw Lane Kiffin's firing coming a mile away. Al Davis had a press conference to discuss his firing and introduce offensive line coach Tom Cable as interim head coach. You can watch Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 for yourself. While this is devolving into a he-said-he-said quagmire, it is quite embarassing for an owner of an NFL franchise to... [continue]

According to the Evil Four-Letter Network's Chris Mortenson, Raider's head coach Lane Kiffin has officially been fired. Word is the rest of his contract will not be honored and is not allowed to speak to his players.... [continue]

Blake "Marilyn Monroe" DeWitt celebrates the division playoffs. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill The Los Angeles Dodgers are the 2008 National League West Division Champions. Over and over this team has made me eat my words more often than a Steinbrenner. When Joe Torre was hired, I said he wouldn’t make a lick of difference going so far as superimposing his face over a Kool-Aid packet. The day before the season started I said the... [continue]

With the Milwaukee Brewers winning the NL Wild Card today, the Dodgers will face the Chicago Cubs in the NL Divisional Series. Although the Dodgers are 2-5 against the Cubs this season, all of their contests were before the trading deadline. So the Cubs will be facing a completely different monster. First game in the series is on Wednesday, and the first game the Dodgers will be hosting is on Saturday. LET'S GO DODGERS!!!... [continue]

Manny Shares the Celebration with the Fans. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill San Diego Padres defeat LA Dodgers 7-5. Yeah the Dodgers lost, but as Vin Scully so eloquently put it, "Who cares?" The Dodgers found out at 2:32 pm that they were NL West Champs. They went through warm ups, batting practice and the game, then the celebration began. Now this is the first celebration I have seen where the players took to the... [continue]

With the Arizona Diamondbacks 12-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, the Dodgers have officially won the NL West! The Dodgers win! The Dodgers win! Theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee DODGERS WIN! Excuse us while we prepare our crow pie.... [continue]

Everyone Loves Manny (except for Boston). AP Photo/Jeff Lewis LA Dodgers defeat San Diego Padres 12-4. The Dodgers sure know how to pile it on. Tuesday they scored six runs in the first inning. Wednesday night they scored six runs in their final offensive inning. Everyone got in on the action even Jeff Kent, Juan Pierre and Rafael Furcal. Yes Furcal made his first appearance with the Dodgers since Cinco de Mayo and was... [continue]

Nomar Hits an Earl Weaver. AP Photo/Matt Sayles LA Dodgers defeat San Diego Padres 10-1. It was over in the first inning when Padres starter Wade LeBlanc got his first out when the eighth man Angel Berroa came to the plate. By then the Dodgers had already scored five runs. Dodger's starter Chad Billingsley came to bat after that with a squeeze play for the second out and the sixth run. While Billingsley had... [continue]

Vladimir To Save the Day. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren LA Angels defeat Seattle Mariners 2-1. The Angels had their chances to put away the Mariners getting 10 hits. Vladimir Guerrero tied the game 1-1 in the fourth inning with a solo shot. The Angels got the game winning run in the seventh inning when Jeff Mathis singled and came home on a Reggie Willits single and a fielding error by Raul Ibanez. But that... [continue]

LA Dodgers defeat Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 (12 innings). This was a very strange game. Bad defense followed by great defense in one play. Squeaking runs through. It wasn't pretty, but a win is a win. Starter Clayton Kershaw could only go five innings and for most of the game it was back and forth. James Loney finally came through with the winning RBI single in the 12th inning. The Dodgers magic number is now... [continue]

Yet another pensive Joe Torre. AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar Pittsburgh Pirates defeat LA Dodgers 15-8. So I'm on the other coast not paying attention while they win and Juan fucking Pierre hits a home run, and I come back and they give up eight runs in the seventh inning. All I have to say is at least there was more scoring than the Auburn-Mississippi State game on Saturday. But whatever. The Dodgers can't win... [continue]

Jeff Mathis, Torii Hunter and Mike Napoli celebrating being 2008 AL West Champions. AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian LA Angels defeat NY Yankees 4-2. Andy Pettite had not notched a win since August 20. Wednesday afternoon would be no different. With the bases loaded in the fifth inning, Pettite was one strike away from getting out of the jam. Unfortunately that last strike was a two-run double by Robb Quinlan which also plated Vladimir Guerrero on... [continue]

Andre Ethier carrying the load in the Dodger's victory. AP Photo/Denis Poroy LA Dodgers defeat San Diego Padres 6-2. Andre Ethier keeps on feasting on those fastballs. In the eighth inning with the Dodgers down 2-1 and Russell Martin on second, Ethier drove a ball out to left field for a game-tying triple. Then with the bases loaded in the ninth inning and the Dodgers leading 3-2, he hit a bases-clearing double that was... [continue]