No hits until the ninth – and suddenly, a Dodger victory
Kirby Lee/Image of Sport/US PresswireAaron Harang Twenty years ago this month, Montreal pitcher Mark Gardner no-noed the Dodgers for nine innings before losing the game on three hits in the 10th, 1-0....
View ArticleDodgers finalize Harang contract and trade Eveland
On the same day that Aaron Harang signed a $12 million Dodger contract that will pay him $3 million in 2012 and $7 million in 2013 (with a club option for 2014 that comes with a $2 million buyout) ,...
View ArticleMore notes from Friday’s frolic
A.J. Ellis shows the ball used for the ninth consecutive strikeout thrown by pitcher Aaron Harang. © Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers Kenley Jansen was apparently the latest Dodger to play with the flu,...
View ArticleHarang walks eight, and it ain’t so great
Aaron Harang, who struck out nine batters in a row two months ago, had another distinctive outing tonight. Harang walked eight batters in 3 2/3 innings at Oakland. According to Baseball-Reference.com:...
View ArticleWhat so proudly we hailed
Pretty glorious night all around. The five Weismans didn’t get out the door until 6 p.m., but we were in our seats by the start of the second inning, saw a svelte, 144-minute 4-1 Dodger victory...
View ArticleDodgers lose game but win League
Aaron Harang had a 2.60 ERA in 11 starts since May 28, but he went down hard tonight, surrendering a three-run first-inning home run to Paul Goldschmidt and a fifth-inning grand slam to Chris Johnson...
View ArticleHappy New Year
Welcome to 2013! I’m in the press box today, taking a day off work to freelance a piece for Sports on Earth that you’ll see tonight. In the meantime, here are some notes from Don Mattingly’s pregame...
View ArticleDodgers trade Aaron Harang for neither Ramon Martinez nor Carlos Hernandez
The Dodgers have traded Aaron Harang to the Colorado Rockies for, broadly speaking, the second coming of Rod Barajas – an old, slow catcher with perhaps some vestiges of power. The acquisition of...
View ArticleIn case you missed it: Saturday night jive
[mlbvideo id=”31365675″ width=”550″ height=”308″ /] By Jon Weisman Notes from a Saturday in the park … Dylan Hernandez of the Times and Ken Gurnick of MLB.com have pieces on Carl Crawford’s physical...
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