Well, either the Dodgers are moving Spring Training to Arizona, or the Grapefruit League is planning on forming a western division.
Gary Warner, travel editor with the Orange County Register and blogger on their website, posted an amusing story on Thursday — “Dodgers: Going, going….gone?” — showing a rather peculiar and kind of schizophrenic T-shirt he bought at Holman Stadium.
What’s so special? Well, you know how when you are moving, you’re outta there mentally long before you are physically? This official Dodger T-shirt may say Grapefruit League, the group of teams that train in Florida. But look closely. The image behind the ballplayer is Arizona, where the Dodgers hope to shift spring operations in 2009. A bit of Cactus League wishful thinking?
Whatever the case, whether accidental or purposeful, you gotta admit the design is a little wonky. It looks like one of those second-semester design assignments where you’re given a list of vaguely related items that you have to arrange in some semblance of an aesthetic way. More than anything, it looks like a knock-off, with the only “official” looking bit being the interlocked LA; everything else is stock illustrations or random fonts.
Still, no matter what its faults, the shirt presents the whole bittersweet affair in one place — the excitement of being able to more readily see the boys for Spring Training in a couple of years, mixed with the sadness of this history buff knowing what’s being lost. I can only hope we can get out to Vero Beach next season for the final hurrah. Weird T-shirts or no.
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