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Dodgers Web musings: 10 questions, arbitration, Larry Bowa and more

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It’s the quiet time for baseball, but not too quiet. Really, it never seems to get that quiet.

The Dodgers still need a left fielder and another left-handed reliever, and those topics get their share of attention in another look at what is being discussed on the Web about the Boys in Blue:

-- Dodgers.com’s Ken Gurnick lists his 10 biggest questions facing the Dodgers next season, and offers some historical evidence to suggest why they can turn it around.

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-- TrueBlueLA.com’s Eric Stephen takes a glance at looming arbitration for three possible Dodgers -- Hong-Chih Kuo,Chad Billingsley and James Loney -- with a first look at Kuo. Stephen figures Kuo will more than double the $950,000 he made last season.

-- The Boston Globe’s Nick Cafardo talked to former Dodgers coach Larry Bowa, who blames his problems communicating with Matt Kemp for his being out of baseball this season.

-- MikeSciosciasTragicIllness.com’s Mike Petriello takes a look at the remaining candidates to fill the Dodgers’ need for another left-handed reliever. It ain’t pretty.

-- LADodgerTalk.com’s Mark Timmons has joined Petriello in suggesting the Dodgers should sign Lastings Milledge as their right-handed hitting left fielder.

-- DodgerDugout.com’s Robert Timm
, back from the dead, thinks the Dodgers should be considering Jermaine Dye for left field.

-- ESPNLA.com’s Jon Weisman
takes a look at how close outfielder Jerry Stands is at making the big club.

-- ESPN.com’s Buster Olney lists his 37 top story lines for the coming season, with No. 6 the Dodgers ownership situation. He claims other owners want Frank McCourt out.

-- SportsIllustrated.com’s Jon Heyman, meanwhile, lists the Dodgers several times among his resolutions for 50 of the biggest names in baseball. For McCourt: I will sell the team.

-- FoxSports.com’s Bob Klapisch takes a look at the challenges awaiting Don Mattingly in his first season as a manager.

-- ESPN.com’s Enrique Rojas claims the Rangers are close to signing Adrian Beltre to a stunning six-year, $90-million deal.

-- Steve Dilbeck

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