Dodger News And Notes

Some Dodger news on a Friday Evening:

Dodgers made an attempt at Cliff Lee. According to a source close to the situation, the Dodgers were in trade talks with the Seattle Mariners for pitcher Cliff Lee. The source said that the Mariners wanted one of two players, James Loney or Chad Billingsley. Of course Lee ended up in Texas today. The Rangers moved first baseman Justin Smoak and three minor leaguers to Seattle for Lee.

Did the Dodgers pay one of their executives from the team charity? It seems they paid Howard Sunkin, the team’s senior vice president for public affairs, $400,000 last year for what tax records describe as a 40-hour-a-week job at the Dodgers Dream Foundation,which is a  nonprofit charity. Uh-oh.

Frank and Jamie's divorce is the subject of a New York Times article.

The Dodgers and MSI announce partnership. The Dodgers and leading Taiwanese technology manufacturer MSI  announced a new partnership and unveiled a limited-edition Dodgers Wind Top All-in-One (AIO) PC and Netbook. 

Hittin' The Links

It was announced today that former Dodger, Dave Roberts, is being treated for Hodgkin's lymphoma. Roberts was diagnosed in mid-March and he says the cancer was detected early. He says the prognosis is "good." He has undergone two rounds of chemotherapy so far. Good luck to Dave Roberts. I hope he gets well soon.

Ex-Dodger, Pedro Guerrero, is looking to get back into baseball. After year of battling with alcohol, the former Dodger slugger says he's changed man and wants to return to the game.

Could Cliff Lee be traded again at the deadline? The morning after Lee pitched seven spectacular scoreless innings in the Seattle Mariners' 2-0, 12-inning loss to the Texas Rangers on Friday night, his agent told ESPN's Buster Olney not to expect a return to Seattle in 2011. With a pitching-thin market and the riches of free agency just five months away, Darek Braunecker said it just doesn't make sense to cut a sweetheart deal during this season to stay with the Mariners.

What's happened to George Sherrill? Steve Dilbeck at the Los Angeles Times wonders what's happened to the pitcher we saw in '09