Hideo Nomo

1 Players from Luxembourgh who have advanced to the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament: Gillis Muller, who beat No. 18 Nicolas Almagro, at the U.S. Open on Sunday.

an opposing team's scout sizes up the Dodgers

Pitcher Kazuhiro Sasaki left the Seattle Mariners and returned home to play in Japan. Surprising? Not at all. Many of his countrymen have found life in the major leagues much tougher than they expected

I really like their pitching, and with the offense they're going to run out there they're going to need it....

Last season Kazuhisa Ishii (106) and Hideo Nomo (101) became the first pair of Dodgers to each walk 100 batters in a season since Joe Hatten (110) and Kirby Higbe (107) in 1946.