Former Griddle blogger Bob Timmermann passes along the news that bus service between Union Station and Dodger Stadium has been restored, according to Zach Behrens of  LAist, thanks to a $300,000 grant from the South Coast Air Quality Management District.

Reds at Dodgers, 12:05 p.m.

  • Rafael Furcal, SS
  • Brad Ausmus, C
  • Andre Ethier, RF
  • Matt Kemp, CF
  • Casey Blake, 3B
  • Doug Mientkiewicz, 1B
  • A.J. Ellis, DH
  • Jason Repko, LF
  • Ivan DeJesus, 2B
  • (Clayton Kershaw, P)

Timmermann, who just completed work on his presidential biography blog One Through Forty-Two or Forty-Three, gets a fine introduction for his new post as a contributor to L.A. Observed from the site’s main man, Kevin Roderick.

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UCLA baseball is off to a 10-0 start, and Mark Saxon of ESPNLosAngeles.com looks at the two pitchers who have played a big role:  Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer. To attend UCLA, Cole turned down the Yankees after being drafted in the 2008 first round out of Orange Lutheran High School.

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Here’s Ramona Shelburne’s postgame report from Taiwan for ESPNLosAngeles.com.