Joe Torre said the Dodgers will stick with the same lineup for Game 2 this afternoon against the Cardinals.

“I waited until (Ronnie) Belliard showd up, and he seemed to come out of it fine last night. So we’ll go with…

LOS ANGELES — Some of the post-game press conference highlights from Dodger Stadium following tonight’s 5-3 St. Louis Cardinals loss in Game 1 of the National League Division series:

Cardinals manager Tony La Russa

(on overall impressions of the lost) “I just…

LOS ANGELES — Dodgers manager Joe Torre initially deflected the question with a classic managerial reference, intoning that he wouldn’t announce a Game 4 start because “we don’t know if there’s going to be a Game 4 yet.”

Then Torre did…

This week’s Sports Illustrated poll of 380 MLB players asks “Which manager do you least want to play for?

Tony La Russa came in third behind Lou Piniella and Ozzie Guillen.

The results:

ST. LOUIS — There will be homecomings galore as the current St. Louis Cardinals manager and the former St. Louis Cardinals manager will highlight the National League coaching staff headed to Busch Stadium for the 80th All-Star Game, according to…

The Winter Meetings’ first official piece of business Monday morning installed former New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians second baseman Joe Gordon as the first member of the Hall of Fame Class of 2009 through a vote of a special 12-member panel comprised of…

LAS VEGAS — The National Finals Rodeo is in town and all over the sports page here. The Oscar De La Hoya fight and its maelstrom just left town, taking the big headlines with it. But the front page of the…

These are comments I made Monday in response to follow-up questions from readers. Keep the questions coming, either in the comments field below or by e-mail: e-mails to rhummel@post-dispatch.com.

• I’m fully on board with pursuing a closer (preferably lefthanded, like free-agent…