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DARK SECRETS: 18 - The Real Truth

For Dodgers’ Trea Turner and Freddie Freeman, playing every day is part of the deal

LOS ANGELES — Freddie Freeman, working stiff? The moniker would hardly seem to apply to a guy who makes $27 million a year, flies charter, stays in five-star hotels and receives $100 per diem on the road while playing baseball for a living.

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Bill Plaschke: Chasing record wins, red-hot Dodgers need to play it cool

LOS ANGELES — It feels weird issuing this plea to a baseball team bullying its way toward historic ground, but, sorry, somebody has to say it.

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Austin Barnes has four RBIs as Dodgers blow out Brewers to take series

LOS ANGELES — An hour before first pitch, one of the in-game hosts at Dodger Stadium described Wednesday night’s contest between the Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers as a “Game 7.”

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Theft on the rise: How the Dodgers became baseball's improbable men of steal

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers' preferred method of offense is to bludgeon opponents with a loaded lineup of power hitters proficient at working counts, hunting mistakes and giving themselves self-congratulatory taps on their helmets as they circle the bases.

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Dylan Hernandez: Dustin May represents the Dodgers’ latest World Series gamble. Will it pay off?

LOS ANGELES — Dave Roberts spoke carefully when talking about his team’s plans for Dustin May, and understandably so.

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Dustin May thrives in his return from Tommy John surgery as Dodgers blank Marlins

LOS ANGELES — Tommy John surgery is so common, with hundreds of pitchers from high school to the big leagues undergoing the elbow ligament replacement procedure every year, and its success rate (80% to 90%) so high that it almost seems routine.

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Dodgers rebound with Craig Kimbrel closing out latest victory

MILWAUKEE — Questioned before Wednesday’s game about Craig Kimbrel’s failure to protect a one-run lead at any point this season, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts tempted fate.

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Can the Dodgers rely on Craig Kimbrel as closer? For now, Dave Roberts thinks so.

MILWAUKEE — The Dodgers have done this song and dance before.

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Dodgers to sit Cody Bellinger for a few games amid another batting slump

MILWAUKEE — The door to Dave Roberts’ office stayed shut a little longer than usual after Monday night’s game.

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Dodgers make it a day to remember with Negro Leagues museum visit and 12th consecutive win

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A day brimming with an appreciation for the past eventually had the Dodgers cherishing the present and peering excitedly into a future that gets more promising with every game. Call it a win, win, win.

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Tony Gonsolin flirts with perfection as Dodgers turn winning streak up

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Put this guy in pictures. Kansas City Royals reliever Josh Staumont entered a pristine game in the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers promptly lit him up with four hits and a walk en route to an 8-3 victory Friday night.

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Helene Elliott: Joey Gallo finds a change in scenery is good for both him and Dodgers

LOS ANGELES — Fans at Dodger Stadium were chanting Joey Gallo's name Wednesday night and they weren't putting an expletive before or after it.

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Here's how the Dodgers lineup is barreling baseballs and producing bushels of runs

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers are averaging 6.9 runs per game during their nine-game win streak, batting .307 with an .865 on-base-plus-slugging percentage, 11 homers, 31 doubles and two triples since July 31.

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Julio Urías cementing status as staff ace as Dodgers rout Twins

Walker Buehler, the Dodgers’ top starting pitcher, is slowly working his way back from mid-June surgery to remove bone spurs in his elbow. Another lower-back injury sent Clayton Kershaw, the three-time National League Cy Young Award winner, to the injured list last week for the second time this season.

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Dylan Hernández: Dodgers' dominance means only one thing — they must win the World Series

By now, the years are starting to blend together, the decade-long renaissance making one season indistinguishable from the last. October baseball is now taken for granted in this city.

Daily Mirror

Drivers spot garage selling fuel for MUCH cheaper than big name petrol stations

Social media users slammed bigger petrol providers with one asking: "So a tiny village garage in Herefordshire can manage this, but not the mega-stations of Shell, BP, Esso etc?"

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Dodgers preview their anticipated October prowess in comeback vs. Padres

LOS ANGELES — The first time through the top of the Dodgers’ order on Saturday night, San Diego Padres starter Mike Clevinger made only one bad pitch, hanging a slider that Will Smith hit for a home run.

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Dodgers turn their Juan Soto loss into a win over new-look Padres

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts insisted it wouldn’t be a litmus test.

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Bill Plaschke: Dodgers honor Vin Scully with a perfect and powerful Blue Heaven homage

LOS ANGELES — It was deafening. It was discordant. It was perfect.

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Clayton Kershaw's latest injury overshadows Dodgers' sweep of the Giants

SAN FRANCISCO — Clayton Kershaw knew right away that something was wrong.

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Clayton Kershaw’s start comes to a screeching halt in Dodgers’ loss to Rockies

DENVER — For five innings on Saturday night, Clayton Kershaw navigated both a last-place opponent, the high-altitude elements and a quickly elevated pitch count.

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Back in the majors, and back in Dodger Blue, Trayce Thompson is where he belongs

Bat bags and an extra-large suitcase.

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Craig Kimbrel’s near meltdown begs the question: Should Dodgers trade for a closer?

DENVER — Time and again, Dave Roberts has insisted his Los Angeles Dodgers team doesn’t have any major needs heading into Tuesday’s trade deadline.

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Dodgers blow out Rockies, and get good news on several injured pitchers

DENVER — The Los Angeles Dodgers opened an eight-game trip Thursday with a 13-0 blowout of the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.

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Six-run first inning propels Dodgers and Andrew Heaney to 7-1 win over Nationals

LOS ANGELES — The difference was night and day.

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