The Dodgers open Spring Training today with a game against the White Sox, and thankfully so far things have gone relatively ideally, at least in that nobody is out for the year (yet). Perhaps then, the most noteworthy thing about baseball starting back up for the Dodgers is that they’re having fun with it so far.
Apparently the clubhouse is different enough that it has Kenley Jansen and Joc Pederson simultaneously publicly acknowledging previous beef between Yasiel Puig and Matt Kemp, and highlighting how it might be different this time around.
https://twitter.com/RavineFiends/status/963860462344404992
Wild Horse x Bison
"Brothers." – @yungjoc650 pic.twitter.com/vcGW8hDDsz
— Chavez Ravine Fiends (@RavineFiends) February 22, 2018
Well, for now at least, this is happening.
It’s too late for the front office to trade Mattycakes already.
Oh yeah, photo day happened, which was about as amusing as expected.
From awkward pictures like Kenta Maeda…
Kenta thinking about tomorrow when he's gonna make Will poop his pants. pic.twitter.com/G9zfkWgFgO
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) February 23, 2018
…to behind-the-scenes stuff like Joc enjoying having Matty back.
https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/966725718187978757
"You're doing amazing, sweetie." pic.twitter.com/LqJ7PCHPez
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) February 23, 2018
Or Kenley mocking Kemp’s parody-esque photos.
https://twitter.com/kenleyjansen74/status/966778321500438528
Or Enrique Hernandez is making memes with Tide commercial references…
Photo Day or Tide Ad? pic.twitter.com/JRB45sGxto
— Enrique Hernández (@kikehndez) February 22, 2018
…or playing up his super utility role.
Baseball is back and it is fun.