Dodgertown
The fields at Dodgertown are hallowed ground for future Hall of Famers and heaven for fans wanting to meet today's baseball greats and tomorrow's rising stars. The location is Vero Beach, Florida, the spring training home of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers since 1948. The Dodgers first set up camp at the invitation of a local businessman, Bud Holman, after the city needed a tenant to occupy a former World War II naval air station. The camp is the most unique baseball training facility in the country, a destination for international baseball visitors, and it shares a special relationship with the community of Vero Beach.
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Dodgertown
The fields at Dodgertown are hallowed ground for future Hall of Famers and heaven for fans wanting to meet today's baseball greats and tomorrow's rising stars. The location is Vero Beach, Florida, the spring training home of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers since 1948. The Dodgers first set up camp at the invitation of a local businessman, Bud Holman, after the city needed a tenant to occupy a former World War II naval air station. The camp is the most unique baseball training facility in the country, a destination for international baseball visitors, and it shares a special relationship with the community of Vero Beach.
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Dodgertown

Dodgertown

by Mark Langill
Dodgertown

Dodgertown

by Mark Langill

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Overview

The fields at Dodgertown are hallowed ground for future Hall of Famers and heaven for fans wanting to meet today's baseball greats and tomorrow's rising stars. The location is Vero Beach, Florida, the spring training home of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers since 1948. The Dodgers first set up camp at the invitation of a local businessman, Bud Holman, after the city needed a tenant to occupy a former World War II naval air station. The camp is the most unique baseball training facility in the country, a destination for international baseball visitors, and it shares a special relationship with the community of Vero Beach.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780738529356
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 02/23/2005
Series: Images of Baseball
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Author Mark Langill is publications editor and team historian for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He has written two other successful Images of Sports volumes: Dodger Stadium and Los Angeles Dodgers. He covered the Dodgers as a beat reporter for the Pasadena Star-News from 1989 to 1993.
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