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Manager Joe Torre 's entire coaching staff will return next season, the Dodgers announced today in a news release.

Tommy Lasorda: Let's get started! KhiemVu: How does it feel to be in the Smithsonian? Tommy Lasorda: Well, it's something that I never thought could happen, but it's another example of what can happen to someone who believes in himself.

Reporting from New York -- Matt Kemp said Thursday that to get as close as he did to becoming an All-Star was enough of a reward.

Interstate 5, 55 miles north of Petco Park -- Seven hours before Friday's first pitch, seven hours before Manny Ramirez would either be hailed or booed, Joe Torre was stuck.

The first bizarre episode of what could be an eventful weekend took place on the eve of the Dodgers ' series opener at the San Diego Padres ' ballpark, as a couple of thousand bees swarmed the area in the outfield that Ramirez is expected to patrol tonight when he returns from a 50-game suspension for violating Baseball's drug policy.

"I've never looked forward to doing something more in my life than this interleague play," Cliff Floyd said.

It wasn't long after the LA Dodgers announced their new radio broadcasts for women that the Internet erupted in jeers: "We're really glad the Dodgers understand that, as women, we feel uncomfortable learning anything that's not coming from a Mom's perspective," wrote Sadie Stein at Jezebel , while Deadspin positioned the broadcast as, "Some Chick ...

May. 21, 2009 4:58 p.m. The Los Angeles Dodgers have a Dodgers WIN program which has been designed to reach out to women and bring them closer to the game of baseball and its lifestyles.

Every female baseball fan Buzz knows gets insulted/enraged, and rightfully so, by the notion that by virtue of being female she doesn't know the game.

The Los Angeles Dodgers will begin what is believed to be an unprecedented series of game broadcasts Wednesday aimed at their female fans.

The Los Angeles Dodgers will begin what is believed to be an unprecedented series of game broadcasts tonight aimed at their female fans.

If baseball is America's Pastime, then American Idol is certainly America's guilty pleasure.

"I think it's going to play out for a while," Manager Joe Torre said. "My advice to him was, it is what it is.

Dodgers left fielder Manny Ramirez met with his teammates for the first time on Friday since receiving a 50-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy.

What better way to mitigate the Dodgers fans' crushing disappointment at Manny Ramirez' suspension than by adding another iconic fan favorite to the roster at Chavez Ravine? But enough about Xavier Paul's promotion , it seems the Zelasko Monster is once again, gainfully employed.