Friday, June 30, 2017

Lakers anuncian plantel para la Liga de Verano 2017

Destacan Brandon Ingram, Ivica Zubac y Lenzo Ball.


Expect Angels to sign several international players when the spending limit is lifted Sunday

Expect Angels to sign several international players when the spending limit is lifted Sunday

Carlos Gomez, the Angels’ international scouting director, was standing between fields where minor league games were being played at the team’s Tempe, Ariz., spring-training complex in March as he started to answer a question about Roberto Baldoquin, a Cuban infielder he had pushed to sign late…


Breaking Down the Lakers' Summer League Roster

Taking a look at the 14 men who will be representing the Lakers in Las Vegas.


Popcorn Machine: Lakers Acquire Ball, Lopez and More

Taking a look at the Lakers’ multiple roster changes over the last couple weeks.


Lakers Announce 2017 Las Vegas Summer League Roster

The Los Angeles Lakers announced today their roster for the 2017 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.


Draft Evaluation and Offseason Outlook With Rob Pelinka

Rob Pelinka discussed the Lakers’ draft picks and overall team-building strategy.


Major League Baseball is ‘failing’ in its attempt to increase front-office diversity and the issue could get worse

This year marks the 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s breaking baseball’s color barrier, and the 45th anniversary of his last public appearance. He had accepted an invitation to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the 1972 World Series but had no interest in serving as a prop for the sport…


MLB looks to women as it aims to further diversify its executive ranks

MLB looks to women as it aims to further diversify its executive ranks

Megan Schroeder tore up one knee playing basketball in high school and the other one playing flag football in college. Little did she know her days in sports were only beginning.

She studied biomedical engineering at Yale. In graduate school at Northwestern, she did her thesis on how surgically…


Dodgers Dugout: Corey Seager, Cody Bellinger, Clayton Kershaw and Kenley Jansen should make the All-Star team

Dodgers Dugout: Corey Seager, Cody Bellinger, Clayton Kershaw and Kenley Jansen should make the All-Star team

Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell and I remember the days when it seemed as if the Dodgers had three or four All-Star starters each year.

Where are all the All-Stars?

The rosters for this year’s All-Star team will be announced Sunday. No Dodgers are…


Clayton Kershaw has another win in grasp

Clayton Kershaw has another win in grasp

The fourth inning had not gone well for Clayton Kershaw. His defense had betrayed him, twice. Then his command betrayed him. A walk? Virtual heresy.

As his catcher tossed the ball back to the mound, Kershaw did something few pitchers would consider, at risk of an error or, more critically, of jeopardizing…


Angels have learned something about themselves while without Mike Trout

Angels have learned something about themselves while without Mike Trout

An oversize season schedule is attached to one wall of the Angels’ clubhouse, and it marks more than the passage of time.

A baseball occupies the square on the day of each Angels victory, and there aren’t as many gaps between those baseballs as you’d think there would have been during the month…


Scioscia: Angels bullpen compares favorably to the team’s 2002 ‘pen

If at first blush the comparison seemed a slight stretch, Angels manager Mike Scioscia thought it a perfect appraisal.

Did the current bullpen depth remind him of the 2002 Angels’ bullpen, probably the best the team has ever had and one of baseball’s top units in the last 20 years.

“I think it’s…


Thursday, June 29, 2017

Lakers Aim for Versatility With Rookie Class

The Lakers introduced rookies Kyle Kuzma, Josh Hart and Thomas Bryant on Thursday.


Lakers presentan oficialmente a Kuzma, Hart, y Bryant

La Clase de 2017 de Lakers ya es oficial.


Dodgers’ Alex Verdugo, Yadier Alvarez and Angels’ Jaime Barria selected to Futures Game

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Outfielder Alex Verdugo and right-handed pitcher Yadier Alvarez have been selected to represent the Dodgers in the Futures Game.

Verdugo, 21, the Dodgers’ top prospect among position players, is batting .344 with three home runs at triple-A Oklahoma City. He is riding an 18-game hitting streak,…


Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Angels beat Dodgers in an unusual walk-off

Angels beat Dodgers in an unusual walk-off

Andrelton Simmons had seen enough. Twice, he had taken first-pitch curveballs from Hyun-Jin Ryu on Wednesday night at Angel Stadium, one for a ball, one for a strike. As he stepped to the plate with two outs in the sixth inning, Kole Calhoun standing at second base, he resolved to be ready for…


Matt Shoemaker is due to pitch a bullpen session as he returns from injury

Matt Shoemaker is due to pitch a bullpen session as he returns from injury

Sidelined for two weeks because of a forearm strain, Angels right-hander Matt Shoemaker on Thursday will throw his first bullpen session since the injury.

Assuming safe passage through that hurdle at Angel Stadium, his next step is not yet clear. Shoemaker said he was unsure whether he’d need to…


Lopez Excited to Play for Hometown Lakers

North Hollywood’s Brook Lopez aims to bolster the Lakers on both ends of the floor.


Lopez llega para reforzar el sistema y la cultura de Lakers

El pivot encaja con la filosofía del entrenador de Lakers.


Lakers hacen uso de su opción por David Nwaba

El escolta continuará en el equipo.