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Former Los Angeles Dodgers star Raul Mondesi has been sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted of embezzlement during his term as mayor of his hometown in the Dominican Republic. The district court of San Cristobal, a town west of the capital Santo Domingo, also ordered this week that Mondesi pay a $1.3 million fine. The Attorney General's office charged Mondesi of embezzling $6.3 million while he was mayor of San Cristobal from 2010-16, according to the court. Continue to Article

September 21, 2017 7:09:pm EST

It hasn't been easy of late, but the Los Angeles Dodgers are on the brink of taking their fifth straight NL West title. Pinch-hitter Andre Ethier and Curtis Granderson homered as the Dodgers clinched a tie for the crown, ending a four-game losing streak by beating the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 Thursday. The Dodgers can win the division Friday night with either a victory at home over San Francisco or a loss by second-place Arizona to Miami. Continue to Article

September 21, 2017 6:06:pm EST

Dusty Baker told reporters this winter that he saw room for improvement in his second season on the bench in the nation’s capital after leading the Washington Nationals to a 95-67 record last season... and a loss in the NLDS. “We won 95 games and we had three or four guys with years that weren't indicative of them, you know? Quite honestly, I wanted to win 100 games. I won 103 games my first year and I remember telling [Tony] La Russa that's what I wanted to do this year. And I didn't tell you guys that because you would have written this guy is crazy already.” He talked to La Russa about the possibility because it was a discussion they’d had in the past. “I remember LaRussa [in 1993] telling Continue to Article

September 21, 2017 4:28:pm EST

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Curtis Granderson joins Mike Oz of Big League Stew to sift through packs of baseball cards from 1992. Continue to Article

September 21, 2017 2:30:pm EST

The Phillie Phanatic is nothing if not persistent. When he has his big bug eyes set on something, he goes to great length to make it happen.So it was with great joy we got to see his wooing of Los Angeles Dodgers' reporter Alanna Rizzo paid off on Thursday Continue to Article

September 21, 2017 1:26:pm EST