Chad Billingsley News: Pro Sports Daily

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October 15

MLB.com

"Reliever Jeff Weaver was sent home from Wednesday's practice with flu-like symptoms, the third Dodgers player this week to fall ill with a bug on the eve of Thursday's National League Championship Series opener (5:07 p.m. PT on TBS) against the Phillies. Of course, there are worse places to be sent than home. Chad Billingsley, who would have started Game 4 of the NL Division Series if there had been one, has been sent to the bullpen. Jon Garland, not used in the first round as a long reliever, has been sent to baseball Siberia -- told he will be left off the roster entirely for the best-of-seven rematch with the Phils. The demotions of Billingsley and Garland are fallout from the rapid ..."

Dodgers' Chad Billingsley feeling like his old self

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October 7

Los Angeles Times

"Chad Billingsley sounded like a new man. He was smiling. He wasn't mumbling. "It's a different story in the playoffs," he said. "It's a new season. You get a new life. The regular season's over. It's postseason, it's October. The whole playoff atmosphere is exciting." Billingsley was named the fourth and final member of the Dodgers' rotation in the National League division series that starts tonight against St. Louis. Vicente Padilla will start Game 3. Billingsley on Monday threw 82 pitches in a simulated game at the Dodgers' spring training complex in Arizona. While he remains winless since Aug. 18 -- he beat the Cardinals that day -- Billingsley said he was encouraged by his last two ..."

Billingsley throws in simulated game

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October 6

MLB.com

"All-Star pitcher Chad Billingsley, who won more games than any Dodgers pitcher this year but whose postseason role is still undetermined, threw a simulated game at the club's Camelback Ranch training facility in Glendale, Ariz., on Monday. Billingsley was sent there to face farmhands from the instructional league and threw five innings, making 82 pitches. He last pitched a game for the Dodgers on Sept. 29, allowing two runs in six innings of a 3-1 loss in San Diego. He's winless since Aug. 18, a span of seven starts and one relief appearance after he was skipped a start to work out a mechanical flaw and regain his confidence. Manager Joe Torre has announced only his first two starters -- ..."

One pitch hurts Chad Billingsley, Dodgers

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September 24

Los Angeles Times

"The man behind the plate appeared to be more bothered by the pitch than the man who threw it. "Just that one pitch," Dodgers catcher Russell Martin said, shaking his head. "If you take away that one pitch, it's a gem." The pitch -- a breaking ball that didn't break -- was hit into the Dodgers' bullpen by Ryan Zimmerman. Zimmerman's three-run home run in the sixth inning accounted for the only hit charged to Billingsley in the Dodgers' 5-4 loss to the Washington Nationals on Wednesday. The homer tied the score, 3-3, and extended Billingsley's winless streak to six starts. It ended the slumping All-Star's bid for a no-hitter, as well as his night, as Manager Joe Torre pinch-hit for him in ..."

When good pitchers go bad: the Chad Billingsley story

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September 22

Los Angeles Times

"Chad Billingsley rarely speaks above a whisper in the best of times. And clearly these are not the best of times. Through the first 2 1/2 months of the season, the Dodgers right-hander was arguably the best pitcher in the National League, going 9-3 with a 2.72 earned-run average to earn a spot on the All-Star team. In the three months since, he hasn't even been the best pitcher on his team, going 3-7 with a 5.40 ERA. "I'm just trying to go out there and work on things," Billingsley says quietly, speaking to his shoes as he ties the laces. "Figure something out.""

Billingsley is questionable for next start

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August 9

Los Angeles Times

"Examined by team physician Dr. Neal ElAttrache on Saturday morning, Chad Billingsley remained questionable for his scheduled start Wednesday in San Francisco. Billingsley, who strained a left hamstring Friday night, will throw on flat ground Monday and will be re-evaluated by the team's medical staff. His previous start in Atlanta was cut short by a cramp in his right hamstring. Billingsley didn't appear in the Dodgers' clubhouse before the game Saturday night but didn't sound overly concerned late Friday. "It doesn't seem too serious, but some little things linger," Billingsley said. He said he was hurt when he singled in the sixth inning. "I ran down the first base line and halfway down, ..."

Billingsley exits with hamstring strain

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August 8

MLB.com

"For a second consecutive start against the Braves, Dodgers right-hander Chad Billingsley was forced to exit the game because of a problem with one of his hamstrings. On Sunday in Atlanta, it was a right hamstring cramp, but in Friday's 9-5, 12-inning loss to the Braves, Billingsley left after six innings with a strained left hamstring.The injury occurred when Billingsley ran out of the batter's box after singling in the bottom of the sixth. "[I was] running down the first-base line, and about halfway I felt a grab in my left hamstring," Billingsley said after the game. "No good thoughts were going through my mind at that time." After the inning ended, Billingsley debated whether to alert ..."

Dodgers sending three to All-Star Game

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July 5

MLB.com

"The Dodgers, with the best record in baseball, were appropriately represented Sunday when pitchers Chad Billingsley and Jonathan Broxton and second baseman Orlando Hudson were named to the National League team for the July 14 All-Star Game, to be played at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. And those three -- selected in balloting of players, managers and coaches -- could be joined by outfielder Matt Kemp, one of five finalists in the All-Star Game Sprint Final Vote. "It's pretty good for a manager to talk to four guys," said Joe Torre, who already had been selected to coach in the game and who informed each player before Sunday's game. "I told Matt, 'Even if you're not the one the fans vote for, ..."