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Trolley Dodger at Philippe

Thanks to Larry Harnisch of the LA Times and The Daily Mirror blog for hosting lunch this afternoon at the always-tasty Philippe’s restaurant. We had a great time talking Los Angeles history,...

Started in The Trolley Dodger • 3 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: history, los angeles, philippe
With crocodile tears and a pocketful of tissues

Following up on the recent Steve Lopez post, “How to generate hits in these troubled times”, Lopez announced his tickets were going to be awarded to a local firefighter. Of course. The...

Started in The Trolley Dodger • 3 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: dodgers, jon weisman, la times, manny ramirez, media
Breaking ducks

I ran across a phrase in an article on a member of the soccer club I’ve adopted as favorite, Bohemian FC of Dublin: It may have taken some time for the 21-year-old [Conor Powell] to break...

Started in The Trolley Dodger • 3 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: history, misc, cricket, soccer
Dodgers 1 Pundits 0

Not even the hometown newspaper picked them to win. Congratulations to the Dodgers sweeping the Cardinals.We’re excited here at Trolley Dodger HQ, but it is as subdued as the on-field...

Started in The Trolley Dodger • 3 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: dodgers, mlb, playoffs, cardinals, nlds
How to generate hits in these troubled times

Pick a topic that will cause controversy. Say, Manny Ramirez’s drug suspension. Come up with a gimmick to bring in the links and hits. Say, “…I’m giving my World Series...

Started in The Trolley Dodger • 3 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: dodgers, la times, manny ramirez, media, bill plaschke
The Patients of Jobe

As readers might recall from earlier in the summer, I injured my right knee in a fall on our back steps, spraining my MCL, getting a bone bruise on my femur, and partially tearing my medial meniscus....

Started in The Trolley Dodger • 3 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: dodgers, health, frank jobe, injuries, tommy john surgery
Worst day of the year?

On Twitter: @MANNYWOOD: THIS IS EMBARRASING! WHAT GOT INTO ANDY LAROCHE TODAY? THE WORST DAY OF THE YEAR FOR THE #DODGERS@trolleydodger: Umm, no. The worst day of the year for the Dodgers...

Started in The Trolley Dodger • 4 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: dodgers, nl east, manny ramirez, pirates, twitter
Ichiro is God

Via Jordon Bastian on Twitter: @MLBastian: Ichiro ejected after drawing a line in the dirt to show home-plate ump Brian Runge exactly where that “strike” was.@MLBastian: Drawing...

Started in The Trolley Dodger • 4 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: al west, japan, mlb, ichiro suzuki
Jim Campanis at ESPN Zone

Got an email just now asking me to pass along info about what looks like a fun event upcoming tomorrow (9/23) afternoon: Former Dodgers catcher Jim Campanis will headline tomorrow’s Dodgers Watch...

Started in The Trolley Dodger • 4 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: dodgers, history, dodger dogs, espn, jim campanis
Hardie Henderson

“Hardie Henderson: Champion Base Ball Pitcher” — pitched from 1883-1887 for the Philadelphia Quakers, Baltimore Orioles, Brooklyn Grays (19th-century precursor to the Brooklyn...

Started in The Trolley Dodger • 4 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: brooklyn, history, dodgers, hardie henderson, trolleys
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