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Why One Shouldn't Read The Last Paragraphs First

Coming across another piece of "syrupy journalism", I scanned the AP article on ESPN.com headlined, "Dodgers say goodbye to famed minor league complex". And when I got to the end of the article, I...

McCourt Shuts Doors on Vero Beach Using Smoke, Mirrors, Rationalization

The Dodgers' latest press release is one of the weakest spin campaigns I have ever seen, as once again Frank McCourt is all blather and no substance. I really feel for Josh Rawitch when he's fed...

Dodgertown's Final Days Brings Tears, Syrupy Journalism

Sixty years ago, the world was introduced to future "Meet Me Halfway (Theme from Over the Top)" scribe Kenny Loggins, and Vero Beach celebrated the arrival of Da' New York Baseball Bums. But like...

Another Nostalgic Look at Dodgertown

The Orlando Sentinel just posted a piece on Dodgertown in its penultimate Spring Training year. VERO BEACH--Down the road from Dodgertown, the lunch crowd files into Bobby's Restaurant, some...

A Eulogy for Vero Beach, Even Before It Dies

Ah, spring training. The blue skies. The unbridled hope. The excitement of pending baseball. And for the Dodgers, the lingering black cloud surrounding their all-but-certain move to Glendale,...