Word: dodgerism
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...Dodger uniforms are a beautiful clean while with that special blue trim. Dodger Blue. Holmen, more than any park I have ever seen, integrates the crowd with the game. The neatly painted facility is nestled in a natural knoll. The weather is perfect. Almost 7,000 fans are on hand. There are no real dugouts, just a few wooden benches on either side of the field. The players spend the game talking with the regulars in the good seats. No fence in the outfield, just a hill on which the people gather to tan and watch a game...
...while Marchant can't compare with Holman, the place has a nice, subtle utility to it. Unlike wide-open Dodger-town, Marchant is like a miniature big-league stadium. And although it is stark, it is perfectly kept up and offers a great view from every seat...
Only after the last stop did I consider how each of the little parks spoke volumes about the organizations and the teams they housed for one precious spring month. Beautiful Dodger Stadium packed with great fans on a sunny afternoon--a great setting for a great team...
...Dodgers' infield of Steve Garvey, Dave Lopes, Bill Russell, and Ron Cey played together for nine seasons, the most for any quartet. Who were their predecessors in the Dodger infield...
...playing Los Angeles now, and Sandy Koufax, who did get scattery when he was 21, has momentarily reappeared at 48 in his Dodger uniform. "One year I got so tired of trying to find home plate," he says, "I dumped all of my equipment in the clubhouse trash can and walked out." Koufax begins to tell a story of his first game at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field, and just as he is giving up a double to Sam Mele, who should happen by in a Red Sox suit but Mele. This is the charm of spring training. Ted Williams...