It’s almost time for Dodgers baseball, and if you want a preview of what the Boys in Blue will look like on television broadcasts, you’re in luck.
Los Angeles had media picture day while at spring training in Glendale, Arizona, and stars like Shohei Ohtani, Kiké Hernández and Yoshinobu Yamamoto hit their best pose.
Some players, like Teoscar Hernandez, Miguel Rojas and Ohtani, were shown in action, using a slowed-down swing to create the best images.
Others, like Max Muncy and Kiké Hernández, used bats more like a prop.
One thing in common most players had, though, was a straight face — with one major exception.
Mookie Betts let the camera see his pearly whites.
The Boys in Blue Have Reason to Smile
Coming off back-to-back World Series titles, one would think the Dodgers would be in better moods.
After all, winning an instant classic Game 7 in Toronto to lock up a second-straight championship is no easy feat.
But perhaps they’re already focused on this year, when they’re trying to make history as the first time to three-peat in nearly three decades.
Not since the New York Yankees of 1998 to 2000 has a team won back-to-back-to-back World Series.
With championships already in 2020, 2024 and 2025, this team is already a dynasty, but adding another ring in 2026 would truly set these Dodgers apart, making them perhaps one of the best teams in baseball history.
Three-Peating as Champions Won’t Be Easy
Success can be a double-edged sword, and for the Dodgers, it’s only made bigger the targets on their backs.
San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer recently called the club the “dragon to slay” in baseball, and New York Mets owner Steve Cohen said he won’t be intimidated by the Dodgers’ big-spending ways.
“They have the ability to spend. So do I, by the way,” Cohen said, as quoted by Anthony DiComo, Mets beat writer for MLB.com.
What do you think? Will the Dodgers run it back again?
