As you know, the Dodgers and Diamondbacks are schedule to open Major League Baseball in late March at the Sydney Cricket Grounds in Australia. So, with Baseball on its winter break, why not send some folks down south to spread word about the event? AJ Ellis and Diamondbacks pitcher Patrick Corbin were the lucky guys chosen for the promotional junket, and I'm sure their teammates are super-jealous. What lucky duckies, eh?
In the land down under, it's the end of Spring with Summer fast approaching. The sun is out and folks are enjoying the season with all the joy you'd expect. Heck, even Baseball, Australian style, has begun anew. It's the perfect environment to get Aussies excited for Major League Baseball.
Both Ellis and Corbin have been meeting fans, young players and the viewing public the past several days. Check out some photo's I grabbed of their travels from social media.
Here's press conference featuring Ellis and Corbin with former MLB'er Justin Huber (member of Team Australia). It was announced that both teams will play Australia's national team as a warm-up to the Opening Series match-up. BTW, they also did a Live Blog Chat for FoxSports Australia that you can view here.
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| (pic via @DBacks on twitter) |
AJ met up with Peter Moylan in Sydney. Moylan is a native Australian and spent most of last season with the Dodgers farm club in Albuquerque.
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| (pic via @Dodgers on twitter) |
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Here they are on Manly Beach. There's a joke in there, somewhere.
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| (pic via @Dodgers on twitter) |
Check out more pics at MLB's facebook page, here and here.
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| (pic via @SydneyBlueSox on twitter) |
Here are a couple quotes from the the always quotable AJ Ellis.
"Trent Oelten was one of my favourite teammates when he was at the #Dodgers. Aussies play the game hard" AJ Ellis of the LA Dodgers
— Sydney Blue Sox (@SydneyBlueSox) November 19, 2013
AJ is right. Baseball at the Sydney Cricket Ground will be special. From my understanding the games are already sold out. Check out a seating chart here.
"There are a lot of iconic fields in baseball, but playing at the SCG will be something really special" AJ Ellis of the #Dodgers
— Sydney Blue Sox (@SydneyBlueSox) November 19, 2013
And, below is a view of, I think, where the back stop will be at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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| (pic via @DBacks on twitter) |
And, here's a video.
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Pic at the very top via @ABLeague on twitter
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