bye-bye, dodger blue

So yesterday the Dodgers played their last game in Vero Beach and famed Dodgertown is now history. The exit from Florida unfolded with half of the team + manager Joe Torre in China, playing exhibition games with the Padres. Maybe it was fitting that bleeding-Dodger-blue Tommy Lasorda, who is filling in for Torre with the split squad, presided over yesterday's farewell to Dodgertown. Another bit of baseball history gone---not that most baseball fans would even much notice. Next year both Dodgers and Indians are moving to Arizona for spring training. The Reds are rumored to follow. Arizona is building new stadiums for the teams. The parks I've seen in AZ are nice but lacking in character. Most seem to be in manufactured towns in the desert. It's an odd way to go about building community.