One key question that needs to be answered during spring training is who the Dodgers will entrust with the third base position at the beginning of the season. Much speculation has been floating out there about who Torre’s choice might be. Will he go with Garciaparra, whose 11 years of MLB experience (plus a stint [...]
Genius. Pure Genius. Thanks to the L.A. Daily News and Los Angeles Times’ Dodger blogs for bringing this to our attention. Here is a guy, pacing around in his basement with a 7 foot ceiling wearing baseball pants that are 4 inches too long, reciting the Gospel of Joe Beimel according to TroyfromWestVirginia. Just when [...]
Dodger players of past and present, along with veteran Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully, kicked off the 50th anniversary of the Dodgers heading to Los Angeles by riding on the Dodgers’ first ever Rose Parade Float. Key Dodger greats on the float included famed pitcher Fernando Valenzuela and first basemen Steve Garvey and Erric Karros. Hall [...]
Tiger Woods’ autograph is hard to come by. He gives it very sparingly and uses Upper Deck to help limit forgeries that typically flood the market for autographs. Tiger himself has only asked for two autographs in his entire life. The first was from boxing great Muhammad Ali. Who was the other? Dodger great Sandy [...]
Well, it’s official – the Dodgers spring training schedule is now live. The Dodgers posted their schedule via press release on mlb.com. There’s a lot of “tentative” and “likely” sprinkled through it, so I’m guessing that there is more detail to come. Two interesting notes: 1. The Dodgers are pushing for an exhibition game in [...]
