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'Fernandomania' lives again at Dodger Stadium with retirement of Valenzuela's jersey

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โ€œFernandomaniaโ€ has broken out again at Dodger Stadium.

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Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021

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They both carved out sterling reputations as military and political leaders over years of public service.

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Kershaw strikes out 5 in return, Dodgers beat D-backs 5-1

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Clayton Kershaw struck out five in his first start since July 3 and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-1 for their seventh straight home win.

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Japan beats US 2-0 to win 1st Olympic baseball gold medal

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A Japanese team of All-Stars fulfilled a determined national mission to win the Olympic baseball gold medal for the first time, beating the United States 2-0 behind Munetaka Murakamiโ€™s third-inning home run.

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Americans go for gold in basketball, volleyball, water polo

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Day 15 of the Tokyo Games will feature the American women going for gold in basketball, volleyball and water polo.

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Better baseball players have less chance for Olympic gold

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While most Olympic events are a competition among the best, the better you are in baseball, the less of a chance you have of playing for gold.

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Dodgers receive World Series rings in pregame ceremony

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The Los Angeles Dodgers have received their World Series rings in front of the loyal hometown fans who didnโ€™t get to witness their 2020 championship run in person.

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LEADING OFF

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The Los Angeles Dodgers will raise the World Series flag for the first time since 1988 and will hand out championship rings before Fridayโ€™s home opener against Washington, the first time fans are allowed into Dodger Stadium since the Game 5 loss in the 2019 NL Division Series.

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Call it a career: MLB ump Winters opted out in '20, now done

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FILE - In this May 18, 2019, file photo, home plate umpire Mike Winters looks on during the eighth inning of a baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Oakland Athletics in Detroit. After more than three decades of hard work as a big league umpire, Winters is retiring. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)After more than three decades of hard work as a big league umpire, Mike Winters is ready to loaf. But Iโ€™m getting there.โ€One of 12 umps to opt out during the pandemic-shortened season, the 62-year-old Winters has made it official. The reworked schedule gave Winters a chance to reconsider, but he already was looking ahead to days off the diamond.

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Don Sutton, Hall of Fame pitcher for Dodgers, dies at 75

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The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, said Sutton died at his home in Rancho Mirage, California, after a long struggle with cancer. (AP Photo, File) (AP Photo, File)LOS ANGELES โ€“ Don Sutton, a Hall of Fame pitcher who was a stalwart of the Los Angeles Dodgersโ€™ rotation spanning an era from Sandy Koufax to Fernando Valenzuela, died Tuesday. The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, said Sutton died at his home in Rancho Mirage, California, after a long struggle with cancer. Shortly before the start of the following season, Sutton broke his left leg. Sutton pitched for Dodgers Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda, who died on Jan. 7.

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California lifts stay-home order for Sacramento region

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. โ€“ California lifted a stay-at-home order in the 13-county Sacramento region on Tuesday as hospital conditions improved, a rare turn of good news as the state pushes through what Gov. Three of the state's five regions โ€” the San Francisco Bay Area, Central Valley and Southern California โ€” remain under the stay-at-home order because their intensive care capacity at hospitals is severely limited. To try to get the virus in check California, is moving more quickly to distribute vaccines. Newsom imposed the nation's first statewide stay-at-home order in March. Supervisor Mike Ziegenmeyer of Sutter County in the Sacramento region acknowledged as much when he reacted to the order being lifted.

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Vignettes from life of Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda

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FILE - Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda laughs as he reaches out for fans' hands on as he is driven around Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles for a farewell lap following a ceremony in his honor, in this Friday, Sept. 7, 1996, file photo. (AP Photo/Susan Sterner, File)LOS ANGELES โ€“ Vignettes from the life and career of Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda. Iโ€™m hungry and the postgame spread is cooling.โ€™''Hershiser recalled a mound visit Lasorda made to reliever Jesse Orosco. โ€˜Dear Corey, your friend Tommy Lasorda. You and the Dodgers are great.โ€™ That was the ultimate compliment for Tommy Lasorda, comparing someone to the Dodgers.

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Lasorda, fiery Hall of Fame Dodgers manager, dies at 93

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FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda autographs a baseball in the Dodgertown locker-room in Vero Beach, Fla., in this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 1990, file photo. Tommy Lasorda, the fiery Hall of Fame manager who guided the Los Angeles Dodgers to two World Series titles and later became an ambassador for the sport he loved during his 71 years with the franchise, has died. He later coached and then became its best-known manager for 21 years in Los Angeles, leading the franchise to two World Series championships. He won World Series titles in 1981 and โ€™88, four National League pennants and eight division titles as the skipper. Lasorda was the franchiseโ€™s longest-tenured active employee since Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully retired in 2016 after 67 years.

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