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		<title>2009 Trolley Dodger Highlights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year and New Decade to all the Trolley Dodger readers out there! Thanks for your continuing attention and support this last 12 months. And even if the Dodger outlook for 2010 is a bit murky at the moment, I can tell you one thing for sure: it will be an exciting ride.

Especial thanks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trolleydodger.com/2009/12/31/2009-trolley-dodger-highlights/</link>
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		<title>Vin Scully on It Takes Two</title>
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This picture of a dapper Vin Scully (accompanied by someone who I assume is either a stage assistant or perhaps contestant) on It Takes Two is from the uber-cool photo blog If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There&#8217;d Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats. View the original post here.
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		<link>http://www.trolleydodger.com/2009/12/30/vin-scully-on-it-takes-two/</link>
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		<title>Beast Mode to South Side</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most polarizing Dodgers since Gary Sheffield has been traded to the Chicago White Sox for a couple of Players to Be Named Later (reportedly two minor league pitchers). The Juan Pierre Era in LA has come to a close.

The problem with Juan was pretty simple: despite constant early arrivals for practice, an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trolleydodger.com/2009/12/15/beast-mode-to-south-side/</link>
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		<title>See them Dodger-blue uniforms / See them bright and shiny things</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following up yesterday&#8217;s two Dodger Gold Glovers, we now also have two 2009 Silver Sluggers on the team! Congrats to Andre and Matty for the recognition on their breakout seasons.

&#8220;Ethier, Kemp claim Silver Slugger honors&#8221;


  Outfielders Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier received honors Thursday as the best hitters at their positions, the first year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trolleydodger.com/2009/11/12/see-them-dodger-blue-uniforms-see-them-bright-and-shiny-things/</link>
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		<title>The best offense is a gold defense</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks goodness some good off-season Dodger news! :D Congratulations to The Bison and O-Dawg for their well-deserved awards!


  LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers and Rawlings today announced that center fielder Matt Kemp and second baseman Orlando Hudson were awarded the National League Rawlings Gold Glove for their respective positions. Kemp becomes a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trolleydodger.com/2009/11/11/the-best-offense-is-a-gold-defense/</link>
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		<title>Yankees Go Home</title>
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Congratulations to the New York Yankees on their 27th world championship. Nice job inaugurating the new stadium.

And while I can&#8217;t say I was too sad by the looks of disappointment on the Phillies&#8217; faces ;) congrats to them as well for a hard-fought battle and a great year.

Now the off season can commence. Not that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trolleydodger.com/2009/11/04/yankees-go-home/</link>
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		<title>Wait til next year!</title>
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Until 1955, the Brooklyn Dodgers had gone through a long series of near-misses at World Series glory, coming close but not close enough. It became a running theme and spawned a team slogan: &#8220;Wait &#8217;til next year!&#8221; Next year finally did show up, but it was a long wait.

The Yankees were the Dodgers&#8217; perennial opponents [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trolleydodger.com/2009/10/22/wait-til-next-year-2/</link>
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		<title>Feeling Blue</title>
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After last night&#8217;s ninth-inning derailment, I was just about ready to give up on baseball.

Well, not really, but it felt like it for a few minutes. That was a gut punch if ever there was one, or indeed a heartbreak. Funny how dealing with such big emotional swings requires being described by things visceral.

Some hours [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trolleydodger.com/2009/10/20/feeling-blue/</link>
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		<title>Vey iz mir</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No offense to the Phillies, but they didn&#8217;t beat us. We beat ourselves.

I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll be able to manage some sort of reasoned, well-thought-out response tomorrow. But right now, one word pretty much covers it:

Heartbreak.
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		<link>http://www.trolleydodger.com/2009/10/19/vey-iz-mir/</link>
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		<title>Trolley Dodger at Philippe&#8217;s</title>
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Thanks to Larry Harnisch of the LA Times and The Daily Mirror blog for hosting lunch this afternoon at the always-tasty Philippe&#8217;s restaurant. We had a great time talking Los Angeles history, including our various theories on the true origins of the French Dip sandwich.

Also there and very entertaining was Ed Fuentes, Arts &#38; Culture [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trolleydodger.com/2009/10/17/trolley-dodger-at-philippe/</link>
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		<title>With crocodile tears and a pocketful of tissues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following up on the recent Steve Lopez post, &#8220;How to generate hits in these troubled times&#8221;, Lopez announced his tickets were going to be awarded to a local firefighter. Of course. The winning entry:


  &#8220;Dear Manny,&#8221; wrote Richard MacPhee, &#8220;I am a firefighter for the USFS, I make $16 an hour. It&#8217;s hot, dirty, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trolleydodger.com/2009/10/14/with-crocodile-tears-and-a-pocketful-of-tissues/</link>
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		<title>Breaking ducks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I ran across a phrase in an article on a member of the soccer club I&#8217;ve adopted as favorite, Bohemian FC of Dublin:


  It may have taken some time for the 21-year-old [Conor Powell] to break his duct, but he has become such a notable regular in the starting eleven that supporters would be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trolleydodger.com/2009/10/12/breaking-ducks/</link>
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		<title>Dodgers 1 Pundits 0</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not even the hometown newspaper picked them to win. Congratulations to the Dodgers sweeping the Cardinals.

We&#8217;re excited here at Trolley Dodger HQ, but it is as subdued as the on-field celebration at Busch Stadium just now. This is only step one.
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		<link>http://www.trolleydodger.com/2009/10/10/dodgers-1-pundits-0/</link>
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		<title>How to generate hits in these troubled times</title>
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Pick a topic that will cause controversy. Say, Manny Ramirez&#8217;s drug suspension.
Come up with a gimmick to bring in the links and hits. Say, &#8220;&#8230;I&#8217;m giving my World Series tickets this year to the person who writes my favorite 50-word sermon to Ramirez.&#8221;
Get Bill Plaschke to ghost-write your column for you.
Edit Bill&#8217;s first draft to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trolleydodger.com/2009/10/06/how-to-generate-hits-in-these-troubled-times/</link>
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