The Best Team Money Can Buy: The Los Angeles Dodgers' Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerhouse (49 page)

Oakland Raiders,
30

O’Malley, Peter,
17
,
282
n
,
286
n

O’Malley, Walter,
16
–17,
24

Pacific Coast League,
17
,
99
,
256

Passan, Jeff,
297
n

Pederson, Joc,
271
–72

minor league career of,
149
–50

during regular season,
255
–56,
258
,
278

Pedroia, Dustin,
51
,
289
n

Peralta, Jhonny,
261
,
263

Peralta, Wily,
129

Perez, Chris,
259
,
266
,
295
n

Petco Park,
92
,
245
–46

Philadelphia Phillies,
98
,
272

finances of,
52

in NLCS,
23
,
232

players’ contracts with,
294
n
–95
n

during regular season,
69
,
195
–96,
222
,
251

trading of,
192

Piazza, Mike,
59

Piecoro, Nick,
195

Piniella, Lou,
96
,
98
,
128

Pittsburgh Pirates,
36
,
67
,
76
,
128
–29,
132
,
224
,
290
n

during regular season,
89
–90,
219

Poole, Mitch,
58
–59,
144
–45,
247

Posey, Buster,
177

Preller, A. J.,
279

Puig, Yasiel,
139
–59,
167
–70,
231
–42,
244

anger issues of,
143
,
147
,
165
,
199
,
207
,
277

awards and honors of,
163
–64,
255

beaning of,
169
,
183
–84

benching of,
248
–49

Bravo’s relationship with,
182
–83,
194
,
197

brawls and,
170
,
184
,
258

in brushes with law,
147
,
240

call-up of,
148
–51,
159
,
178
,
183
,
186
,
195
,
254
–55

chronic tardiness of,
194
–95,
236
,
241
,
248
–49

conflict between Romo and,
182

contract of,
37
,
144
,
159
,
167
–68,
179
,
207
,
225
,
249
,
269
–71,
299
n

Cuban background of,
140
–41,
143
,
151
,
157
–59,
182
,
184
,
195
,
225
–26,
300
n

Diamondbacks and,
167
,
169
,
182
–84

disappearance of,
247
–48

discipline issues of,
179
–81,194–95,
235
,
277

elected to all-star team,
255

entourage of,
197
–98,
277
,
303
n

finances of,
182
–83,
225
,
277

Friedman and,
270

Gonzalez episode and,
182
–84

Kemp and,
190
,
206
–7,
248
,
257
–58,
272

major-league debut of,
151
–59,
161
–63,
165
,
300
n

marketing campaign around,
249

Mattingly and,
146
–47,
149
,
151
–52,
164
,
179
–80,
194
–95,
199
,
203
,
235
–37,
241
–42,
248
–49,
256
,
258

minor-league career of,
145
,
147
,
149
–50

moved to center,
256
,
260

NLCS and,
220
,
222
–23,
225
–29,
231
–34

NLDS and,
206
–8,
211
,
215
–16,
226

number worn by,
144
–45,
164

off-season of,
239
–40

physical appearance of,
139
–42,
151
,
156
,
207
,
239
,
255

pickoff tutorial of,
152
–53

playing style of,
145
–47,
150
,
162
,
182
,
184
,
198
–99,
229
,
232
,
240
–42,
249
,
258
,
277

private security for,
159
,
195
,
225

Ramirez and,
185
–86,
219
,
242

during regular season,
151
–59,
161
–65,
169
–70,
175
,
179
–85,
191
–92,
194
–95,
197
–99,
201
–3,
207
,
240
–41,
247
–50,
254
–58,
260
,
277

relations between reporters and,
159
,
165
,
179
–83,
194
,
199
,
238

in relationships with women,
183

reputation of,
143
–45,
159

scouting of,
140
–43

in team meeting,
241
–42,
248

tryout of,
141
–44,
158
,
162
,
239

Pujols, Albert,
135

Punto, Nick,
9
,
49
,
242
–43

NLCS and,
227
,
230

Puig and,
199
,
242

during regular season,
84
,
134
–35,
137
,
152
,
157
,
185
,
197
,
199
,
289
n

trading and,
53
,
58

Quentin, Carlos,
102
,
104
–5,
109
–12,
117
,
161
,
165

Ramirez, Hanley:

awards of,
186

contracts of,
187
–89,
243
–44,
253
–54,
271

departure of,
271
–72,
278

injuries of,
82
,
118
,
152
,
186
,
189
,
220
–24,
228
–32,
236
,
243
–44,
250
,
253
–54

Kershaw and,
252
–53

Mattingly and,
254

naming of,
187
–88

NLCS and,
219
–24,
228
–32

NLDS and,
209
,
211
,
219

off-seasons of,
243

playing style of,
186
–89

Puig and,
185
–86,
219
,
242

during regular season,
177
–78,
182
,
185
–90,
196
,
247
,
250
,
252
–54,
257

returns of,
185
–86,
189
,
250

trading and,
89
,
119
,
186
–87,
253

in WBC,
118
,
187
–89

Ramirez, Manny,
21
,
58
–59,
180
,
191

Reinsdorf, Jerry,
50

Reitz Memorial,
94

Reynolds, Greg,
75

Richard, Clayton,
112

Rihanna,
123
,
164

Rivera, Mariano,
161
,
192

Rizzo, Anthony,
199

Robinson, Jackie,
16
,
153
–54

Robinson, Rachel,
153
–54

Robinson, Shane,
233
–34

Rodriguez, Alex,
75
,
294
n
,
296
n
,
298
n

Rodriguez, Paco,
87
,
136
,
196
,
210
,
293
n
–94
n

Rollins, Jimmy,
272
,
278
–79

Romo, Sergio,
182

Romo, Tony,
223

Ronaldo, Cristiano,
145
,
192
–93,
198

Rosen, Lon,
29
–31,
286
n

Rosenthal, Trevor,
134
,
222

Ruth, Babe,
18

Ryan, Nolan,
286
n

Ryu, Hyun-Jin,
87
,
243

auction for,
167
–68

contract of,
116

injuries of,
263

Mattingly and,
90

NLCS and,
228
–29

NLDS and,
209
,
211
–12,
228
,
263

during regular season,
90
,
116
–17,
129
,
196
,
211
–12,
245
,
292
n

Uribe and,
83
–84

Sabathia, C.C.,
21
,
66
,
213
–14,
294
n

Sabean, Brian,
40
,
46

St. Claire, Randy,
59

St. Louis Cardinals,
16
,
31
,
42
,
84
,
99
,
205
,
278

attendance statistics of,
89

drafting of,
134
–35,
218

finances of,
36
,
134
–35,
218

in NLCS,
1
–4,
8
,
217
–35,
246
,
260
–61,
264
,
270
,
295
n

in NLDS,
224
,
260
–64,
270

player development system of,
135
–36

during regular season,
134
–35,
139
,
207
,
217
–19,
224
,
257
,
292
n

TV deals of,
36

World Championships of,
217

in World Series,
2
,
134
,
217
,
222
,
235
,
238

St. Louis Rams,
30
–31

San Diego Padres,
17
,
44
,
49
,
142
,
297
n

brawls and,
110
–12,
117
,
120
,
156
,
165
,
301
n

finances of,
94
,
104

Kemp and,
272
–73,
278
–79

during regular season,
91
–92,
104
–5,
109
–12,
152
–54,
156
–57,
159
,
161
–62,
165
,
175
–77,
195
–96,
278
–79,
301
n

trading of,
265
–66,
272
–73

Sands, Jerry,
53
,
290
n

San Francisco Giants,
16
,
83
,
294
n

Colletti and,
39
–40,
45
–46,
200
,
288
n

Lincecum drafted by,
77

in NLCS,
231
,
264

during regular season,
25
,
66
,
69
,
77
–79,
81
,
89
–90,
111
,
131
,
164
,
177
,
181
–82,
200
–201,
233
,
247
,
249
,
251
,
256
,
260
,
281
n
,
298
n

Wilson and,
199
–200

World Championships of,
251
,
270

in World Series,
77
,
115
,
200
,
231
,
251
,
272

Santana, Carlos,
45

Schachter, Jim,
282
n

Schaefer, Bob,
98

Scherzinger, Nicole,
192
–93

Schmidt, Jason,
45
–46,
288
n

Schumaker, Skip,
242
–43

brawls and,
170
,
184

NLCS and,
224
,
229

NLDS and,
210
,
215
–16

Puig and,
194
,
242

Ramirez and,
254

during regular season,
9
,
84
,
134
–35,
137
,
147
,
149
,
165
,
177
,
184
–85,
199
,
254