Paul Sullivan reports that the cactus league is displaying a grapefruit with an autograph of a player whose autograph no one really wants anymore.
Meanwhile Amalie Benjamin tweets that “starters are throwing bullpens.”
While the winter months bring a deafening silence to the world of baseball, the sweet sorrow of spring training must be organized by military intelligence.
Cody Bellinger was the last batter of the game last night, getting the walkoff hit for the Dodgers in the bottom of the 13th inning. Tonight he’ll lead off the bottom of the first inning, as Dave Roberts has placed him atop the Dodger lineup.
For Milwaukee, it’s righty-heavy, as they’ll face off against lefty Clayton Kershaw. It certainly worked for them in Game 1 when they scored five runs — four earned — on six hits and two walks while striking out just twice against the Dodgers ace.
Lately, however, everyone’s bats have gone cold. The Brewers went scoreless over the final eight innings last night. The Dodgers have scored only three runs the 22 innings of play at Dodger Stadium thus far. Here are the fellas that will try to change that here in a couple of hours:
Brewers
1. Lorenzo Cain (R) CF
2. Christian Yelich (L) RF
3. Ryan Braun (R) LF
4. Jesus Aguilar (R) 1B
5. Hernan Perez (R) 2B
6. Mike Moustakas (L) 3B
7. Erik Kratz (R) C
8. Orlando Arcia (R) SS
9. Wade Miley (L) P
Dodgers
1. Cody Bellinger (L) CF
2. Justin Turner (R) 3B
3. David Freese (R) 1B
4. Manny Machado (R) SS
5. Max Muncy (L) 2B
6. Chris Taylor (R) LF
7. Enrique Hernandez (R) RF
8. Austin Barnes (R) C
9. Clayton Kershaw (L) P
