--LHP Clayton Kershaw was summoned to a meeting with manager Joe Torre and pitching coach Rick Honeycutt before the game after he walked four batters and hit another in five-plus innings Tuesday night. 

--RHP Jason Schmidt finally began his minor league rehabilitation assignment on Tuesday night, throwing 94 pitches in five-plus innings for high Class A Inland Empire against Stockton. 

Dodgers manager Joe Torre said on Wednesday that he has accepted Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel's invitation to join the National League coaching staff for this year's All-Star Game in St. 

Joe Torre's return to the National League is slightly more than a season old, yet he has already been selected an All-Star. 

When Manager Joe Torre addressed theDodgers hours before the first game of the post-Manny era, the message was simple: no one can do Ramirez's job, but the team can still win if everyone simply does his own. 

Randy Wolf had the kind of performance that used to get the fans howling in Philadelphia. 

SAN FRANCISCO Dodgers third baseman Casey Blake said he didn't mean to disrespect Brian Wilson's late father or his faith by mimicking theGiants closer's arms-crossed gesture during Sunday's game, although Wilson probably shouldn't expect an apology. 

Plans to play a Mexican League Baseball game atDodger Stadium have been postponed until 2010. 

RelieverOsiris Matos did not stick around long enough to bask in the glory of his RBI single Monday night. 

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To understand what Jimmy Rollins felt when he walked into thePhillies' clubhouse yesterday and saw that he'd been dropped from the leadoff spot, you have to know this: 

Jayson Werth, standing on third base in the bottom of the seventh, noticed it on the first pitch to Pedro Feliz. 

Bud Selig has gone into hiding. 

Can we set Manny Ramirez aside for just a second? Because while the rest of Baseball looks for the elusive outfielder, who hasn't been seen in public since his suspension a week ago, there are a few other questions surrounding theDodgers. 

Dodgers teammates Rafael Furcal and Guillermo Mota have spoken to Manny Ramirez in the last couple of days, they said Tuesday, and both described the slugger as distraught over his 50-game suspension for violating Baseball's drug policy.