<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/40120fdf-d78e-4967-b6e5-aa6fe8f1995e/2A95B988-3AD4-4B7D-A53A-466FE344989A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3450455" href="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3450455" style="font-size: 11px;">sports.espn.go.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3450455"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/sports.espn.go.com/img/E5EC425D-8E3C-4767-918B-211193C740AC" alt="Furcal" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3450455"><P>This is how important leadoff hitter <A href="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=6404">Rafael Furcal</A> is to the <A href="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=lad">Los Angeles Dodgers</A>. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3450455"><P> Furcal is tied for the team lead in runs scored -- even though he has not played since May 5 because of a bulging disk in his back.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3450455"><P> The timetable is not favoring the Dodgers, however. Manager Joe Torre said on Tuesday that Furcal is not likely to return until after the All-Star break, especially after last week's visit to the doctor. Torre added that the possibility of back surgery has not been discussed yet.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3450455"><P> "If we get him back before the All-Star break it's a bonus, but I don't see that happening," Torre said in the Los Angeles Times. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3450455"><P> The Dodgers are 18-14 in games started by Furcal, and 13-24 without him. And they could use his offense right about now, with the division-leading <A href="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=ari">Arizona Diamondbacks</A> suddenly in a mini-slump and giving the second-place Dodgers an opening.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3450455"><P> Before his injury, Furcal was batting .366, with 16 RBIs, eight stolen bases and 34 runs scored in 32 games. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2A95B988-3AD4-4B7D-A53A-466FE344989A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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