Are the boys in Blue doing some coloring? No... they're filling in their March Madness brackets- bracketology, if you will. Pic via Jon SooHoo/ LA Dodgers 2013.
- Zack Greinke feels great after pitching in his first game in weeks, via Eric Stephen at True Blue LA.
- Jon Saraceno and Bob Nightengale at USA Today write about that fateful night, 20 years ago, when Steve Olin and former Dodger Tim Crews died in a boating accident.
This week, one of the Dodgers' new co-owners, Stan Kasten, called the family in an attempt to re-establish a relationship. Who knows, son Shawn, 25, might be asked to throw out the first pitch from the same mound his father once stood.
"I'm built exactly like my dad was — thick legs and long arms,'' he says. "We even have similar facial hair. I threw like him, too. It was genetic because I never studied the way he pitched.''
- Ted Lilly speaks with BJ Rains of MLB Trade Rumors about his long-term relationship with his agent.
It was after my first year of pro ball and I wasn’t in the middle of any negotiations, but after talking to him and getting to know him, I didn’t make any commitments but just felt more and more comfortable with his genuine personality. I felt like his motives were in the right place, and it still is the same today. It’s not about the money. A lot of guys I’m sure say that but knowing Larry for as long as I have, when I say it’s still the same, it’s still the same that it really isn’t about the money. He really enjoys helping young guys out.
- JP Hoornstra at Inside the Dodgers has some words from Haley Ramirez about his injury.
“This is the main thing — L.A. Dodgers,” he said. “Even when I was playing in the WBC, representing my country. It was an honor for me. But at the same time I was thinking this team — what they were doing in the spring, to get to know each other, to stay together. To get this news today, it’s not easy. It’s going to be tough, but what can we do? I know they’re going to do the best they can and play hard every day until I get there.”
- Baseball back in Montreal? Via Bill Beacon at The Star.com, a $400k feasibility study is underway.
- RIP. The lady who was the real life inspiration to the movie "The Natural" died several months ago, via ESPN. Her name is Ruth Ann Steinhagen and she shot Eddie Waittkus of the Cubs in a fit of stalking madness.
- More Marlins woes. Via Extra Mustard the Miami Marlins are determined to burn every bridge they can find.
- Be sure to bookmark this. A new website called The National Pastime Museum will officially open its doors on Opening Day (March 31st). They'll be more vintage Baseball artifacts than you can shake a stick at.
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