By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
The Washington Nationals were the recipients of three errors by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night. Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, the 2011 Cy Young Award winner, had no intention of being so charitable.
Dodgers closer Jonathan Broxton, out since May with a bruised elbow, will have arthroscopic surgery Monday to reduce a spur on his right elbow and remove loose chips.
Reliever Kenley Jansen was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday by the Los Angeles Dodgers, less than 72 hours after he was checked into a hospital for an irregular heartbeat.
Reliever Kenley Jansen was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday by the Los Angeles Dodgers, less than 72 hours after he was checked into a hospital for an irregular heartbeat.
Dodgers reliever Kenley Jansen spent Tuesday night and all day Wednesday in a hospital getting checked for an irregular heartbeat, one day after closing out a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
The Los Angeles Dodgers placed closer Vicente Padilla on the 15-day disabled list Thursday because of radial nerve irritation in his forearm, and recalled Ramon Troncoso from Triple-A Albuquerque to shore up the bullpen.
John Ely knows he'll have to do better than he did in his first spot start of the season if he's going to earn a longer look in the Dodgers' rotation.
"It's just that when they gave me that EKG and they told me I had to go to the hospital, I thought: `Hey, what's really going on?'
He didn't let anyone know about the fluttering sensations in his heart until after his seven-pitch save, when he told Conte and manager Don Mattingly.
