Matt Kemp News Archives

The Los Angeles Dodgersa TM owner Frank McCourt fired his wife, Jamie McCourt, from her position as CEO last week.

The Los Angeles Times noted the Dodgers' offensive core should return almost entirely intact next season.

Reporting from Philadelphia - With the Dodgers less than an hour removed from recording their final out of the season, Andre Ethier let himself look ahead to the day they reach the World Series.

Buster Olney of ESPN.com's Take What went wrong: Not much, really. Despite an injury to Chad Billingsley and the drug-related suspension of Manny Ramirez , the had an exceptional season, winning a NL-high 95 games and essentially standing as the wire-to-wire winner in the NL West.

Phillies fans cheer as Ronald Belllisario, Hong-Chih Kuo, Guillermo Mota and Matt Kemp of the Dodgers watch their season end with a 10-4 loss to Philadelphia in Game 5 of the NLCS on Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Park.

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced today they will extend general manager Ned Colletti's contract.

Can Giants fans anticipate a Dodgers collapse next year? The answer might be delivered by divorce lawyers.

Reporting from Philadelphia - The games were played so long ago that many of the players in the Dodgers clubhouse say they don't think they'll be of any significance in the coming days.

They end up battered and bruised by Phillies for second year in a row, and must add to their pitching rotation if they have any hope of fulfilling promise everyone sees.

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.

"Take a shower," the Phillies ' faithful chanted, loud and clear, as got Ramirez to hit a dribbler in the fifth inning.

One name rocked all of Baseball, the other merely stunned fans of the Phillies .

What's transpired in Games 2 and 3 of the NLCS hasn't been what most expected. Not Dodgers hitters.

After Dodgers centerfielder Matt Kemp parked his go-ahead fifth-inning homer past the reach of into the shrubs short of Ashburn Alley, Patrick Wood didn't hide his disappointment "That was painful," said Wood, looking glum as he stood in the back of Section 126 at Citizens Bank Park.

Matt Kemp hit a tiebreaking home run and the Dodgers' bullpen escaped a jam to help Los Angeles take a 4-3 lead over the Philadelphia Phillies after six innings Monday night in Game 4 of the NL championship series.

Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel talks to Los Angeles Dodgers' Jim Thome on the field before Game 2 of the National League Championship baseball series Friday, Oct.

The Dodgers almost gave 21-year-old Clayton Kershaw the ball for their first playoff start.

Dodgers vs. Phillies Game 1: 8:07 tonight, at Los Angeles Game 2: 4:07 Friday, at Los Angeles Game 3: 8:07 Sunday, at Philadelphia Game 4: 8:07 Monday, at Philadelphia Game 5: 8:07 Wednesday, at Philadelphia* Game 6: 8:07 Oct.

One of the Hollywood producers attending last night's game could make a movie about this.

The Phillies aren't worried about the revenge factor as much as the fact that the Dodgers are a better team than they were last year.

Many of the key players remain the same: Manny Ramirez still anchors the middle of the Dodgers lineup.

With the Phillies Game 4 win over the Rockies , Major League Baseball has its final four teams vying for a shot at the World Series.

The difference between the Dodgers team that faltered in the National League Championship Series in 2008 and the one that returns in 2009 could be summed up in one word: Maturity.

In what he eagerly accepted as the biggest start of his career, Cardinals pitcher Joel Pineiro didn't need his ragged pitching line or even the final score to tell him how poorly Saturday went.

Los Angeles Dodgers' Guillermo Mota, pours milk over teammate Manny Ramirez and Dodgers manager Joe Torre, celebrates with Matt Kemp after the Dodgers defeated the St.

Chris Carpenter entered the game not only as the Majors' regular season ERA leader, but also holding a 5-0 record with a 2.20 ERA in his career against the Dodgers.

Matt Kemp flirted with history this season, nearly becoming the first Dodger ever to hit at least .300 with 25 homers, 100 RBIs, 100 runs scored, 25 doubles and 30 steals.

Mitch Poole has painted some of baseball's most memorable moments onto the very balls that set the records.

J. Pat Carter The Associated Press Los Angeles Dodgers' Matt Kemp, left, celebrates with Mark Loretta after Loretta's base hit to win the game during the ninth inning of Thursday's NLDS Game 2 against the St.

Matt Kemp homered and Randy Wolf worked out of a first-inning jam as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the St.

OFFENSE Although the Dodgers batted a league-best .270 during the regular season, they faltered down the stretch, scoring one run or none four times in their final nine games and hitting just .257 over the last month.

L.A. DODGERS VS. ST. LOUIS Game 1 Today, 9:37 p.m. St L at LA Game 2 Tomorrow, 9:37 p.m. StL at LA Game 3 Saturday, 6:07 p.m. LA at StL x-Game 4 Sunday, TBD Los Angeles at St.

In the final four games of the regular season, Matt Kemp has a chance to put his name on a list of elite players.

For nearly a week, the Los Angeles Dodgers added to the suspense in the National League West race, but on Saturday they finally wrapped up the division title with a 5-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies.

There were times Friday night when the Dodgers looked confused, like when Manny Ramirez readjusted his elbow protector a few steps outside of the batter's box, evidently unaware that he had struck out.

Clayton Richard limited Los Angeles to a hit in seven innings Wednesday and San Diego prevented the Dodgers from winning a division title with a 5-0 victory.

Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness : Mike took on the same Paul Oberjuerge piece that I did... True Blue L.A ...and so did Eric Stephen.

The bottles of champagne remained corked when the Dodgers departed from Petco Park on Wednesday night, their 5-0 loss to the San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies' 10-6 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers keeping their magic number to clinch the National League West at one for the fourth consecutive day.