Manny exercises option, remains in LA
Outfielder Manny Ramirez notified the Dodgers Friday that he will exercise his $20 million option and return to the team in 2010, agent Scott Boras confirmed.


Outfielder Manny Ramirez notified the Dodgers Friday that he will exercise his $20 million option and return to the team in 2010, agent Scott Boras confirmed.
Right-hander Hiroki Kuroda, who has experienced the pain of cancer, will donate $100,000 to the Dodgers' Dream Foundation for the second consecutive year, the club announced on Friday.
Pitcher Randy Wolf led a group of six Dodgers filing for free agency on Thursday, the first day of the two-week filing period.
The Dodgers declined the $10 million 2010 mutual option for right-handed pitcher Jon Garland, who can become a free agent.
A court commissioner has denied Jamie McCourt's bid to be reinstated as the chief executive of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Vicente Padilla accidentally shot himself in the right leg, the Dodgers confirmed on Tuesday, but the wound is not believed to be serious.
Dodgers hitting coach Don Mattingly has declined to interview for the Nationals' opening for manager, Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti confirmed through a team spokesperson on Tuesday.
Dodgers catcher Lucas May went 3-for-4 with three RBIs, including a go-ahead two-run homer, to help Peoria overcome Scottsdale, 6-4, on Monday in the AFL.
One thing the Dodgers have stressed under the current ownership is entertainment, and it sure looks like it will be an entertaining offseason.
The Dodgers had an exceptional season, but as management so delicately put it, a below-average final week.
Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt on Wednesday filed papers opposing his wife's demand to be reinstated as the team's chief executive.
Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti and manager Joe Torre got an early start on the managing of offseason expectations Friday when they said an acquisition of an ace starting pitcher is unlikely.
Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp's breakout offensive season was rewarded Thursday, when Sporting News announced that he is a member of its postseason National League All-Star team.
With a convincing 10-4 drubbing on Wednesday in Philadelphia, the Phillies knocked out the Dodgers from the NL Championship Series in five games for the second consecutive year.
The Dodgers recognized it was a problem as early as Game 1. By Game 5, they still hadn't corrected it. Free baserunners were an enormous problem for Los Angeles pitchers throughout the NLCS, but never more so than in Wednesday night's 10-4 loss to the Phillies.
On Wednesday night, the Dodgers had their playoff hopes dashed when the Philadelphia Phillies earned the right to go to their second consecutive World Series. Again, the Dodgers couldn't stop the hard-hitting Phillies. Although the Dodgers had the best record in the National League, they didn't play well in the National League Championship Series.
Dodgers owner Frank McCourt dismissed CEO Jamie McCourt this week in what is shaping up as a difficult divorce case involving, among other things, control of the ballclub, according to two published reports.
The Phillies had everything they needed to take down the Dodgers in five games in the NL Championship Series and advance to the World Series for the second straight year.
Phillies manager Charlie Manuel took time after his team advanced to the World Series to congratulate his NLCS counterpart, Joe Torre, of the Dodgers.
Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti felt little consolation Wednesday night following his team's defeat in the National League Championship Series, despite the fact that he will bring most of his club back intact for 2010. The wound was still too fresh, the disappointment too intense.
Defeat, though not unexpected by the time it finally came, didn't sit well in the visitors' clubhouse at Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday night. But the Dodgers took solace in the knowledge that they were beaten by a better team, rather than giving the series away.
After the Dodgers' Tuesday workout, manager Joe Torre led a club contingent across the street to the Spectrum in Philadelphia for a Bruce Springsteen concert.
The Dodgers announced a multiyear contract extension for general manager Ned Colletti on Tuesday on their off-day prior to Game 5 of the NLCS.
A Game 4 loss put the Dodgers down 3-1 to the Phillies in the NLCS. One more defeat and their season will be finished. They have to win Game 5 on Wednesday night to get the series back to Los Angeles.
As young veterans, the Dodgers' homegrown core stands together as the team faces a 3-1 deficit in the National League Championship Series.