A true Dodger great has left us today. Edward Donald "Duke" Snider passed away this morning at the Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondito, Calif. Funeral arrangements are pending, and no cause of death has been released.
The Duke Goes to the Big Dodger in the Sky
50 Years After Losing the Dodgers, Brooklyn Doesn't Care
While all the cheesy babybooming douches like Costas and McCarver harken back endlessly about the good ole days of the Boys of Summer before they left NY and moved to LA, keep in mind one thing - people in Brooklyn don't miss the Dodgers. They might miss Vin Scully, or decent National League baseball, but miss or care about the Bums? Faggitaboutit. "When Pee Wee Reese died," said Marty Adler, who has spent years...
Mike Scioscia Does a Terrible Job of Convincing Us That Garret Anderson Cares About Black People
Anaheim Angels manager, and former Dodger, Mike Scioscia tried to defend his suddenly-controversial outfielder Garret Anderson, who last week told officials that he would not be wearing Jackie Robinson's number this Sunday to celebrate Robinson breaking the color barrier in baseball. Anderson originally gave two excuses for dissing the dead Dodger by refusing to wear his number, 1) he said he wasn't going to do it because it was Ken Griffey Jr.'s idea and...
Garret Anderson Doesn't Care About Black People
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the day Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, all 25 Dodger players will don the Hall of Famer's number on the back of their uniform on April 15th, a stunning tribute that will charm everyone except the official scorer.
Chris Schlarb's Most Profound Deaths of 2006
Chris Schlarb, the executive producer of 40 Bands 80 Minutes has done something LA hasn't seen in decades. In an incredible melding of classic punk docs like Decline of Western Civilization and Urgh! A Music War, Schlarb and director Sean Carnage took their cameras to Hollywood's Il Corral and beautifully archived what's happening in the experimental punk scene.
Today is Vin Scully's Birthday, Happy 79th!
He's been the LA Dodgers announcer even when they were the Brooklyn Dodgers. Handpicked by the legendary Red Barber, Vinny has been the poetic play-by-play man for the Blue Crew for 57 years, which is the longest tenure of a sports announcer with one team Ever.

