Just another vintage spring training pic to get you excited for the upcoming season. Per the descriptor on the reverse:
Dated Mar 6, 1949 - WHITMAN FLIES OUT IN INTRA-SQUAD GAME. Dick Whitman, Dodger outfielder, flies put in first inning of the first intra-squad game for the Brooklyn club at their Vero Beach, Fla., training camp. Catcher Lembo and umpire Andrews watch the ball sail to the outfield." (eBay link)Below are more links to check out:
- This Day in Dodgers History: In 1951 the Brooklyn Dodgers sign a 21-year lease with the City of Vero Beach to build their spring training facility at an old abandoned Naval base. It would be known as Dodgertown. In 2002 the Dodgers traded Jorge Nunez and Matt Herges to the Expos for Guillermo Mota and Wilkin Ruan.
- Happy Birthday, Barney Koch, Jerry Brooks, Joel Peralta & John Link!
- Opening Day from MLB:
Whoa. #OpeningDay 🔊 pic.twitter.com/H536q2GmLn— MLB (@MLB) March 22, 2018
- YouTube Video: 20+ minutes of Kershaw highlights from MLB (video link).
- Per Jenna Chandler at LA Curbed; "Dodger Stadium: The ultimate guide to LA’s ballpark - Lifelong fans weigh in with all the tips you need to feel like an insider."
- Per Bill Plunkett at the OC Register; "Dodgers reliever Scott Alexander gained strength from diabetes diagnosis."
“I feel like I’m stronger than I’ve ever been,” said Alexander whose weight now fluctuates between 190 and 195. “It’s more of a lifestyle. It’s just more of a conscious thing that I think of all the time. It’s like a new way of life, I guess. … Health is just at a higher bar for me than it was before. It probably should have been that way always.”Alexander takes insulin daily “but I really don’t take that much.” Mostly, he keeps the disease at bay by monitoring his blood-sugar levels and trying to “do what they tell us to do as far as eating healthy and exercise.”
- Per Ken Gurnick at MLB.com; "Kemp in good position to make Dodgers' roster: Veteran outfielder could be No. 3 hitter with Turner out."
"It feels real," said Kemp, the unlikeliest of offseason acquisitions in a salary swap. "I'm happy it's real and excited I get to go to L.A. Saturday."Kemp didn't say he's been promised a spot on the club. But he's still here and starting in Cactus League games, so draw your own conclusions. Going into Thursday night's game, he was hitting .302 with four homers and a .968 OPS.
- News on our switch pitcher Pat Venditte, via Eric Stephen at True Blue LA:
Dodgers have told Pat Venditte, the last man standing among non-roster invitees in camp, that he will start the season in Triple-A Oklahoma City— Eric Stephen (@truebluela) March 23, 2018
- Per Jon Santucci at TC Palm; "Craig Callan announces his retirement from Historic Dodgertown."
“Craig Callan has devoted his adult life to leading, managing and enhancing Historic Dodgertown and he deserves tremendous credit for how this renowned training and conference center looks today,” Historic Dodgertown Chairman Peter O’Malley said in a statement. “Craig is a community treasure and I’m happy that he and his family will continue to enjoy living in Vero Beach.”
- Andrew Toles on Chase Utley, via Chase's Instagram (Backstage Dodgers):
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