Jason Schmidt

Bismarck, N.D., ~ Like a major league baseball player, today's beef producers have faced a few curveballs, lately - from a stream of misinformation to misguided legislation and over-burdensome regulations. North Dakota ranchers will gather to talk about...

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The Angels' lifted their team batting average 11 points -- to a still-anemic .226 -- in Sunday's rout of the Arizona Diamondbacks. But today the focus will be on pitching when right-hander Dan Haren takes the mound for the second......

LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers Manager Joe Torre said this spring that what happened Monday night might never happen. General Manager Ned Colletti said the same. But there was Jason Schmidt, pitching in his first major league game in more than two years....

The scene in left field at Petco Park on Thursday was like something out of the Old Testament -- and Manny Ramirez wasn't even there. The first bizarre episode of what could be an eventful weekend took place on the eve of the Dodgers' series opener at...

Two themes dominate the Dodgers' first postseason challenge of 2009: the Cardinals' 1-2 1-2 punches of Albert Pujols-Matt Holliday and Chris Carpenter-Adam Wainwright, and St. Louis' relative dominance of the Dodgers in recent years. It's heavy stuff,...

Some won't care; others will be fraught with anxiety. Dodgers assistant general manager Kim Ng, a highly valued team executive long expected to become the first female general manager in baseball, interviewed for the vacant Padres' position today,...

What was the last Dodger team not to have a player on its roster that appeared in a major-league game in 2009? Still active in 2009 from the ... ... 2008 Dodgers (34): Brad Penny, Jason Repko, Derek Lowe, Hong-Chih......

Below is a list of the months and dates of most of the Dodgers' newsworthy off-season acquisitions this decade. The reasons for the list: 1) To show that the off-season doesn't die with the end of the winter meetings. Some......

The following worksheet reflects players under contract to the Dodgers for the coming season. This is not a prediction of the 2010 Opening Day roster. (Most of the dollar figures below are estimates to begin with, but feel free to......

In a lengthy interview, Dodgers President Dennis Mannion tells Bill Shaikin of The Times that neither he nor General Manager Ned Colletti have been told to avoid taking on major contracts – and that the team's inaction to this point......

1) Frank McCourt will prevail in the courts against Jamie McCourt and retain ownership of the Dodgers. 2) Rather then sell the team, McCourt will take on a minority partner to improve his cash flow. 3) The incentive for the......