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With spring training officially underway this week across Arizona and Florida, there is no shortage of baseball stories afoot. Here are a few Dodgers-related items to start your Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Dodgers bringing back Farhan Zaidi to the front office, Andrew Friedman praising Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s leadership, and Shota Imanaga slated to start for the Cubs against the Dodgers in Tokyo, that is.<\/p>\n

In Ken Rosenthal\u2019s notes column at The Athletic, he had this quote from Ryan Brasier, who was traded by the Dodgers to the Cubs on February 4: \u201cI was surprised, but I get it. I\u2019ve been around long enough where I understand they\u2019ve got to make decisions. You don\u2019t always have to like \u2018em or agree with \u2018em. But I ended up in a good spot. There are a lot of other places that I wouldn\u2019t have been as excited about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bill Plunkett at the Orange County Register wrote about the Dodgers\u2019 quest to be the first repeat champion in Major League Baseball in 25 years.<\/p>\n

Bob Nightengale at USA Today praised the Dodgers as winners this offseason and quipped, \u201cThe Dodgers\u2019 toughest task of the spring will be setting aside time to get their fingers sized for their 2025 World Series rings.\u201d<\/p>\n

With tongue planted firmly in cheek, Grant Brisbee at The Athletic caught folks up on the offseason, including this on Roki Sasaki signing with the Dodgers: \u201cIt would appear that Sasaki values things like \u2018winning\u2019 and \u2018feeling comfortable\u2019 instead of the things he should have prioritized, like \u2018appealing to the quirks of baseball nerds\u201d and \u2018seeing what Minneapolis is all about.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Longtime Associated Press reporter Jim Becker died Friday at age 98. His obituary, written by Audrey McAvoy at AP, included this about Becker at age 20 covering Jackie Robinson\u2019s debut with the Dodgers on April 15, 1947:<\/p>\n

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Becker, who was just 20 at the time, got quotes from Robinson in the clubhouse and ran them up to the AP staffer writing the story. Becker, in an interview for this obituary, recalled seeing Robinson emerge from the first base dugout and begin to play catch with a player who unbeknownst to Robinson had signed the petition.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I thought, he\u2019s carrying the banner of decency and dignity and fair play and the American promise,\u201d Becker said. \u201cHe\u2019s carrying it for all of us in this room, in a stadium \u2026 And I thought, he\u2019s carrying it alone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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