Stephen Fife

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Dodgers' manager Don Mattingly has been able to maintain his sense of humor even as speculation that he could be fired any day now has swirled around the team. "As far as any...

MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH For Dodgers OF Matt Kemp, the deadly tornado that struck the Oklahoma City area hit "very, very close" to home. Kemp grew up in Midwest City, a suburb of Oklahoma City and very near another town,...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH The Dodgers' disabled list is still well-stocked with players. But they have reason to think the worst might be behind them. This past week, the Dodgers got key pieces back in...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Dodgers' manager Don Mattingly isn't necessarily a new-age thinker. He's just trying to figure out something that works with a bullpen that has given him little reason for trust....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Even as he emerged from a slow start, something has been missing from Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp's game -- power. Through the first 39 games of the season and 164 plate...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH The Dodgers' still can't get their starting rotation at full strength. But they finally have the strength of the rotation back together. Veteran RHP Josh Beckett went on the...

Zack Greinke returned to the Dodgers' rotation this week, recovering from surgery on his left shoulder in five weeks, three ahead of schedule. Hanley Ramirez came back last month from a broken thumb two weeks earlier than expected. But head trainer...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH More than a week ago, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said he was "thinking about" dropping Brandon League from the closer role. After a couple more shaky outings by League, he is...

Ugh, it’s come to this. The Dodgers, rich with starting pitching when the season began, are now so decimated they’re fishing in the baseball scrap heap. Brace yourself: The Dodgers have signed Jonathan Sanchez.                           ...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Zack Greinke could be back in the Dodgers' rotation Wednesday, barely five weeks after he suffered a fractured left clavicle -- well ahead of the original eight-week prognosis....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH As the Dodgers suffered through an eight-game losing streak and speculation about his job security increased, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said he didn't read a word of it -- but...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH The story of the Dodgers' pitching has become part soap opera, part medical drama. The latest twists and turns involve left-handers Clayton Kershaw and Ted Lilly. Kershaw was...