Jimmy Bramlett

Our sister site SFist has the story on a Dodger fan getting stabbed to death several blocks away from AT&T Park after the Giants 6-4 victory.

Not only does Vin Scully not want a street named after him, he also avoids free hugs. Here's his story he told in the first inning of Tuesday night's game against the San Francisco Giants about "a group of ladies, from high school or college or a little older, maybe 50, 75 of them walking down the street beautifully dressed lovely people carrying big signs saying, 'Free Hugs.'"

Hockey season is around the corner. For most of Los Angeles, this means nothing. For the hardcore, their sweaters are being laundered, their signs are being made, their taunts are being written, and their hopes for another Stanley Cup start to bloom.

That's how Jeanie Buss described the Lakers hiring Mike D'Antoni early last season in her upcoming memoir "Laker Girl" written with former L.A. Times sportswriter Steve Springer. An excerpt was published by the L.A. Times today.

You would have thought the Dodgers stole all of the Diamondbacks players' wives and girlfriends and recreated some of the more debaucherous scenes from Caligula judging by all of the outrage coming from Phoenix yesterday.

It's over. The Dodgers are 2013 National League West champions. Hanley Ramirez was not in the Dodger lineup on Wednesday night. The Dodgers lost the game 9-4 for the Diamondbacks. Hanley Ramirez was in the Dodger lineup Thursday afternoon. The Dodgers won 7-6.

Hanley Ramirez and Matt Kemp returned to the lineup, and instant offense! The Dodgers beat the D-Backs 9-3 as Kemp went 4-for-4 with 3 RBI while Ramirez went 1-for-2 with three walks and three runs scored.

Down went Hanley. Down went Andre. Down went Puig. Okay, Puig came back for a pinch-hitting spot to end the game yesterday, but his return to the lineup batting clean up is not the news. No. Matt Kemp has been reinstated from the disabled list. MATT KEMP!

There was only one acceptable explanation for the Dodger lineup today, and manager Don Mattingly got it right. "Today is a matter of not having guys," he said. It showed in the Dodgers 4-3 loss to the Giants.

For the superstitious set, this Friday the 13th was indeed unlucky for the Dodgers as they lost to the Giants 4-2.